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.
Because it is really fun and challenging. I started doing masters swimming last year and I am finally having a good time swimming. I was miserable swimming from when I was 16 to 19. Now, I am excited about swimming. I look forward to masters meets and I am thinking of doing a 1500 and 800 freestyle again.
Because it is really fun and challenging. I started doing masters swimming last year and I am finally having a good time swimming. I was miserable swimming from when I was 16 to 19. Now, I am excited about swimming. I look forward to masters meets and I am thinking of doing a 1500 and 800 freestyle again.
