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Embrace the Training

These days, most swimmers train 11 months out of the year, anywhere from 2-5 hours a day, depending on what level they're at.  Some swimmers train 5 days a week, some 7.  The yardage varies from a few thousand meters a day, to nearly 10 miles a day.  This is all done to swim possibly 20 competitions a year, with the REAL focused competitions happening 3-4 times a year.  

Swimmers train to compete, and that can be a good thing because competition is a vital part of the total swimming picture.  The lessons of competition can be dramatic.  In competition, the focus is sharper, more intense.  People take the sport seriously during meets.

But if we look at the…

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