The cold, endless pool with chlorinated water that made swimmers skin burn. The hard practices that had ones lungs screaming for air and limbs crying for rest. Despite all of these things, going in to the pool and working as hard as I possibly could, was something that made me feel extreme. Going through the excruciating pain to finish to the wall was a daily occurrence. Making it through the practice was the only thing that would be on my mind. Knowing that after that practice, I would come out as a better swimmer than I was before, is what got me through all of the endless practices. The friends I was surrounded by that were experiencing the same amount of physical and mental pain that I was, helped me through each and every practice. Even on my best days, I would still feel miserable in the pool. My overworked body would have to fight to be able to keep up with the nearly impossible intervals. But I knew that it would all be worth it, swimming great in my big meet Holiday Classic would make all the pain I endured
The cold, endless pool with chlorinated water that made swimmers skin burn. The hard practices that had ones lungs screaming for air and limbs crying for rest. Despite all of these things, going in to the pool and working as hard as I possibly could, was something that made me feel extreme. Going through the excruciating pain to finish to the wall was a daily occurrence. Making it through the practice was the only thing that would be on my mind. Knowing that after that practice, I would come out as a better swimmer than I was before, is what got me through all of the endless practices. The friends I was surrounded by that were experiencing the same amount of physical and mental pain that I was, helped me through each and every practice. Even on my best days, I would still feel miserable in the pool. My overworked body would have to fight to be able to keep up with the nearly impossible intervals. But I knew that it would all be worth it, swimming great in my big meet Holiday Classic would make all the pain I endured