August 22nd, 2016 - The Swim
Swimming across my lake is not something I haven’t done before. I did this a day before my birthday when I was twelve years old and super energetic. I’ve always loved the water and swimming so why not do it again four years later? I decided to do this in the summer of 2016 before my 17th birthday to better improve my strength after being weak for so long. Falcon Lake is not very wide; it’s one mile across, but it was extremely hard this time. Surprisingly, it only took me 38 minutes, but it felt like forever. I couldn’t keep up my front crawl and had to go quite slowly. My lungs were burning and my limbs were tired, but I made myself keep going to reach the shore. It gave me a sense of accomplishment, but also defeat to know that my body was not in great shape still. Swimming is something I’ve always loved, but it is extremely physically demanding and I have to focus everything I have. In order to do this, I spent the whole summer leading up to this training, but it wasn’t enough. I ran and walked and swam laps to and from cabins. I tried doing this everyday, but I also worked full time, so sometimes I was much too tired. This serves as a reminder that progress can be grueling, and slow but it’s all worth it in the end. You can’t give up because the finish line is what you’re fighting for.
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| Me with the time and date of my swim. |
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