Jun. 21, 2008
swim meet
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Today I went to a swim meet and watched my older kids swim their events. It is always interesting because some kids and some parents are very very concerned about winning. My kids are... not likely to win their events. They are often last and sometimes last by a a lot. Between two kids and several swim meets, combined they have *one* not last finish, and that she earned today. My daughter swam 50 yards of freestyle in 1:11:19. She came in last. But that time is almost 8 seconds better than her previous best of 1:19:15. She made her goal time for the next eight meets and then some. I was so happy for her. She skipped all the way back to wait for her next event. She swam backstroke today too, 50 yards in 1:17:81. She came in fourth of five which means she wasn't last and she improved her time by almost 11 seconds. Her previous best was 1:38:44. She met every goal time on her sheet. She is so happy! My daughter went to bed tonight grinning because she did better than she thought she could. She is having a great time swimming and is actually seeing progress. Now, if only her coach says the right things on Friday when she sees him again. He probably will, he has been coaching beginners for a long time. My son also improved his time in 25 Freestyle from 1:13:75 to 1:08:75. That is five seconds and he hasn't event made rookie team yet. He just passed his butterfly test on Friday. He needs to learn breast stroke and then back stroke before he can do rookie team. He doesn't like competing very much but her loves cheering for his big sister. I think I heard him cheering for her during backstroke from across the pool. (He was at the 25 yard turn around end and I was at the 50 yard finish end.) I am just so proud of them. The academic subjects come so easy but the athletic ones are just so hard. And some days it is nice to see that the hard work actually works! |
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