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I spent this past weekend competing in a swim meet. I enjoy swimming for exercise, and only compete in this one meet yearly because it is held at the Harvard pool (where I swim), and because my team generally wins the event. I am currently only swimming about two days a week, which means that I am not in the best shape of my life. I have also lost my competitive edge. I swam when I was small, and then was totally burned out by the time I graduated from high school and did not really lap swim again for five years. Now I am more interested in using it for exercise than in being ultra-competitive. At the competition last year, I finished about the middle of my age group.
This past weekend, I at least managed to match my times from last year. The breaststrokers must have all decided to skip the meet, as I had the same times as last year, but finished third in both the 100 and 200 yard breaststroke. The meet was fun. It's nice to actually get a chance to talk to the people that I swim with, rather than having brief chats at the wall. Our team at the moment is over-populated with 20-somethings, but there are a few older people (30s and up) that I enjoyed talking to. Hopefully I'll be a little more motivated to train next year and get my times down some.
This past weekend, I at least managed to match my times from last year. The breaststrokers must have all decided to skip the meet, as I had the same times as last year, but finished third in both the 100 and 200 yard breaststroke. The meet was fun. It's nice to actually get a chance to talk to the people that I swim with, rather than having brief chats at the wall. Our team at the moment is over-populated with 20-somethings, but there are a few older people (30s and up) that I enjoyed talking to. Hopefully I'll be a little more motivated to train next year and get my times down some.