{"id":178561,"date":"2021-02-10T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=178561"},"modified":"2021-02-10T10:31:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T17:31:35","slug":"an-ode-to-swimming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/an-ode-to-swimming\/","title":{"rendered":"An Ode To Swimming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Katlynn Emaus, Swimming World College Intern<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Oh swimming how my body has taken your toll,<br \/>\nFrom the underwater kick sets to the 400s pull,<br \/>\nFrom the knots in my hair that cannot be undone,<br \/>\nThe battle of not smelling like chlorine just cannot be won,<br \/>\nThe endless time I have poured into you,<br \/>\nhowever, there is nothing I\u2019d rather do.<br \/>\nThe dry cracking skin and the hair with dead ends,<br \/>\nOh swimming, you are lucky I consider you my friend.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;11\/3\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\nvirginia-pool-acc&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Matt Riley&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/virginia-pool-acc-e1509756960207-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/virginia-pool-acc-e1509756960207-1024x711.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-178064\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/virginia-pool-acc-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"virginia-pool-acc\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-178064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Matt Riley<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Oh swimming, through you have I have learned to never take anything for granted,<br \/>\nNot everyone has this advantage,<br \/>\nto be involved in a sport,<br \/>\nthat teaches you so much more.<br \/>\nSee, swimming is much more than staring at a black line,<br \/>\nIt teaches athletes that life lessons that are very fine.<br \/>\nTrust, determination, resilience, and focus&#8211; just to name a few.<br \/>\nThe pool is the best medication for when I\u2019m feeling blue,<br \/>\nThe moment of pure bliss when you accomplish your goals,<br \/>\nNow that is the power that swimming holds,<br \/>\nTo push yourself to limits unknown,<br \/>\nSo at the state meet you can bring home the gold.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_145065\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145065\" data-attachment-id=\"145065\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/pan-am-games-swimming-793\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pan-am-games-swimming-2015-0673.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2333,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports NPStrans, toppic&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Erich Schlegel\/USA Today Sports Images&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pan-am-games-swimming-2015-0673-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pan-am-games-swimming-2015-0673-1024x702.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-145065\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pan-am-games-swimming-2015-0673-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Jul 18, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Kelsi Worrell , Katie Meili and Natalie Coughlin of the United States celebrate after winning the women's swimming 4x100m medley final during the 2015 Pan Am Games at Pan Am Aquatics UTS Centre and Field House. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-145065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Erich Schlegel\/USA Today Sports Images<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When my final days of swimming come to end,<br \/>\nI am glad I had swimming as a friend.<br \/>\nThe memories made will never be forgotten,<br \/>\nLike that one time Nick tried to make that hook shot go in,<br \/>\nOr that one time the team road tripped to North Carolina,<br \/>\nOr that time we dressed as the Great Wall of China,<br \/>\nOr that time I missed that cut at the last chance meet,<br \/>\nBoy I bet you thought you had me beat,<br \/>\nBut swimming, remember what you taught me?<br \/>\nI will never give up, because of you, that is key.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Katlynn Emaus, Swimming World College Intern Oh swimming how my body has taken your toll, From the underwater kick sets to the 400s pull, From the knots in 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