I am a Pisces. I LOVE the water! I enjoy listening to the waves crash against the surf at Virginia Beach. Watching the James River meander through the city relaxes me. Swimming in the water that I love so much....that’s a different story. As a kid I learned how to survival swim. I could swim well enough to play in the pool and at Water Country USA without drowning, but that’s about it. Survival swimming also meant I learned how to swim with my head above the water. Survival swimming is not something you want to do during a triathlon. It is inefficient and will cause you to tire out very quickly. Once I got it into my head that I was going to do a sprint triathlon, I knew I had to learn how to swim correctly. I became a community member at my local YMCA and began taking swimming lessons. Each lesson was a struggle. I couldn’t swim 25 meters without stopping several times. Instead of embracing the...