Songs To Get the Adrenaline Pumping!

Below are some of the songs I've listened to before and during practice and big meets.  Everyone has different tastes, what are some of the songs you listen to?









Eye of the Tiger - Survivor

Sweet Child of Mine - Guns n' Roses

Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins

TNT - AC/DC

Crazy Train - Ozzy osbourne

Home - Philip Philips

Thunderstruck -  AC/DC

Uprising - Muse

Down With the Sickness - Disturbed

It's Tricky - Run DMC

I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas

Don't Stop Believin - Journey

Born In the USA - Bruce Springsteen

The Big Puddle

Keystone Games went as expected.  The pool I practiced in was short of the 25 yard pool I competed in.  This was a shock to my system as I was warming up and was already out of breath 20 minutes in. My first race, 100 Freestyle.  I swam hard for that third place medal.  One race down, 3 to go.  200 Free was next and the time I finished at, I have not swam since I was 10, but I finished the race.  100 Back was next, and was happy that I could 'rest' a little before I swam the 200I.M.  It was the final race of the day and I was spent.  In the warm up pool I was considering dropping out of it.  The lactic acid was winning and it was messing with my head.  I used every ounce of strength I had to finish it legally!  Goal = Accomplished!  It was not pretty by any means, but this is a new chapter in a book of many chapters of my swimming career.  I hope to build on what I started and continue to push myself.  When customers come into D&J Sports and ask me if I still swim, I say yes, with pride, because not everyone has the same luxury.  

'Scotty'

Age Is Just a Number, Or Is It?

There are some things that do not change.  The early morning workouts, the goggles, the cold water, and the sense of accomplishment after a hard swim.  What does change?  Age, waist size, and loss of muscle!  

After a 10 year hiatus, at age 31, I am back in the water to prove to myself that I can pick up where I left off after I stopped swimming in college.  In high school my team mates called me a beast, and a robot.  I was programmed to swim hard and fast, because I had no other setting.  I had some natural talent but mostly I had to work hard for the goals that I wanted to accomplish.  Back in August I had another goal.  I competed in my first Master's swim meet since I was 19, at the Keystone State Games.  My mom was the one that encouraged me to compete at Keystone Games, which is a meet I have always participated in since I was 10.  As luck would have it, my wife's family had a pool that I could train in and having a job at D&J Sports allowed me the time in the morning before work to swim.  Well, I realized a couple things.  One, I needed a bigger suit.  Two, it was harder to wake up early for practice, and three, my lung capacity was severely lacking.  When there are multiple road blocks in front of you, you reach deep down and in the words of Dory, "Keep on Swimming."  "Pain is weakness leaving the body," is what my former high school coach Gwen Whilden would say.  These are sayings that I would use to push myself.  Every morning was a mental struggle to keep swimming, and I wanted to win.

Stay with me as I continue to get 'Back in the 'speedo' to get in shape and enjoy the sport that I am very passionate about.

'Scotty'