Holy goggles. (yes I have taken to saying things like that lately :} it is really fun). So today was Day 1 of regions. It is sooooooo freaking exciting. Like, I cannot wait for state cause I might actually get to go, but this is so fun too. It was so weird feeling though today, because I only swam one race.... :/ It was the 200 IM.
Normally at our duel meets I am put in the 200 medley relay (event number one) (swimming the freestyle), then I swim event five which is the 200 IM, then I will swim the 500 Free (event thirteen) and last but not least I swim the 200 Free relay. But this meet is different. While I may be fairly good, whether or not I swim in the main relay or not just depends. Because I am not the best or a senior, I am mostly put where I can help the most.
So I gained two seconds in the IM. Ya my legs went numb like they normally do, and I wasn't out fast enough in the butterfly, so my main competitor that I focus on (Expresso) really caught me in the breaststroke. Cause I am not gonna lie. Breaststroke is the bane of mine existence. :P So here is my new strategy for the 200 IM. I'm going to go out fast in the fly, pulling ahead of whoever I can see, then on the back I am going to not over kick, and I am going to have my pull deeper in the water. For the breaststroke... well idk yet. I just haven't found a strategy for it that works best for me. Like I am not sure how my technique should be, or what. I generally try to imitate how I have seen coffee swim it... sad as it may be. Cept apparently that might not help cause my coach says breaststroke is more of an individualized stroke when it comes to technique. oh well. Then on the freestyle I am going to give it my all and have a killer flipturn and finish. That way I won't end up a second behind Expresso. Cause I am always ahead of her till the breaststroke, and then she pulls up ahead of me about the distance I had been ahead, then on the free I catch up a little bit, but it is never enough. If only it were a hundred free instead of 50.
Tomorrow I believe I am swimming the 500 and probably the 200 free relay... WISH ME LUCK!!! Hopefully I will not have a late start on the relay... :/ Good luck to Expresso too :)
-Latte
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hahaha one day you'll figure it out. don't worry. you'll pass me one day. on and by the way, was it you who put up the fish thing? because its way too much fun for me.I've been sitting here literally laughing my head off for like 20 minutes straight! thank you thank you thank you. :)
ReplyDeleteya it was me who put up the fish :) hehe they are sooo fun to play with. I wish I could name them. Ok, so I actually had a good relay start, and I went my normal time on the 500 :))))) And when I got off the bus, coach Sunny (his new puppy's name) basically told me good job, and that I was going to state! I would have been jumping up and down, 'cept there was ice, and snowballs were being thrown. One even managed to go down my back pocket :/ idk how that happened. Plus my mom decided I needed to make an exit so she did a doughnut out of the parking lot... haha she has her moments of funniess.
ReplyDeleteSweet! i need to meet that puppy. hahahaha you mom did a doughnut??!!! what??? no fair...
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