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By Rozann Kraus, Swimming World Guest Contributor<\/em><\/p>\n

I swim to relax. A professional dancer, I jog for my heart, bike for transportation, take class, teach, choreograph and stretch. Every day. So when I\u2019ve finished my daily triathlon, I ease in the pool to relax.\u00a0 No gravity.\u00a0 No honking horns or potholes. No gale force winds.<\/span><\/p>\n

In my other life pursuits, I push, I work hard, I judge and evaluate. In the pool, I just swim. Mindless, mostly effortless.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve done this for years. My dressing times often intersect with Masters swimmers\u2019 (even the name is intimidating). Flushed and breathless, they spend hours doing laps, watching the timers, tallying tenth of seconds.\u00a0 They are also my friends.\u00a0 I confuse them by not caring how fast I swim, or that I only do one stroke.<\/span><\/p>\n

The love of my life has always been a swimmer. That\u2019s mostly why I learned how to float in a vaguely forward direction. We\u2019d go the pool together; he\u2019d work out with the team. I\u2019d take the empty lane and do my damp meditation. I\u2019d get a long shower and have time to dry my hair, spin my suit and get to know the desk monitors, while Dan finished his\u00a0<\/span>5,000 (5 million?) yards at 90 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now in our 60s, the routine continues.\u00a0 A couple of years ago, Dan found a Masters\u2019 team in an area where we often spend weekends.\u00a0 Six lanes for the workout, two for me to do my mild back and forth. Not in a large city, this team was always eager for more members. Dan, the seriously good backstroker, was immediately welcome.\u00a0 About a year after I began coming for my parallel swim time, I was greeted by the ever upbeat coach. Both social animals, we had been friendly in the halls and at a few non-swim events.<\/span><\/p>\n

As I got my kickboard, he approached, \u201cHey, Rozann!\u00a0 I was wondering; what\u2019re your times?\u201d I glazed over, then recovered. \u201cWell, I swim for 10 minutes, kick four laps, stretch for two minutes, take an 18 minute shower.\u00a0 That makes\u2026 34 minutes.\u00a0Sometimes my shower is longer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Still in his ever cheerleading mode, \u201cNo, I mean how fast do you swim?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I honestly had no idea. Seems they needed someone my age for a relay race.\u00a0 As prep, there was really informal alumni meet in a few weeks; I could just jump in and\u00a0<\/span>get timed.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOnly if it\u2019s one length. And I can\u2019t dive in.\u201d No problem. I was entered in the 25 yard open freestyle. No, I did not train. I respected the water and our cordial relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n

I did a 25 and a 50 yard, both starting in the water.\u00a0 Asked for my split, I thought they were talking about dancing.<\/span><\/p>\n

The real race was a month away and I had yet to dive into the water. I was concerned my goggles would come off. Toes over the edge, I was told to keep looking at my feet. My second splat was better than my first, but that was all the time there was to learn.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not really that different from the block.\u201d Right.<\/span><\/p>\n

A week before The Meet, I discovered two (game-changing?) facts: to compete in relay, at least one other event must be swum; the course was measured in meters, not yards. <\/span><\/p>\n

Between my rehearsal schedule, and the distance to the event, I had limited options.<\/span><\/p>\n

The shortest race that day: 100-meter freestyle.\u00a0 I knew I would die, but luckily, the race that \u2018needed\u2019 me, the 400 meter mixed medley, came first. Just showing up, I got points for the team.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

First meet, first time off the block, when do you dive in on a relay?? \u201cNo worries,\u201d from my teammates; wait until they touch the wall. I feel like an imposter. Bang! I\u2019m third to perch. In I dive, off come my goggles, I swim and swim, get jumped over and somehow, we came in second place.\u00a0 I have no memory.<\/span><\/p>\n

Noticing my name wasn\u2019t on the roster, we ran to the main desk, while the other (real) swimmers adjusted\u00a0their goggles.\u00a0 As I verify my name with the lane monitors, the buzzer sounds. In go\u00a0seven women.\u00a0 I stand\u00a0like a pre-schooler at the wrong bus stop.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGET IN!!\u201d\u00a0 \u201cSWIM!!\u201d\u00a0 Forty seconds later, I dive in. My goggles hold, I remember to breath after my first lap. My last lap, I actually passed two swimmers.\u00a0 As I climb out, my pals are all hoots and fist bumps. By the hand-held stop watches, I did great.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDisqualified!\u201d\u00a0 The meet\u2019s Commander in Chief addresses me. Why? For starting LATE? My first meet?<\/span><\/p>\n

The official time got me a sixth place. My mates know what my real time was. For my next meet, I\u2019m confident I\u2019ll dive in, goggles in place, starting with the clock. I\u2019m still not sure about my splits.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rozann Kraus is\u00a0 <\/strong>Resident Choreographer at the Central Square Theater<\/strong> in Cambridge, MA.\u00a0 Founder of The Dance Complex, she’s an activist (irritant), a published author and poet as well as a dancer. Rozann’s taught at many important places, <\/strong>all of which had swimming pools.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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