I want to ask questions about the life of a Champion.
If you are a World Record Holder, a National Record Holder, a State/Provincial record holder, a Club record holder, or even if you've recently gone a personal best; I want to know how you feel about being a Champion.
Masters win, regardless of place!
See, doing your best, no matter what level you achieve is a great experience. The feeling of improvement from consistent effort is something that anyone can attain. That joy is the same when you finish a race and you know it was your best, a great lifestyle, something worth striving for.
Since I've already started a discussion with Chris Stevenson, perhaps we can continue it here.
Chris, even though you may not have smiled at first (on camera anyways) how did the next few days feel? Are these your first WR titles? Do you plan on more in the future? You're a chemistry teacher, right? Do you realize you've inspired me, and countless others?
I've been undecided about jumping in this since it started, but here goes. I'm far from a champion in the strict sense of the word but in my own mind my swimming accomplishments are satisfying.
I, like Dorothy started swimming 8 years ago as an adult. I was 48, overweight and out of shape and and wanted to change that. A former runner who quit in my mid 30's because of burnout, I had no desire to run again but when my 8 y.o. daughter joined the swim team I thought "Hey! I can do that."
So I started going to the pool every morning and thrashing my way across the pool as many times as I could until I was thrashed (at first about 4 laps was all I could do and then :drown:). I lost the excess weight and eventually improved enough that I decided to enter swim meet. That was so much fun that I was totally hooked. I eventually improved enough that I made (5) NQT's for short course nationals last year and made the trip to my first nationals meet.
I'm having the time of my life because it's all so new to me and at 55 I am setting PB's regularly.
I've been undecided about jumping in this since it started, but here goes. I'm far from a champion in the strict sense of the word but in my own mind my swimming accomplishments are satisfying.
I, like Dorothy started swimming 8 years ago as an adult. I was 48, overweight and out of shape and and wanted to change that. A former runner who quit in my mid 30's because of burnout, I had no desire to run again but when my 8 y.o. daughter joined the swim team I thought "Hey! I can do that."
So I started going to the pool every morning and thrashing my way across the pool as many times as I could until I was thrashed (at first about 4 laps was all I could do and then :drown:). I lost the excess weight and eventually improved enough that I decided to enter swim meet. That was so much fun that I was totally hooked. I eventually improved enough that I made (5) NQT's for short course nationals last year and made the trip to my first nationals meet.
I'm having the time of my life because it's all so new to me and at 55 I am setting PB's regularly.
