Inner City Swimmer

It's on. That's right you heard me. I'm all fired up. I've picked out my meets for the season. I have my goals. Now the only thing left to do is to make sure I get in the pool 3x a week for the rest of the year. Since 2014, I've been struggling as a competitive swimmer in U.S.M.S. I suffer from pretty bad back pain and arthritis which kills my drive to push hard. A close friendship was lost. Job instability led to having to put my head down to keep my career going. All these things cut into training and also effects having your head in the game. I missed top 10 in 2018 and I'm not sure if I'll make it for 2019. I'm 40 lbs overweight. The scales of balance are off yet again. From 2004-2014 I spent so much time in the pool. I was obsessed with breaking my sprint time every year and making top ten. Eventually pushing intensely all the time wears one out. The breaks from the pool become longer and longer. I lost my steam and have spent a lot of time so...

First off, I'd like to apologize for my absence for such a long, long time. Work has kept me very busy and after 2017 FINA Worlds I have slowly stepped away from swimming and lost all my strength & stamina.  After gaining 34 lbs and feeling extremely unhealthy, I'm making greater efforts to swim and get back into the swing of things fitness-wise. Also, I now have the wonderful opportunity to be coaching at Mark Twain pool for Yonkers Masters. So, I've moved into another phase of my "swim life" as I feel I no longer have the drive to push myself to my ultimate limits due to the pressures of work and also having a lower back issue that is extremely painful at times. I'm happy to inspire others and also pass the knowledge on that I've learned over the past 15 years in USMS! Lastly, I'd like to say I'm sorry to those of you that enjoyed reading this blog and it suddenly abruptly ended. I'm hoping to get back to posting on a more regu...