Didn’t like any sport in my childhood but today swimming is my favourite. My father is a very good swimmer, so he was the one who taught me how to swim when I was 6 years old. But I didn’t start swimming seriously until I was 15 when I learnt many advantages in this activity. First of all, I don’t get hot and sweaty like we do with other kinds of sports. Besides, it’s not a team game so it doesn’t matter if I’m not quite good at it. As far as I know, swimming also increases my lungs capacity, it develops my breathing technique and makes my heart pump better. And it burns a lot of calories too. So I started going to the swimming pool because I needed more exercise to stay fit, physically strong and healthy. For me it’s the best way to relieve my daily stress and tiredness.
I go the local swimming pool for adults twice a week in the evenings. The sessions last for one hour, from 7 to 8 p.m. I really enjoy the time there. There are no children screaming and jumping in the pool. I just swim up and down quietly along my own lane, marked with ropes. My personal favourite stroke is freestyle. It is the fastest of the four primary strokes. I am also fond of backstroke. Floating on my back is so relaxing and soothing. The equipment for my favourite sport is minimal, so I don’t spend much money on it. All I need is a swimming costume and a towel. Sometimes I wear waterproof goggles and a swimming cap to protect my eyes and hair from the chlorine in the water. Although I find them rather uncomfortable.
Swimming is popular among both children and grown-ups. And it’s a perfect sport for me because it makes me feel great.
<span>John Griffith "Jack" London was born on 12 January 1876 in San Francisco. His mother, Flora Wellman, lived in Ohio but then moved to San Francisco where she worked as a music teacher. Some biographers suppose that Jack London’s father was William Chaney who lived with Flora Wellman in San Francisco. The house where Jack London spent his childhood was destroyed after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. In 1885 London read Ouida's long Victorian novel Signa. Jack London maintained that this book was the beginning of his literary career. In 1886 he became acquainted with Ina Coolbrith who was a librarian in the Oakland Public Library. She encouraged London’s learning. In 1889 he started working at Hickmott’s Cannery. His working day lasted 12 to 18 hours. Afterwards Jack London bought the sloop Razzle-Dazzle and became an oyster pirate. After a while he came to Oakland and entered Oakland High School where he started writing articles for the school’s magazine, The Aegis. The first work of London was “Typhoon off the Coast of Japan” in which he described his sailing experiences. At the age of 21 Jack London joined the Klondike Gold Rush. This period of life was a basis for some of his popular stories but his health declined there. As a result London had the scurvy. The first published work was “To the Man on Trail”. London lived in Oakland he became acquainted with poet George Sterling who became his best friend. Jack London’s first marriage was in 1900. He married Elizabeth “Bessie” Maddern with whom he had two children: Joan and Bessie. But they divorced and London married Charmian Kittredge in 1905.Jack London died November 22, 1916.His ashes were interred in Jack London State Historic Park, in Glen Ellen, California.</span>
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