Blue Wave Raider Spring Swim Meet!

I can't believe that I haven't posted this yet!! My spring swim meet went REALLY well. I was so worried about being slow, since I had been so sick and hadn't practiced much. Imagine my surprise, when again, I beat all of my times!! I was SO excited! The race that I'm proudest of was my 100 Back! I dropped my time nearly 6 seconds! We've been invited by the Nashville Aquatics Club Masters for a long course meet at the end of May. There are several of us that are going to go! I can't wait to try it.

Here are a couple of videos of me swimming at our home meet. The first is of the 50 Back. I was the only woman to swim in this heat, so it looks like I really got stomped, which was not the case.

This one is of my 50 Breast. I'm not a fast breaststroker, but I really like to race it. I still have a lot of work to do on this stroke!

Special Kids 5K

This past weekend, I ran the 1st annual Special Kids 5K race. I've run the Fenton Payne & Fred 5K for them the last couple of years. This year, they had their very own race. I ran with a couple members of the Blue Wave Raiders swim team, Morgan and Katie. We all had SUCH a good time!! We are already planning our next 5K! Special Kids does SUCH good work for the children! I try to support them all I can!

Here are some shots from Saturday.

My traditional "after the race" goofy pose.

The cool race tech shirts.

Me and Katie being goofy after the race!

With swim teammates, Katie and Morgan after the race!

5K finishing medals.

Blue Wave Raider Swim Meet

This past Saturday my Masters Swim Team, The Blue Wave Raiders, hosted our first home swim meet. We've worked steadily, since last October getting ready for it. It was sanctioned through our national organization, United States Masters Swimming. We had 60 participants, which is really good for a first meet. Luckily, all of our planning paid off. The meet went off without a hitch, and everyone had a great time! My swims that I've been training for went really well too! I took first place in the 200 Backstroke, 100 Backstroke, and the 50 Backstroke. Overall it was a wonderful meet, and we can't wait to do it again next year!!