We stood next to Lane 9, where Val was swimming.
She swam back and forth, back and forth, back and
forth.
“When will she get to stop?” I asked.
“Not for a while,” said the coach. “Val is training
hard for the big meet. She has been swimming a lot
of yards. In a week or so she will start to swim less so
that her arms and legs feel loose and rested for the big
meet. But it’s not time for her to taper off yet. This
morning she has a lot of yards to swim .”
Val swimming