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https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Start-2012-Jr.-Nationals-1487.jpg41882787The smell of latex is strong and my lungs are about to burst. My muscles are ripped and torn down. I can feel the joints holding my shoulder in place pop with each short extension. The straps of this damn four hundred dollar suit are burrowing into the curve of my collarbone. I’m here regretting getting two sizes too small as the pressure makes it hard to breathe.