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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.usms.org/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Lifelong love of swimming</title><link>https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/general/8906/lifelong-love-of-swimming</link><description>It can be really hard to describe to non-swimmers how much I love the sport of swimming. To give my family and friends a picture of what swimming means to me, I wrote something that I hope captured and illustrated the joy it brings to my life. I figured</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Lifelong love of swimming</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/140434?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:01:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:653424a4-280b-4f84-a4c4-eb1ea3aa7e62</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>That was wonderful! Thank you for posting this!:)&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Lifelong love of swimming</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/140509?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:47:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:29ece314-4b2e-48a5-b77f-d1e2758da013</guid><dc:creator>debaru</dc:creator><description>It can be really hard to describe to non-swimmers how much I love the sport of swimming. To give my family and friends a picture of what swimming means to me, I wrote something that I hope captured and illustrated the joy it brings to my life. I figured if I shared it with my non-swimming pals, I should definitely share the article with those who feel similarly about such a great sport and activity:)
 
&lt;a href="http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2703691/swimming_the_constant_love_of_my_life.html?cat=50"&gt;www.associatedcontent.com/.../swimming_the_constant_love_of_my_life.html&lt;/a&gt;
 
You did a great job of capturing the essence of why so many of us swim. Thanks for sharing!&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Lifelong love of swimming</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/140353?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:25:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:b125ab21-1baf-4034-92f0-6df6b87195d0</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>What a wonderful essay.  I could plagiarize the first page of that and insert my own name.  Marco Polo is incredibly over-rated.

Thanks for sharing that!&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Lifelong love of swimming</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/140423?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:29:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:1c20f243-e360-4a91-b955-070ba4bf5f98</guid><dc:creator>swimshark</dc:creator><description>Great article and I could see me in it a lot!&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Lifelong love of swimming</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/140413?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:08:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:d85aebdb-d68f-4aea-a2d0-54f4c4ee69ba</guid><dc:creator>orca1946</dc:creator><description>That is why we all still swim while others of any given age do fantasy football &amp;amp; basketball !&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Lifelong love of swimming</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/140397?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:51:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:c6620abc-e506-45a5-b9b6-2f5bd1a00cc0</guid><dc:creator>Allen Stark</dc:creator><description>Great article.Swimming is just like flying except it&amp;#39;s easier to land.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>