Pool

My breath is calm, my pulse low. I am standing at the edge of the 50 meter pool. The sun is setting and the sky in my back is still red, but I look already into a dark blue if I lift my head. With the light breeze blowing around my naked feet’s I start to shiver. With all the visitors gone, it is time for me to swim my laps. I try to clear my mind and prepare myself for the distance I will swim today. Pyramid training which equals the distance of 3.900 Meters (= 2.5 Miles). It means I will start…

My Role Model Everyone has been effected by some person in their life whether it be a direct or indirect influence. Most people are influenced by their parents from the beginning of their lives. As for me, I have been strongly affected by my father. My father is sixty years old. He married my mother when he was twenty-two years. He worked at the television sector. He is a tolerant person, who loves his family and his work. Moreover, he is inspired by different cultures, arts, and books. My…

The bed mercilessly taunts my exhausted limbs to return but my determined heart persuades me to brave the trial by water once more. As I dive over the ice cold pool, dread and regret fill every moment until my body finally makes contact. For two, sometimes three, hours the situation will only worsen as I repeatedly raise my arms above my head and pull back as hard as possible. Weeks of this pass by, all for the sake of being able to travel through 100 meters of water a few milliseconds faster.…

Australia is widely regarded as both characterised and united by sport and it has helped bridge inequalities of races and genders. Sport is a “national obsession” in Australia, from watching the Friday night footy to standing at the olympic podiums the majority of Australians play, watch and enjoy sport, and this has helped to build the persona of our nation. Climate: P - The development and value of sport in Australia is greatly aided by the climate and natural resources. E - Australians are…

knew he wasn’t joking and that scared me. The first time I ever noticed him, was the day he walked up to me when I was working at my high school’s pool as a Lifeguard. He had been in swimming that whole evening during my shift and I didn’t really think much of it. At some point, he had hopped out the pool and took a seat around the edge of the pool. Minute’s went by and I never even noticed this guy just staring at me from the other side of the deep dark waters. Next thing I knew, there is a…

swimming class. I didn't want to spend my Sunday afternoon in the swimming pool. The two hours in the water was too boring. I could spend the time on something that was more interesting as a thirteen years old girl, rather than swam like a frog every week. “If you really don't want to go again, you can tell the coach today.” My mother said when driving me to the swimming center. When I arrived at the swimming pool, everything was the same like last week— the same coach’s sound, the…

Why is humility an important characteristic of consensus organizers? Humility is important in consensus organizing because it allows the purpose to be known more. The focus should be on the end goal and not on a person. Having humility in the consensus organizing allows more effort to be put into what matters, the completion of the goal. What competencies do you think you need to be an effective consensus organizer? Why? I think that I would need to be diverse. Even though I am just working…

October 10th. We would be visiting England, Italy and France. I still had morning sickness, but it didn’t last for long. I felt sick when I got up and within an hour or less I felt better. The weekend was here and David and Charlie had plans to get the pool ready for winter. It needed to be completed before we left for Europe. I got up that morning and felt horrible. I threw up and had an awful discomfort in my stomach and pain in my side. I went downstairs, and Charlie looked at me. “Anna,…

even like[s] the way [his] stomach falls away when [he] get[s] to the top and [can] feel the pebbly grain of the platform under [his] feet” (Scott p.22 line 20-23). The reason for this being his halcyon is because when Chris goes diving before the pool opens, he gets a kick out of it. He loves the way the kids stare at him with open mouths through the glass of the viewing area. When Chris goes diving he feels as if…

I was watching the Santa Clara Arena Swim Series over the past weekend and I was reflecting on elite swimming careers. I watched the ageless Anthony Ervin and Natalie Coughlin race and compete at a high-level into their mid-thirties. Twenty years ago, no one was competing at this age! I kept asking myself, how are these older athletes having this historic swimming career? After much thought I realized, health is the answer! Health is a broad term, but holistically all the elements of health…