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Our Unhealthy Obsession with Race Times

February 14, 2015February 14, 2015 Rick Madge3 Comments

Last year I wrote about how the swimming world has an unhealthy obsession with Personal Bests [PBs]. And since then I've seen countless more examples of swimmers treating non-personal bests as if it meant they were a failure. But I've also seen swimmers get unhealthily obsessed with their race times in general. The problem is… Continue reading Our Unhealthy Obsession with Race Times

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