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'tis the season ...

TO SWIM a lot!

 5 swimmers in the family = many, many practices between USA swimming and high school swimming.  No lazy people living in my house.

 It's always an exciting time to watch my girls practice hard and see the fruits of all their efforts in those swim meets ... those very long swim meets.

 I'm not sure many people understand the life of a swimmer.  Practices are daily with some 2-a-days.  This equates to about 18+ hours of practice time for my 15 year old, 9 hours for my 12 year old, 7-8 hrs for my 10 year old, and 2 hours for my 7 year old.   Practices are not at the same location nor time for these girls. My afternoon(s) as a "swim mom" means that I pick up kids from school and spend hours driving to and from pools with some wait time.

 It's nearly December and I expect the really busy days to last through mid March when things will ease up a lot.   A swimmer is never done though.   There usually is a few weeks off in the year, but to maintain form and speed, swimmers hardly rest.   So really there is no season to swim.  It's constant  ... at least in the USA Swimming world ;)
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Maurisa said…
Wow!
1:00 PM
Anonymous said…
I'm not sure if you have an e-reader or not, but I have an excellent book for you to read! It's a chick lit book, but it's all about swimming. It's called The Swimmers Assistant by Amber Myers. It's currently only .99 cents on Amazon!
9:52 AM
Emily said…
We moved to be closer to the pool. I only have one swimmer right now, but it will jump to 2, possibly 3, in April. It's crazy with 1! I don't know how you do it.
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