Its funny…but very admirable!

July 4th, 2006

In the gym that I go to, the cardio-vascular suite is on a floor above the swimming pool. You can see down into the pool while you puff and pant on some machine of torture such as a treadmill or exercise bike.

I can’t but help watch some of those swimming below and sometimes its hard not to laugh.

Some of the elderly swimmers, in particular, have a style that borders on the comical. I watched one lady today, who must be in her 70’s, swimming almost vertically in the water, taking tiny strokes that inched her along the pool.

It was a very funny sight - but do you know what? I admire her tremendously.

That lady was taking responsibility for her health and well being. Not for her was it a sedentary afternoon watching daytime TV. She had made the effort to go out and swim to the best of her ability, which is highly admirable.

I just hope that when I’m her age I have the physical and mental strength that she has.

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