Posted by heathweaver

Although not my fastest time it is nice to be able to stay under 18 seconds. Today, after swimming, one of the very nice life guards asked me what I was training for.  I was a bit surprised, but told him that I wasn’t training for anything but just to be able to swim as fast as I could. He was under the impression that I was either training for a competition or for a triathlon.

I was thinking about his question and wondering why I push myself so hard to improve my time. Unfortunately, I don’t have an answer to that question. I love swimming and I want to see what I am capable of, so I learn what I can about technique and swim as hard as I can, that’s all.

Why do you swim?