I Wanted To Overcome My Fear of The Deep End

So I signed up for a swimathon

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I entered a swimathon. With a goal like that, I would be forced to rise to the occasion, to overcome my fear of deep water. So I thought.

By then I’d had four years of private swimming lessons, at least 120 sessions of instruction and practice, but all in a shallow pool about 1m deep.