I am about two and a half feet above the water; I stare at it, and it stares right back at me. My goggles give the water a crystal blue tint that taunts me; the water thinks it is better than I am. From the height of the block, the black tile that runs down the center of every lane appears to me as a runway. In just a few seconds I will be moving …showed first 75 words of 831 total…

…showed last 75 words of 831 total…really hurt, but the tenths of second it saved me could make or break my race. The best part of racing is that is all I am thinking about at the time. No other worries I have could possibly bug me when I am on that block. Everything I need to do runs through my head at two hundred miles per second as a take my position to start, but I love it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**