SPORTS: swimmeet #2 (#2)

First thing: Their pool is BIG! I don’t know how much 5 yards is in meters, but it looked A LOT longer! They also have 6 lanes (we only have 4) and a lot of room around it and two diveboards (we have 1). Their ceiling looked a lot higher too and it was a lot lighter, so that might be factors too, but still! Their pool is also a lot colder than ours (but that’s the way how it is in The Netherlands too) and I am not sure if I like a warm or a cold pool better..

During the 200yards warmup I felt overwhelmed. I though we only had to do 4 lanes, because I was thinking about 50, but we had to do 8. So after 75 yards I couldn’t breath. Sadly enough, I couldn’t stop either. I still did though, ugh. I did the rest of the warm up and we did two mini I.M.’s (25 fly, 25 back, 25 breast and and 25 free) and we practiced flip turns.

I swam at Event #4 (50 yards freestyle), Heat #2 (second round of the event) in Lane 5. I got a bit nervous (it started when I was in front of the block) but when I jumped in the pool it all flowed out of me or something. I just swam. I didn’t sprint yet, because if I start sprinting, I end later than I would when sprinting in the end. I just counted my kicks, sang in my head and reached far with long strokes. I felt like I went pretty fast, but I have no idea how much of the 6 I was. I don’t think I was last, because I saw someone behind me in the lanes.

I also swam at Event #9 (200 yards freestyle relay), Heat #1, Lane 4, person 3. (Person 1 jumps in, swims 50 yards. Person 2 jumps in. Enz enz). With this one I felt very weak. My arms and legs were like spaghetti. I did swim and we finished 4th out of 5 I think, haha. I didn’t have time to take a new breath before my flipturn so I got out of breath. After swimming this one, I felt like I was made out of spaghetti, I just wanted to hang, haha.

We lost, with 50 point difference. Can I say Bishop Carrol is a private school with lots of money (they even had school towels!) of which they can pay the best and highest coaches? Or that’s what other people say, because I already learned TONS with our coaches and they are awesome! Next week thursday we have a new meet!