(I somehow lost my post in the middle of reviewing it--sorry if this ends up posted twice! Now let's see if I can remember what I wrote.)
I was talking with a friend about swimming and she said she started "swimming for life" x number of years ago. I got the sense that she meant that it was more than a good workout--it kept her "alive." I have to admit that it has that kind of effect for me, too. At the risk of sounding too new-agey, it's nourishing in more than a physical sense.
What does swimming mean to you? How does that compare to other sports or activities you do? How does that meaning influence your goals and performance?
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Wow, Swimmy, I couldn't swim in 37 degree waters. I'd freeze to death. Speaking of swims! I'm going to my *SECOND* (short-course) swim meet in less than two weeks! I love swim meets so much, but they're so far and few these days! I wish we had more in my area. Preferably a *FIVE DAY* swim meet. Five days in LANE FIVE! :chills: Ooooh! Just the thought excites me!! Speaking of Fives... I've entered in *FIVE* events. WOW, FIVE!!!
50 ***
100 Free
50 Free
100 ***
200 Fly/*** ...I plan to swim *** in this one!
After the meet, we'll be treated to a pasta dinner at an Italian cafe that's next to the pool. We'll see how well this one goes. Stay tuned and find out!
Thanks, Kyra, I'm glad you liked it! Let's hope Swimmy likes it too. a friend of mine who's in a band recreated the instrumental for me, which took a little over a week to do. It took me two hours to mix all the seperate tracks and add the desired delayed and reverb effects for each spacific track and an additional five hours to do all of my vocals. My friend, Sarah took an hour to do har parts so she could get the timing and harmonies right. So, all in all, it was probably 140 hours worth of work, which was well worth it, since I was planning this song since sometime Last July.
I've decided to bump this thread with a new song parody... about a Long-Course!
I know I've meantioned my parody of "Weird Al" Yankovic's song, "Hardware Store" several months back, which I've finally finished, thanks to several hours of hard work! So now, I bring to you, Long-Course, parody of "Hardware Store", performed by "Weird Al" Yankovic, featuring a guest appearance by my good online friend, Sarah Alawami on backup vocals.
I hope you all enjoy it!
Sonic
When I practice the fly undulation, it reminds me of when I was 10 years old and my girlfriends and I pretended to be dolphins diving in and out of the water. What a joyous ( and exhausting )feeling! :)
The entrance to our training pool complex in the 60's & 70's use to have a sign/quote above the doorway.
"Swimming is an asset for life"
I trained there on and off from 4-14yrs but it's only now at 40 I fully understand the meaning of that quote.
Being able to swim enables you to participate in many other water activities with confidence and enjoyment.
The discipline and work ethic of early morning training has carried into many aspects of my life.Setting goals has always been a natural but important part of life.
In swimming I have a sport/exercise that is low impact and will be with me till I die.
By the way the quote was written by Forbes Carlile who coached the likes of Shane Gould back then.The pool is now gone but the quote lives on.:)
I'm hosting this at a friend's server. If you cannot download it, it may be because his computer's off.
If you want to hear it, you can go to my MySpace page at www.myspace.com/noveltyshack You can listen to it there.
You wouldn't happen to be Ruben then would you? I like the song and the website...very cool stuff sonic!! I also listened to some of the Nuclear Bubblewrap's stuff....and I liked it too. I couldn't get Raymond and Scum to play though for some reason??
How's swimming coming these days Sonic? Are you going to Nationals in Coral Springs? I'm not going this year b/c I just don't have the spare funds this year. Take care
Newmastersswimmer
