Tag: swimming
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Running
Unlike any of my characters, I am not an athlete. Yes, I swam competitively for a few years when I was a teenager, and I did flirt with both soccer and baseball at earlier points in my life. But somewhere along the way, I wound up taking the fork in the road that had me spending more time…
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Summer Camps
Those few months between school years can teach you so much.
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Pools and Sizes
I’ve mentioned before that I swam competitively when I was younger — though I hasten to again point out I was nowhere near as good as my two main characters, Sean Colbeth and Vasily Korsokovach. Having grown up in the sport, I’ve kept up with the changes to it over the years, from the full-body…
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Practice
I spoke earlier about my experience as a swimmer; I’ve been thinking about that more since posting. As threads often go, I found myself remembering just how much time I spent at the pool growing up; it was a ton even before I joined the local swim club, and then it increased accordingly due to…
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Swimming
I freely admit that having both of my main characters be Olympic swimmers is a form of wish fulfillment on my part. Before you ask, yes , I was a competitive swimmer right up to high school; and, no, I have never competed beyond the regional meets I attended before hanging up my goggles for…