By Erin Himes, Swimming World College Intern
When I climbed out of the pool after the last 1650 of my junior season, my first thought was one of relief. I was thrilled that I finished the race, that I went a new best time, and that I finally could get some rest. But the second thought was one of panic, as I realized that one year from now, that 1650 signals the end of my 16-year swimming career.
I don’t think my story is dramatically different from most: I started splashing around in a casual summer league as a six and under, joined my local club team the following fall, and never looked back. Somehow, through the past 16 years of swimming devouring all of my time, I have never burned out. I have never wanted to quit. I have never wanted to miss a single practice. And as I look back, there is a clear reason why: the community that swimming has given me is unparalleled.
A moment that showed me the value of the community I was part of came during my sophomore year of high school. I was at my lowest, I had been striving for my District cut in the 500 free for months, but simply could not nab it. I would go to practice every day, hold paces much quicker than the cut itself, and go to the meets filled with nervous energy I could not seem to shake. It was a story swimmers know all too well: I was putting in all the work, but for some reason I was just not getting the results I wanted.
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