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By Abby Bergman, Swimming World College Intern<\/em><\/p>\n

As with athletes in many sports, swimmers who begin a new phase of life face challenges as they try to reconcile the demands of a novel\u00a0school, job, or family with their commitment to swimming. With these challenges also come new motivations\u00a0to show up at the pool everyday. <\/span><\/p>\n

The following is a list of reasons why swimmers should keep swimming, even as adults!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Sanctuary<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Rebecca Nevitt completes the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim. Photo Courtesy: Rebecca Nevitt.<\/p><\/div>\n

Going to the pool is a break from real life, whether that is school, or a job, or family obligations. When you enter the deck, you are apart from your everyday life and able to focus in the goals you share with the swimmers around you. <\/span>Sarah Crocker<\/b>, who graduated this May from Mount Holyoke College where she was a captain, describes this phenomenon when she says, \u201cthe pool is another home to me – it’s secure and peaceful, even if the outside world is a bit crazy.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

In this way, swimmers seek out the pool as a sanctuary but also as a place that helps them to reconnect to themselves in a world that pulls in so many different directions. Marathon swimmer Rebecca Nevitt<\/strong> says, \u201cSwimming is like a meditation for me, especially the long training swims. There\u2019s enough time on a long swim to both let go and let your mind wander, and focus on the task at hand when necessary.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Love for the Sport <\/b><\/h2>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Mission Viejo Masters<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/b>This reason should be sort of obvious– some swimmers swim simply because they love it. Regardless of whether you started swimming as a child, an adult, or somewhere in between, you have come to define yourself as a swimmer because it is a part of who you are. Many swimmers keep swimming as adults because they cannot imagine their lives without some aspect of the sport.<\/span><\/p>\n

Arlette Godges<\/b>, who swims Masters and holds\u00a0records in her age group explains, \u201cSwimmers train like no other sport, at times when other people sleep, we are ruled by the swimming schedule, but, we don\u2019t care BECAUSE; we love training hard, getting pushed to our edge and doing it again. \u00a0We are a competitive breed and getting beat just makes us go work harder for next time. \u00a0Most important, we keep doing it every crack of dawn because we love the swimming family. \u00a0At 52 years old – a wife, a mother and a professional – I swim because it is a part of me. \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Fitness<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Sarah Crocker at the NEWMAC Swimming Championships. Photo Courtesy: Sarah Crocker<\/p><\/div>\n

A combination of busy work lives and family commitments can make finding ways to be active in adult life challenging, but swimming is one good way to stay in shape throughout all stages of life. Just as swimming helps small children burn off excess energy, it can also help adults meet their fitness goals. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI love being in shape and being healthy; not only do I keep up with my kids, I can challenge them with energy,\u201d Godges describes. In some ways swimmers have an advantage over other athletes because swimming can be a lifelong sport. Crocker explains this phenomenon when she says,\u00a0<\/span>\u201cI also know swimming is an excellent way to stay fit for all ages, since it works the whole body and is low impact…I know swimmers are so lucky in that way!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Competition<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Arlette Godges celebrates her success at the 2014 Masters Swimming World Championships in Montreal. Photo courtesy: Arlette Godges.<\/p><\/div>\n

In many ways overt competition is discouraged in daily adult life, but involvement in a sport can help vent the natural competitive impulses most people harbor. While maintaining a mature\u00a0demeanor in her professional life, Godges explains how she uses swimming as an outlet when she says, \u201cI can be as competitive as I want to be once I step onto the block and dive in the water.”<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Community<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Arlette Godges and friends celebrate the swimming community. Photo Courtesy: Arlette Godges<\/p><\/div>\n

One of the best things\u00a0about being a swimmer is the community formed around mutual goals and shared experience. Many college swimmers feel the loss of this community when they leave their college teams for the real world but seek out Masters swimming as a way to reconnect to the sport. <\/span><\/p>\n

Nevitt defines the need for a team when she says, “Many people think that swimming is an independent sport, but the camaraderie I\u2019ve experienced with teammates past and present is something that keeps me coming back to the pool.” <\/span><\/p>\n

No matter the venue, swimmers are attracted to each other. “W<\/span>e meet in the most bizarre places because a swimmer spots a swimmer (we all know the signs; a t-shirt, a backpack, the wet hair and professional clothes look, the special odor that comes with the pool, the sticker on the car, etc) and a new friendship is made,” Godges says.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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