Sports

Having been away from the swimming pool for more than 20 years, I started to learn to swim last month. My girlfriend was a competitive swimmer. She participated in many swimming competitions during her school years. After convincing me to go to the gym, my girlfriend then persuaded me to swim with her. Every summer, she took me to the sportswear shop, urging me to buy a swimming suit and swim with her. Whenever she urged me to do so, I refused and went away. Part of the reason was that I wasn’t interested in swimming. Part of the reason was that I wanted to observe her reaction to my refusal. ...

Last time, I wrote about my goal in 2023 on archery as a comeback player. Two weeks ago, I participated in a local archery competition and didn’t win, as expected. During the previous months, I practised a lot as an amateur archer. It was raining and windy on the last night before the competition. However, I didn’t skip the regular lesson and tried my best to gain experience in facing adverse weather conditions. Perhaps it was my first archery competition since I rejoined archery. I was so excited that I woke up at 4 AM that morning and spent almost an hour falling asleep again. Coincidently, my friend who participated in the same archery competition also woke up at 4 AM. ...