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My Swimming Teammates

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To be completely honest I had a TOTALLY different post scheduled for today but two things happened last night to cause me to change my mind. Since the new year I have joined a new gym and attend what they call “swim practice” twice a week.  Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be going to a swim practice so soon after my collegiate career ended but last night really proved to me how different this hour of swimming is compared to what I was used to. 
 
As a bit of background I was able to swim before age of three and since then I have been a water baby and despite my love and dedication to the sport the only real way I made it through 14 years of competitive swimming was because of my teammates. Last night I with complete strangers and the coach did not know me at all.  But instead of complaining about a fellow swimmer who thought my goggles were mirrored in order to check my makeup (hello, LCM backstroke) and about a coach who thought I was “cheating” when I did a kick set on my back instead of with a board – I am going to stick with what I told  Sharon for the Tiny Heart Giveaway “to laugh more, forgive more, and love more”. 
 
 
This post is going to be a massive thank you to all of the swimmers who got me through, which by some accounts, was 3,200 hours in the pool.  
 
 
From a young age you were the reason I got up at 4:00am to get in the pool at 5:00am. I vow never to see that hour again in relation to exercise but all of your smiling faces were the reason I made it there. 
 
 
 
 
In college you were the reason Friday nights were movie night and Saturday morning I had already been up for five hours before my roommate’s alarm went off.  You may be all over the country but I love you, the amazing nine, and we will be close forever, that I vow! 
 
 
Thank you to all of you who made competitive swimming a magnificent chapter of my life!
 
 
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  6. Sunny & Star says

    It’s great that even after your days of competing with your team is over that you think so much of them and the experience that you blog about it afterwards. This is so sweet!

    Jessica @ Sunny Days and Starry Nights

  9. Kimberly says

    Congrats and great team! It goes to show that sometime we need every single person in order for us to get to reach our fullest potential. Just like in a play, there are no small characters/parts, because each part is necessary, in order to tell the story. ;].

    Thanks for sharing and great blog!

    Kimberly
    KIMBERLYLUXE.COM

  12. Kelly { Messy.Dirty.Hair.} says

    ahhh this brings me back to my swimming days!! i hated it, my mom made me do it. the waking up early killed me. haha! i remember when those one piece speedos were allll the rage! bahaha! love you kell! xoxo

  14. Melissa says

    Thanks for stopping by my guest post and commenting!! I am not a swimmer but I always seem to have swimmer friends!! Great post!

    Melissa
    amileinherboots.blogspot.com

  15. Mademoiselle Michael says

    Wow—the only word that comes to mind is that you have this “legacy” of swimming that you left behind to each of your respective schools. What commitment and hard work that all must have taken. You go girl!

  29. Teresa says

    While I always refused to compete, I used to swim with the swim team when I was in middle school. I kind of miss it now! Thanks for stopping by my blog; I am so glad to have found yours! (:

  33. Lauren says

    Sounds like swimming was a huge part of your life growing up. It’s so neat that you’ve found a way to incorporate it into your adult life. Hopefully you’ll develop great relationships with these new swimmers as well!

    Fizz and Frosting

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