Friday, November 6, 2009

Ode to the Swimming Days

My little squashmore brother Garrett recently joined the Orem High School swim team, and all his talk of meets and races and practices has brought me back to the good-old-days of swimming.

Yes, the good-old-days of swimming--the days of waking up in the morning at 5:00 am to go to practice, and then going to practice again after school ; the days of constantly smelling like chlorine and never being able to get rid of it; the days of talking in the sauna after practice for hours and hours and hours. Wonderful. I loved it.

For my swimmer friends:

Meets. Relays. San Diego. 400 relay song. Goggles. In-and-outs. Sauna. The Rec Center. Flip turns. Pulling lane lines. Cheers. Caps. Attitude...kick butt! Tapering. Kickboards. Favio. Traveling. 200 medley relay. Staying in hotels. DQs. Utah County Invite. Winning. Losing. Streamlines. Warm ups. OTAC. Banquets. Cap thief. Awards. Region. The Christmas set. The hot tub. Counting for the 500. Valentines Day practice. Sweats. Paddles. Pull. Team "Moms". Strip 1000. 200 free relay. Not shaving. The clock. Kick. State. Shaving. Cedar City/St. George. 400 free relay. Mesh bag. Attempting to do sychronized swimming. Layering swim suits. Drills. Sprints. Team parties. Towels. Flip flops. Dives. Park City. Blocks. Starts. Blue and Gold. Sandy. Todd. Battle for the paddle. Dan.
Friends!

Swimmers! What are some of your memories?

3 comments:

  1. this makes me think about the good ole days of cross country! i miss it too!

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  2. i'm sad that i'm not in any of your pictures. but i think i had something to do with all the caps you have as souvenirs :) congrats on the mission call too!

    siebach

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  3. Ah Siebach! I'm putting pics up with you right now. My bad. I just don't have as many from my first two years of swim.

    Hope France is great!

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