Hey Open Water swimmers-
Since we never get our due, thought some of you might like a piece that shows at least a little bit. My mom and I were interviewed for a book on women in sports, Run Like A Girl, by Mina Samuels. The Today Show did a feature this morning, and thought some of you might like to see it.
Cheers!
today.msnbc.msn.com/.../43215280
Thanks. I agree-it does underscore the ways people have changed their thinking about sports, and women in sports.
That's actually my pool at my house. Decadent and crazy, and I love it. I train in that almost every day, when I'm not at Masters. Dwell Magazine did a piece about it a few years ago, which I think can be found if you google it. We are nuts, but instead of renovating, went with our passion and built that, after we moved from Portland, OR to Massachusetts.Awesome piece ... and you've got an awesome freestyle.
The pool looks awesome. I just finally built one for myself last year ... best $$$ ever spent.
Keep rocking the pool.
Is your pool indoors? I agree-decadence be darned. Best money we ever spent, and I cannot tell you how many times I tried to convince my husband we should NOT do this. Silly me.My pool is outdoors, picture attached. It's funny, but my wife (a runner) had to convince me to build the pool!
Two lanes-nice!
It's funny because my husband had to convince me too. And I think it was partially his effort to keep me home more! No more schlepping to the YMCA in the early morning, etc.
I've found, also, that kids love our pool because they feel so safe in it. There's always a wall nearby! Kids who have always been "afraid of the water" are constantly surprising their parents when they come over.
Do you find the same?
Glad to see someone else is nuts like me!
