I like the article in swim Magazine about Rita Egan and Sylvia powell. These women are not your typical slim young swimmers that are elite swimmers but like the rest of us ordinary. Actually, given my previous background in swimming I'm also won of these average jills. As a youth I swam the 100 meter *** at 1:30 and as a 46 at 1:43.31. So, many of us do it for enjoyment and some exercise knowing that we will never be at the top of the pack. I think we should have more of these stories?. And Ion believe me you are not that bad. You did a 2:31 200 meter freestyle. I recently swam a 3:15. So don't feel bad and their is alot more competition in the men than in the women in 45 to 49. Not saying that their are not good swimmers in the women.
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Well, I understand a little about your background Ion. I didn't come from a nice middle class background either. Lived in a moble home until 12 years old and my mother and father both work in an era when Mothers stayed home. MY parents were able to get a little track house back in 1969. I attended school with a lot of minorities as a kid. In grade school I went to school with blacks and Jr high and high school with Mexicans. I was as a child and teengaer from a lower middle class background. Coming from poor living standards from Eastern Europe to upper-middle class in the United States explains some of your emphasis on how good of a swimmer you are and trying to impress others.
Well, I understand a little about your background Ion. I didn't come from a nice middle class background either. Lived in a moble home until 12 years old and my mother and father both work in an era when Mothers stayed home. MY parents were able to get a little track house back in 1969. I attended school with a lot of minorities as a kid. In grade school I went to school with blacks and Jr high and high school with Mexicans. I was as a child and teengaer from a lower middle class background. Coming from poor living standards from Eastern Europe to upper-middle class in the United States explains some of your emphasis on how good of a swimmer you are and trying to impress others.
