Open Water Swim Research Paper

Winning a state level open water swim event was one of my proudest moments because it showed me that you should always try something even though you may not succeed; you might end up surprising yourself. Having confidence in yourself is important in anything you do whether you think you are adequate at it or not.
Since I was nine years old, the youngest you can be to participate, I was in a day program at Castaic Lake called Junior Lifeguards. It is a program where, from the ages of nine to sixteen, you learn basic life saving skills. For example, I learned how to provide, cardiopulmonary resuscitation administer (C.P.E), oxygen, scan the water properly for distressed swimmers and of course staying in shape. Jr. Guards starts in the summer
Too far ahead of the group you would waste all of your energy trying to keep the lead. But too far in the back and you would be swimming in everyone’s wake and bubbles. He holds his hand up and pressed the horn button on the megaphone and we all take off with sand flying up from are feet digging into to the ground
As I made my way around the first turn around the flag the main group of competitors’ starts to get very close to each other and elbows’ start to touch. We entered the water with people diving in on top of each other. I knew the race would be tougher than I thought after this point. The water was cold to the bone even though it had turned out to be a somewhat sunny day after the beach. The waves threw me up and down every stoke I took, but kept charging along.
Before I knew it the race was between just two other guys and me. I picked up the pase of my stroke, but so did the other two competitors. I pulled ahead man but I was right on top of the other. I could feel his wake from his frantic sprint because he knew I was behind him. That made me sprint even more. We were going head to head, at this point were in a dead