Four Years Later...

As I get ready to head to Omaha for 2012 Olympic Trials, I can't help but think to myself... What if? I decided to stop swimming in 2008 following the Beijing Olympics and in the back of my mind I wonder how different my life may have been if I had decided to keep swimming.

How would I be feeling right now going into Trials?

Would I be ready?

Would I be too nervous and excited to sleep?

Would I be able to qualify for another Olympic team?

My life is so different from what it was like four years ago.

And now, I head to Omaha, NE on Friday to watch and work at the 2012 Olympic Trials and I can't help but feel a twinge of sadness that I decided to stop.

Hopefully I can hold it together as I watch one of the fastest swim meets the U.S. puts on.

Good luck to all my swimming friends - I wish you the best of luck next week and will be cheering you on through it all!

2008 Trials with teammate Natalie Coughlin right after qualifying for the team.

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