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This season especially, I have had really struggled to balance swimming and school. Because I’m highly anemic, I get fatigued really easily. So swimming has been really, really hard on me. I have tried to swim more than 4 times a week, but most times it ends up being twice a week, plus going to the gym once.
Over the past months or so, I had several discussions with my coaches about seasac. On the one hand, I had an obligation to my team to keep training so that we had the best chance at winning SEASAC. On the other hand, I also had to keep in mind that I had to take care of my own health and decide whether it was worth it to sacrifice my chance to get into a good university, for a school level swim meet.
The other day, I had a long talk with our head Coach, Coach Andrew. He felt that even without training, I’d still be a valuable asset to the team. But at the same time, he knew how being part of the SEASAC team would put a lot of pressure on me to train more and that would have a negative impact on my health. We also talked about how sometimes it’s not about having the fastest team, but instead having the most committed team.
After the long discussion, he told me that he wanted to make it my decision and to think about it for a few days. After a few days I decided that if I were to compete a SEASAC, it wouldn’t be fair to myself, or other girls on the team who were more committed to the sport. So I decided to give up my spot on the team.