Lately I feel as though I have lost my competitive edge. What are some of the things you do to stay in a competitive kind of attitude when your swimming?
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Do you compete with yourself? If not, perhaps you should!
When I find myself getting into a rut, it seems that it takes a kick in the pants to get me pushing again. Sometimes that push comes when the local school system has an extended break (like Christmas break) and then the kids from the high school team find their way to the YMCA because they can't get to their own pool because the building is closed. When the teeny-bopper 14-year-old girls start blowing past me in the next lane, that seems to give me the kick in the pants I need! "You're still too young to get old! Don't let the kids pass you!"
Do you compete with yourself? If not, perhaps you should!
When I find myself getting into a rut, it seems that it takes a kick in the pants to get me pushing again. Sometimes that push comes when the local school system has an extended break (like Christmas break) and then the kids from the high school team find their way to the YMCA because they can't get to their own pool because the building is closed. When the teeny-bopper 14-year-old girls start blowing past me in the next lane, that seems to give me the kick in the pants I need! "You're still too young to get old! Don't let the kids pass you!"
