I know I haven’t posted in a while, but I’m excited because I cut four seconds off my 50-meter butterfly. I went from 50 seconds to 46 seconds. Mommy shot this video and you can hear Mommy and Daddy cheering for me!
Everyone said I did great, even my coach. Yay!
I’m so sorry I haven’t blogged in a while! Let me catch you up. I’ve ended summer holidays and gone back to school. My teacher rocks! We, as in my classmates and I, have had a lot of fun. My soccer season has started, and I’m doing great! Four goals in three games!
Oh, did I mention that I went to New Hampshire for two weeks in August? Yeah, it was fun. I even flew up alone and stayed with my grandparents (alone) for a week. Then, my parents came up with my sisters by car. Since my grandparents live on a lake, we had lots of fun. Kayaking, canoeing and swimming galore!
I also went biking. My dad took me mountain biking for the first time! So fun!
Then, of course, there was Tamarack the black lab, my grandparents’ dog. So loving, and cute. Tamarack loved me. I loved her. But now, she’s up in heaven playing catch with Seamus, my dog… I miss them so much. I liked the fishing, too. Tamarack would fish in a little cove, beside the house where I stayed.
Well, I went home, and sports started up again. I already mentioned soccer, so I’ll talk about swimming. So far, so good. I think I’m getting better. And I made a couple friends.
My 10th birthday happened soon after I got home. I invited a lot of friends to my party and got some really cool presents, including five Webkinz! We had lots of fun decorating cupcakes, playing kickball and doing lots of other things. Well, gotta go! See ya!
Last week we beat our archrivals, NYCC. My dad did the adult relay at half time. We pushed our coaches into the pool at the end and all jumped in. I got first in the mixed relay, 4th in breast stroke, 6th in backstroke, first in the 100 free relay and first in the 25 free. I came very close to beating the pool record and am going to keep trying. The record is 16.63 and my time was 17.38. It was a very (emphasis on the word very) close finish. I won by .01 seconds!! This saturday I am swimming fly again- Yea! I will let you know tomorrow how our meet goes this weekend. Stay tuned! Go Dolphins!
This past Saturday I had my first swim meet of the summer! I swam mixed 100 free relay, 50 free, 25 fly, 25 breast and 100 free relay. I got 1st in fly and free, 2nd in both relays and 4th in breast! It was so much fun! I want to try and beat some records on the record board at our pool. I’ll let you know- WHEN I do. Check out my butterfly. Daddy filmed it.
We swim against our archrivals this weekend- so we all really want to win!!
GO DOLPHINS (not the cute kind- the carnivores!!)
Today, I was in my very first race!!! There was one problem. It was raining cats and dogs. Pouring. Pattering. Spitting. Whatever you call it! Oh yeah, there was another problem in my 10-14 race, I was racing against a 14-year-old boy. They combined my race with another, which added a 15-year-old boy to the mix. The boys took off as soon as it started. I knew I was done for. On the false flat up to the finish it felt like hail was hitting my face. The corners were literally acute angles. The 15-year-old boy didn’t count for the 10-14 race, so I finished second after a long hard race. Turned out the rain stopped after my race. My Dad was right, I did get a soaking. I really liked with the wind at my back. I could go really fast. And it was fun watching Daddy race. I got the ring the bell for his last lap. He got 3rd.
For my second place prize, I got a $30 gift certificate to a bike shop and a cool medal. Daddy got a trophy.
I REALLY hope I race again, but not in the rain.
I got first place in my school fun run on Friday! What a race! I quickly pounded my way to second. The lead girl had been sprinting the entire thing (I was still on her tail, but not sprinting), and was getting tired. In the last three blocks, I caught, then passed her. My dad said that when I started srinting, even he had a hard time keeping up with me! I was about a block ahead of second place, and my time for eight tenths of a mile was about (drumroll please)… 6:10! If the run was a mile, my time would be near 7:30, my best time ever! I got this awesome medal. Here is a picture.
On Saturday, I went to my soccer game happy, knowing I had a car full of family coming to watch me play. My coach was out of town, so my mom helped another coach, well, coach us. During the beginning of the first half, I twisted my left knee, and had to come of the field. I really wanted to play the rest of the game and not go to get an x-ray, so I walked it off. It hurt to straighten my leg, but I withstood the pain, and was able to play a bit more of the first half. The reason I had to leave the field (again) was that after I kneed the ball, it started hurting (again). I played the entire second half, and scored a goal!!! We lost the game, 4-2, but I had fun playing. My knee still hurts, but not as much as it did yesterday. The title says it all, doesn’t it! Gotta go!!!
Whew! What a busy day. I had the championship swim meet, 2 soccer games, the City-Wide Science Fair, and now my parents are going out to an awards ceremony for my Dad’s section of the newspaper. Alanna’s coming to babysit. Guess what? I got first place in the City-Wide Science Fair for my grade level and section. We won our second game in soccer (I scored two of the 7 goals), and I got second in Freestyle at the meet. Today was BUSY!!! (and Millie scored a goal in her game too)
Tonight I swam a swim practice with my team, the Norfolk Silver Dolphins! Guess how many yards I swam during that hour and a half? 1,675 yards! Now I’m really tired and hungry, and get Salmon Burgers. I want to go to bed NOW!!!!!!!!!!!! Just kidding! It’s only 8:34 pm………………… Back from dinner! Now I’m just plain tired (yawn). Good night!!
Tonight I did a swim-a-thon as a benefit for NSD (my swim team). I swam 100 laps of a 25 meter pool- I am soooooo tired and I know I’ll be sore tomorrow. The last 3000m was free style but I also swam fly, back and breast earlier. Time for bed……….
I kicked some butt!!! I got my first first place in breast stroke (first in any individual stroke). I swam the 50 meters in 50.28 seconds. That’s 6 seconds faster than my last best time. Yippee!!!
I also got fourth in freestyle, but my Dad thinks I really got third. My time was 40.41 seconds, which is a half second faster than my best. In the IM, I got sixth place and first in my heat. I swam 8 seconds faster than before. My time was 1:49.12. And in butterfly, I think I got 4th, but don’t know about it because they didn’t post it.
I really love swimming. See ya.
