Varsity

I have been on the varsity swim team since freshman year. ever since then my coach has been indoctrinating us with the idea that pain is only temporary and we should push through no matter what.  Even when you feel tired and want to stop you have to keep going. I will never forget one of the last days of practice freshman year, when my coach made us do a series of 25 yard swims on an interval that 14 year old me could barely keep up with. No matter how much I was struggling he wouldn't let me give up.