On Saturday I got back into the pool for the first time in a few weeks. The GPS watch that also tracks laps said I had a faster 100 yard split and my previous efforts, but it sure didn't feel like it. I ended up only swimming 1,500 yards and there were more breaks than I'd like to admit. After the workout I thought back to my high school swim career. We would routinely swim 5 - 6,000 yards a practice. During the longest workouts we'd top 10,000 yards (that's over 5 and a half miles). Needless to say I was in much better shape back then.
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Charles "Chuck" Lendrum |
Thinking about those workouts also made me think about my old swim coach, Chuck. Chuck was great. He knew just how to motivate a bunch of high schoolers and find the best in them. My sophomore year he led us to the team's first Conference Championship in school history (we ended up repeating as champions and then coming in a very close 2nd my senior year). Chuck has probably coached hundreds of kids, all of whom have gained from knowing him. And now Chuck has cancer. More specifically, non-hodgkin's lymphoma, a blood cancer not all that different than multiple myeloma.
As with too many people in this world, Chuck needs help paying for his treatment and making ends meet. That's where you come in. That's where I come in. That's where we all come in. If you can, please help Chuck by giving to the fund his brother has set up:
Coach's (Charles Lendrum) Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Fund.
Thank you.
-Andrew
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