Hi there.  So, have you gone to that Mariners game yet?  who won?  I can't 
say i've ever really been freaked out about anything like you and your 
backstroke, the only thing is that I don't like to play basketball because 
I'm worried that i'll end up breaking my ankle again, and if I did that it 
would really screw up my swimming again.  I started swimming 5 years ago with 
the swim club but I've been taking lessons for my whole like.  What about 
you, when did you start? Yeah we kind of have zones, but we call them 
provincials instead.  I've been going to them for almost the entire time I've 
been swimming but I've never really been a threat to the other swimmers until 
about a year ago when I started winning some of the events.  Now I'm the 
provicial champ in both the 200m back and 200m free.  How does your coach 
know about me?  i know what you mean about swimming being competitive.  The 
first couple of years I was in in it I never noticed because i was just 
swimming for fun, but now that I've become more focused I've realized that 
I'm very competitive, not only with the other swimmers and as well with 
myself, but I also compare myself to people like Chris Renaud and Mark 
Versfeld by looking at their times when they were my age.  It's a real 
eyeopener to find out that you aren't far behind (if not ahead) an olympian.
well, I've got to be goin', talk to you later
Mike Power
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