Sitting beside the pool is fine for two weeks, but after that I think it'd be quite hard to live with - so I need to keep racing.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm really looking forward to just concentrating on the swimming part now instead of what's going on with me outside the pool.
If it's nice out, I swim pretty much every day for about half an hour. I have a great pool; it's very private and not too many people use it.
It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that's how I kept track of what was going on.
When I was young and ocean-racing competitively, and working the rest of the time, I was going 24 hours. I was on the verge of collapsing. But you've got to slow down a bit.
As long as there's a body of water nearby, I'm happy. Pools don't count. I like diving into the ocean and coming out refreshed.
I could float in the pool for hours, just letting the water carry me.
The great thing about having a pool in L.A. is that I can use it year-round. And since I've always been an athlete, staying fit is very important.
I've enjoyed training again, I've enjoyed pushing myself in the pool and I'll keep on swimming until I feel I cannot get any more out of myself.
The pool is terrible, but that doesn't have much to do with my record swims. That's all mental attitude.
As long as I'm enjoying swimming, I will keep swimming.