After Hours

I am on a swim team
by Knightfoto

   I have an interesting life after school. Instead of having many activities packed into a tight schedule, I have 2, once or twice a week. I am on a swim team for my town. We have practices 3 times a week. At every practice, we swim vigorously, trying to beat our personal time. In swimming, one lap of the pool is equal to 25 yards. We swim about 1000 yards every practice, or about 40 laps. Once in a while we have a swim meet, which is a competition between two or more teams. Even though one team is competing against the other(s), we mainly compete against our own time. For example, if it took 50.57 seconds to do 50 yards of freestyle in the last meet, then I want to be able to do 50 yards of freestyle in 50.56 seconds or less, etc.

I do Kempo Karate
by superwebdeveloper

   I am also an orange belt in Kempo Defense Karate. I have tried Tae Kwon Do Karate, but I made it to green belt. I was too little, and I didn't really understand, so I quit. Tae Kwon Do is more of a competitional karate, whereas Kempo is mainly about defense. My brother and I started Kempo about 5-6 months ago, and after learning and learning, we went from white to yellow and then to orange belts. Twice a week, for an hour, we learn how to defend ourselves if ever needed. Even though that is the primary lesson, we take time to talk about discipline and self-control. We also do fitness training (sit-ups and push-ups). As we learn all our material, we learn about how to use it in the real world. Much of this class has to do with physics and mechanics.

What do you do after school/work? Do you have any special activities? Remember, comments are appreciated!