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I look over the lady’s shoulder to find my name on the sheet. Addison. I can see the timer trying to talk, and I point to my name. I can’t hear anything because I was born hard of hearing, but I started to lose all of my hearing as I got older. As get up on the blocks to get ready to swim the 500 yard freestyle, I take a look around and I see my mom in the bleachers and she gives me a thumbs up. I tighten my goggles and get ready. I look for the light to go off but the girl in front of me is…

The date for my sister’s engagement party was fast approaching. It was two years before her wedding, and she also has acne prone skin. She decided to look up a dermatologist and found one that she thought would suit her needs. After seeing the regimen done on my sister, and how her skin reacted. I had changed my dermatologists to the same one as my sister. We were given PCA products, which would dry out our skin because we both have very oily skin. My sister’s results were far greater than mine.…

hot and sunny day as I went to wipe the sweat dripping from my forehead for what seemed like the one hundredth time that day. I glanced at the clock in panic and realized the pool was opening in thirty minutes, and I was crunched for time. I had been lugging coolers filled with ice water to various stations around the pool, and at this point it took every bit of self control not to dump the cold water on myself. All I could think about was how to relieve myself from this heat wave. As a…

days of fall, you may notice that your in-ground pool is in need of some TLC: Fall is the perfect season for completing your pool remodel (or install). Reasons to Consider a Pool Remodel Improve the energy efficiency of your pool. An old pool usually uses outdated equipment; even if your pool’s electrical equipment is up and running, it could be using much more energy than is necessary. Create a fun, kid-friendly pool environment. During your fall pool remodel, consider adding fun,…

I was halfway done with my 300 yard swim to pass the prerequisite to be a lifeguard. I finished The nervousness was effecting my stomach. I stumbled out of the pool and over to trash can. Where I lost my last meal to that can. I noticed that my vomit was red but i didn’t have time to think about it I had another test to complete before I could go home. That is to tread water for 2 minutes not using arms. I start my head is bobbing in and out of water. My mouth opens and I start choking and I am…

Swimming Safety Tips: Every Beginners Should Aware Of Swimming to me is something extraordinary. What is swimming to me? A sport? A form of physical exercise? No, swimming to me is a feeling. Intense feelings of happiness that wash away all the tiredness of a hectic day and make me feel alive once again. It is like a charger of my body that makes me full of energy every single time. As a regular swimmer today I decided to share some experience of mine with you guys. We all know that swimming…

INTRO 1: Triathlon and active lifestyle is the way of living for Dan. Click here to read more about his passion towards swimming, main achievements and life lessons. TEXT: Your colleagues have nominated you for Inspiration of the Month in August, based on your outstanding performance in swimming. Please tell us how did you start swimming and why did you choose it? Actually I started to swim quite late in my childhood, I was about 12 years old at that time. But three years ago I realized that I…

The sun rises, and the pool lights go on. As the lights warm up, home players begin to set up the pool and get it ready for the day. The players walk with energy and talk with joking banter and friendly arguments. As the pool begins to look like a course, they start their warm up and move with high energy and excitement in their voice. By the end of the day these boys will be tired and broken because of the sport known as water polo. The first of many busses arrives, and the boys pile off. They…

through my head as my body hit the water of the eight-foot deep wave pool I had been staring at for hours that day. My target was a young girl, only about twelve years old. She was floating on her back, only supported by a life-jacket resting under her head instead of on her body where it should have been. Another guard and I had been signaling to her for a minute or so, as she had drifted too close to the restricted area of the pool, and she had been completely unresponsive. My heart was…

as he swims through various pools in order to get home from his friends house who lives just eight miles away. Neddy Merrill experiences increasingly strange occurrences with his neighbors at each pool he swims through and realizes many of life's problems. Cheever beings his story with Neddy Merrill's innocent idea that he can swim his way home from a Sunday afternoon cocktail at the Westerhazy's where his drinking lifestyle is accepted by those around him. The pools themselves represent the…