Always evolving, Never Average
I’m sitting in the lobby right now, while Number 3 and 4 are in the pool warming up for the second night of finals at a four day swim meet. Last year I was at this same meet, losing my mind. COMPLETELY LOSING MY MIND. Last year I had little (to no) perspective. I was …Read More
I love swimming. I LOVE IT. I love it for so many reasons. I love it for the friends it has given me and for the places it has taken me. I love it for helping me discover what my strengths are — and also my weaknesses. I love it for teaching me to just …Read More
Those of you who have been around for a few years know that we are a pretty big swim family. I was a swimmer from the time I learned to swim until I graduated from college. I have been a coach in some capacity pretty much my entire adult life. Number 3 and 4 are …Read More
I have been at this pool since 6:15 this morning. It is now 6:15 p.m. I have been here for 12 hours, and I have (hopefully only) 2 more hours to go. I’ll do the same thing tomorrow. And again on Sunday. It’s a three day meet, it’s trials in the morning and finals at …Read More
Today we finished up the final meet of the season. It was a three day meet called Eastern Zones Championships, and it’s a tiring meet both physically and emotionally. We weren’t planning on going to it until about a month ago. Since it was kind of a bonus meet, Number 4 especially was just out …Read More
Back in 2012, a few months after I started this blog, Number 3 and 4 swam in their first swim meet. It was a little, rinky dink summer league meet. Today, six years later, they are swimming together at a meet with some of the best swimmers on the East Coast. I really just wanted …Read More
I can’t imagine what direction my life would have taken had I never discovered swimming. By swimmer standards, I started later than many kids. I didn’t join the swim team until I was ten years old. By this time most of the kids I swam with had been swimming for at least two years already. …Read More
The madness has officially begun. School is back in session, the falls sports have started, and swim team is in full swing. I know I’m not the only one officially entering madness. Last week I shared this picture (via sportsmomshop.com)on the Facebook page, and it got a pretty big response. And a reader left this comment: …Read More
One of the challenges of being a swimmer is that swimming is not a seasonal sport. It’s a year-round, full-time commitment once you really decide to commit. The year is broken into two main seasons (in the Northeast, anyway). September through March is known as short course season. That’s because all meets are held in …Read More
Number 3 and 4 first joined the swim team six years ago. They swam on the town team which only swims in the summer and practices in the lake at the town beach. It’s a rinky dink little team, but it was the perfect introduction to swim team for them. They both loved it. Of …Read More
