Doubling Up!

Since the first of the year, Katie has been increasing our yardage. Last week, I swam nearly 10,000 yards! That's unheard of for me. It's really been great, though. It's pushing me past my comfort zone, and it's paying off. I'm feeling much stronger and more in control. I feel that I've come such a long way, even from the time of the Louisville meet in November. I'm trying to psych myself up for the Auburn meet in February. I'd really like to improve my times by at least a second or two.

Here's today's workout:

Warmup:
200 Swim

100 Monkey Drill (freestyle; flip every 5th stroke)
100 Sideways Fly Kick
100 Fingertips Drill
2 x 50 2 Turns (Go to middle of the pool and start. Flip on both ends, finish in middle.)
150 Kick
150 Pull

4X:
75 Free
75 Stroke
75 (Back, Breast, Free)
75 Kick No Board

2X at Even Pace:
100
200
300

300 Cool Down

Total: 3300 yards.

Stills From the Gators Meet

Just some still from this past weekend's meet:

From the 50 Back.

Western Kentucky Green Gators Meet

I hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! I was lucky that I got a decent amount of pool time in on the break. I got to swim nearly every day, while I was off. It really paid off too!

Our team attended the Western Kentucky Green Gators, Barbara Stevens Memorial meet on Saturday, January 8th. Considering the meet was during the winter break, we had a total of 5 team members participate. I had entered the 50 Backstroke and the 50 Freestyle. We also deck entered for the 200 Medley relay. I swam the backstroke leg of that race. I was really suprised. I dropped my times in all of my races. All of those hard practice workouts that Katie had me do really helped! I left the meet with a first place ribbon for the 50 backstroke and a second place ribbon for my 50 freestyle. Here are the videos of my races.