March MADDNESS!!

• Posted on 8th March 2009
• in This-n-that
• by Dragonfly

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I am very proud of the kids. All swam and all did well. VERY WELL!

 

 

D~MAN

50 free 58.54 time now… 1:19.34 I am going to tell you the story here. (Picture it) Sicily 2009 Okay I am just joking here. But truly picture this. A boy gearing up for the swim….petting his own bald head over and over again. Setting his goggles and jumping in place. Gearing up ready for the slide of the water as he goes off the blocks he breaks through the water with a beautiful …..pull down?????? is this mom really seeing what she thinks she is seeing…… YUP the boy is out there geared up and ready for breaststroke and he is doing it for the 50 free….;) But let me tell you what happened next. We all yelled. We all Screamed. We were trying to get his attention, Yet nothing was doing it….as his head was int eh swim. He and the water were one. And did he do it…..? did he beat his time……. YES!!!!! He got out of the water and I was there to great him. “That was the BEST breaststroke that you have done. It was awesome…..you BEAT your time. You ROCKED IT…. I am so proud of you. But….. this is the 50 free….” He looked at me….. I waited for the tears….. “I beat my time?” “Yes you did…..” “I didn’t get D.Q.d because that is the 50 free….right?” “No DQ you are safe from that….and YOU BEAT YOUR TIME!!!” laughing he said…..” Well that is cool than.” THANK GOD he took that well. And he was lucky enough to get to swim it again….. 😉

50 breast 1:21.04 His new official time 1:20.27 *_ .77 * Not as fast as the 50 free time. *G * but he will take it.

50 back first time trying with a D.Q. It is all goo though. He will be ready to do it again and not make the same mistake. Need to work on those flip turns. Need to have the count right and be ready to hit the wall….get all that under control and he will be unstoppable.

 

BUG man

100IM 1:45.37 his new time 1:42.31 *-3.06 *

50 Back 47.80 his new time 45.64 *- 2.16 *

50 Breast 58.86 this time 59.77 * +.91* He was upset over this one. Told me here that he liked doing fly better. He feels more comfortable at it. Couldn’t he stick to that and I.M.s.? …. “Um yeah sure.” ruffled his hair….STRANGE kid…. he runs to the two that I don’t like. LOL.

100 free 1:40.15 His new time 1:32.01 *-8.14 * he has been going for certain times this year. really driving towards being in the Junior Olympics. We thought this was a J.O. Time…. but we were off by 10 sec. It was a 1:22.09 that he needed to get. I was sure it was a 132… what ever… he was able to get his first heat winner ribbon and against the *fast * anchorage kids…. He was so happy for that…

 

LadyBug

25 back 32.46 this time 34.14 *+1.68 * she was going without goggles… trying to rock it like the Bug man. But hey…. she was still oh so close…..Having fun is what it is all about.

25 free 30.81 this time 34.30 *+3.49 * They did not do a dive in on this one. So I figure that was the difference in time. But she is still right there. 😉

 

My niece the pup…..

50 back 1:06.93 her new time 1:04.04 *-2.89 *

50 Free 1:10.21 Her new time 1:04.51 *-5.70 * I am so proud of her on this one. After having so many problems breathing and having to stop or switch to backstroke. This one she got in and OWNED it. It was hers and there was nothing anyone could do to stop her. WAY TO GO!

50 Breast 2:01.37 Her new time 1:29.93 *-31.44 * I am elated for her over this one. What a neat thing to be able to do in such a short amount of training. WOWEE!!!!!!

 

I swam too…. I did the 50 free and the 100 free…. I had been sick all week and I think we are going to play that card again. LOL. God will have to let me be sick the week before. I didn’t beat my 50 time only missing it by .14 that is okay. I was fine with that. It is better than I did last meat. Adding almost 2 full seconds to my time than. 😉 But the 100 free….found me with spirit. I was able to take 3.11 seconds off my time. And I am happy with that. Even more happy for the 13 year old beside me that just wanted to beat the little old lady next to her. 😉 We both cheered together as she was happy she beat me and I was happy for her and happy that I pulled something out of me better than I did in High school. Yeah me!

 

So there you have it. I would have video but we didn’t have extra batteries this time. So when my sister gets them up from her camera I will try to steal them and get them up here for you.

 

DF OUT