This weekend was our Pacific Masters Championships. It was a close battle between WCM and USF and I don't know who won at this very moment. I don't care.
You see, I left right before the 1000 today (the last event) right after the last relays. I watched some great swims today. Amazing swims. My friend Brendon swam a 2:03 200 fly and really hit his taper (as he's not going to Nationals)- we were teasing about how he does really well the week after a tapered meet. He seemed to finally figure it out this time.
My friend Stephen called me tonight and told me that Brendon also had a great 1000, was warming down, had a heart attack and died. He was 35. I was stunned. I've been crying since then trying to make sense of it all. It doesn't make sense.
I called some other friends and no one else can believe it either. Suddenly, the meet doesn't matter, swimming doesn't matter, what matters is that we lost a really great guy today. He was always so happy, funny, and loved to tell jokes. He was really good natured and fun to be around. I will miss him terribly.
George,
I envisioned my whole family living in this neighborhood. We'd still do our family things, probably with a lot more people, but we'd just always be surrounded by the positive environment that swimming provides.
What fun it would be to go to practice! (although I like my practices now)
I didn't mean just swimmers, I meant families. And we wouldn't swim all day- life would be "normal" except for the environment change.
By the way I purport we build this community in Northern California :)
PS Thanks for the distractions you guys :)
George,
I envisioned my whole family living in this neighborhood. We'd still do our family things, probably with a lot more people, but we'd just always be surrounded by the positive environment that swimming provides.
What fun it would be to go to practice! (although I like my practices now)
I didn't mean just swimmers, I meant families. And we wouldn't swim all day- life would be "normal" except for the environment change.
By the way I purport we build this community in Northern California :)
PS Thanks for the distractions you guys :)
