I imagine that many on this Board are like me in that they swam in intensely competitive programs as youngsters, got burned out and quit swimming, maybe played other sports, and finally came back to swimming at a later stage of your life.
So, if the above description fits you, what sports did you do in the intervening years before you made it back to the pool?
The mention of the term "side out" in another thread reminded me that I played competitive volleyball for 19 years. Before that I also competed in judo, eventually ran a marathon, and finally coached volleyball, wrestling and even little league.
After all of that, and all of the injuries that went with it, I am glad to be back in the pool. :cool:
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Started swimming because I was afraid of the water. Perhaps it was my dad and brothers' repeated atempts to drown me in the lake by our summer cottage. So in high school I joined the swim team. Despite the less than pleasant girls on the team I stuck with it. (Why are adolescent girls so nasty?) However a move in the middle of high school brought me to a new high school with (gasp) even nastier (well, at least clichier) girls. So I stopped swimming after that and focused on gymnastics. Then after that illustrious career was over. I became a runner - did the whole marathon thing. I thought about adding swimming as my cross training as my body broke down but ended up falling in love with it. (really for the first time) and now use running as my cross training for swimming. Swimming is the best!
Started swimming because I was afraid of the water. Perhaps it was my dad and brothers' repeated atempts to drown me in the lake by our summer cottage. So in high school I joined the swim team. Despite the less than pleasant girls on the team I stuck with it. (Why are adolescent girls so nasty?) However a move in the middle of high school brought me to a new high school with (gasp) even nastier (well, at least clichier) girls. So I stopped swimming after that and focused on gymnastics. Then after that illustrious career was over. I became a runner - did the whole marathon thing. I thought about adding swimming as my cross training as my body broke down but ended up falling in love with it. (really for the first time) and now use running as my cross training for swimming. Swimming is the best!
