Thanks Finis for the donation

Wow look at all the stuff Finis just sent for the swimmers and silent auction.

Meet Recap Feb 22-23, 2014

This weekend we were at a swim meet. I am so proud of my daughter. Our weekend was eventful and tiresome. Did not have a great Day Saturday but everyone has a bad day.

Meet schedule 

Saturday:

Up at 6:00 AM

Breakfast: Bagel with cream cheese

Leave by 6:30 to be at meet by 7:10 AM

Setup pop-up canopy, chairs, etc.

Rest until warm-up at 8:20

Change from warm up swim gear to race gear.

Meet starts at 9:00 AM

Swim 50 Breast - First event of the day

Change to dry swim suit and rest and eat trail mix and apple and drink water

rest for a couple of heats

Swim 50 Free

Rest for the boys heat

Swim 100 Back

Change into dry clothes for drive home about noon.

Tough day not real happy with times but all in a ll a good day.

Pack everything up and drive home

Sunday:

Up at 6:00 AM

Breakfast: Croissant, cheese, turkey Bacon, water

Leave by 6:30 to be at meet by 7:15 AM

Setup pop-up canopy, chairs, etc.

Rest until warm-up at 8:20

Change from warm up swim gear to race gear.

Meet starts at 9:00 AM

Rest and eat clementine, grapes, trail mix and drink water

Swim 100 Free - Did not heat heat number and missed heat. Oh well it is a learning experience. 

Change to dry swim suit and rest and eat trail mix and apple and drink water.

Got a nice long rest between events today.

Swim 50 Breaststroke Broke personal best. That is the way to rebound after missing the first event.

Dry off and change into clothes and pack up so we can go eat some pasta at Johnny Carinos.

Made it back about 2:30 and rested until warm-up for time trials

Swim 100 Breast. Never swam it but put in a good time. 

Change into dry clothes for drive home about 5 PM

Pack everything up and drive home. 

What's in my bag?

As with any sport there is equipment that everyone has or should have. Below are a list of things that I carry in my bag and some of my preferences.

Water with a wedge of lemon and a little Spenda.

Builder Bar (for after practice) - chocolate peanut butter is my fav.

My Trail Mix - See recipe in my nutrition section.

Swiim fins

Breaststroke fins

Speedo Speed Sockets

FINIS Ankle Pulling Band - Great for learning the butterfly, which I am working on right now

Speedo Towel - This is the quick drying towel. I love it

2-3 Swim Caps

Speedo Speed Sockets

Speedo Quick Drying Towel

FINIS Ankle Pulling Band

Athletic Foodie

Checkout Olympic Gold Medalist Garrett Weber-Gale's website, www.athleticfoodie.com. It has a lot of information about nutrition in athletics and his life. I love checking out new recipes and seeing what he is up to.

2014 Swim-A-Thon Online Sign-up

You can sign up to volunteer and/or Swim online. See the links below:

Swimmer Sign-up

Volunteer Sign-up