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Athletes facing multitude of training issues

By Matt Remsberg
ESPN RISE Magazine

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Growing up, Mary Beck never felt more at home than in the pool. She taught herself to swim at age 4. By 7 she was immersed in a club swimming program. And by 13 it had become so clear she was at home in the water that her family pulled up its roots in Colorado and made a new home in Austin, Texas, so Beck could join the prestigious Longhorn Aquatics swim program. That's when Beck took her training to the next level. Pre-dawn practices started to accompany after school sessions. Meals and be ...

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