I was thinking today about a lot of things (class is over and I only work part-time so I have A LOT of free time :)) and I started to think about my swimming. Why I had started back, why I was doing it now, and what I hoped to someday accomplish with it. So then I began to wonder why every one here swam? What is your reason for dragging yourself out of bed every morning? What made you decide to come back after all those years off (if in fact you did take years off)? Is it for fitness, for fun, or some other reason? Just curious!
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Love it. For the pleasure. And for the pain. Well,sometimes the pain. Yes I have become a conosseur (sp??) of pain it seems. Why? Because it feels so good when it stops, I guess. Mmm.
But also swimming poses so many questions: if I angle this, will such-and-such happen? etc etc. It's been very fun to learn and study and practice and I guess I enjoy the pursuit of perfection. Note that I said pursuit. And note that I did not even mention speed.
There is nothing so ... pure? as that ahhhhhh feeling after a good swim.
Also, there seems to be a special comraderie among those who swim together. I mean, there you are, wearing not much at all, and it is all about trying and suffering together and there just is no faking it, it is just very real.
Maybe I've had too much coffee but I could go and on.
Love it. For the pleasure. And for the pain. Well,sometimes the pain. Yes I have become a conosseur (sp??) of pain it seems. Why? Because it feels so good when it stops, I guess. Mmm.
But also swimming poses so many questions: if I angle this, will such-and-such happen? etc etc. It's been very fun to learn and study and practice and I guess I enjoy the pursuit of perfection. Note that I said pursuit. And note that I did not even mention speed.
There is nothing so ... pure? as that ahhhhhh feeling after a good swim.
Also, there seems to be a special comraderie among those who swim together. I mean, there you are, wearing not much at all, and it is all about trying and suffering together and there just is no faking it, it is just very real.
Maybe I've had too much coffee but I could go and on.
