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6 am. The sun had not yet risen. Waves of steam are coming out of the water. The lights of the swimming pool form a screen with the fog. Just a few minutes ago I was dreaming, now we are waiting for our coach to give us the signal to dive into the water. Goosebumps all over ... It is freezing outside. For most of us, it only takes a few seconds to cross the 50m swimming pool from one end to the other. For me, sometimes it feels like 30 seconds of never ending anxious chaos. In these few seconds needed to reach a new record, time strangely expands. I see a stopwatch running in my mind, the time ticking faster and faster every time I take a breath: “I have to be the best butterfly swimmer in Greece”, the voice inside keeps telling me.
How Can we Push Our Personal Limits? by Evan Paneras, Middle School Student
