My heart to swim competitively burned out when I was seventeen - though I swam another year (my senior year in high school). Then 33 years later I got back in the pool, and like many others, discovered that I had a renewed passion to compete. That seems in some ways strange to me, so I've been thinking about why I compete. I've reached the conclusion that I really wasn't done when I left the pool at eighteen - rather, I just needed a breather. (That was one huge oxygen debt!) I wonder if one day I'll be done competing, or if this passion is a lifelong one, like the passion for fitness and health that my swimming serves regardless of whether or not I compete.
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Originally posted by hooked-on-swimming
And finally it is being around people like you, people who share that same passion.
Excellent thought - one that I share wholeheartedly! Most of the ladies my age are into water aerobics, which at my pool resembles a watery gossip session. When I go to a meet I get to be with other women like me - who swim intervals and aren't afraid to get their hair wet. I find that seeing the women in my age group and talking with them is inspiring and a lot of fun too.
Originally posted by hooked-on-swimming
And finally it is being around people like you, people who share that same passion.
Excellent thought - one that I share wholeheartedly! Most of the ladies my age are into water aerobics, which at my pool resembles a watery gossip session. When I go to a meet I get to be with other women like me - who swim intervals and aren't afraid to get their hair wet. I find that seeing the women in my age group and talking with them is inspiring and a lot of fun too.
