a new swim

my mom started me young on the swim team. i wanted to race like my brothers. i was never a fan of freestyle but i loved the butterfly. we all swam for years. but summer spent at sleep-away camp eventually took us away from the swim team. its been a long time since i really swam. last night after the first two laps i thought i was going to collapse. then the more our coach explained this new style of swimming, the mroe it all started to click. the barely there kick, the relaxed style, the finger trip drag -- i get it. i like it. my stroke has already improved. its different swimming with over one hundred people at a time. they have us going up in even lanes and down in odd. that means you are constantly running into people to get you used to the feeling we'll experience on race day. i've been kicked and clawed but it all comes with the territory. after an hour i wanted to keep going- the last thing i wanted to do was take the subway all the way back town.