The Valentine Invitational!
It was the “home” meet today, and since my pup was determined to swim “unless i’m DEAD mom” despite the fact she was still having breathing problems/sick – we spent all day at the pool. We got there bright and early, and as soon as Auntie got there, we put her on the nebulizer for about 10 minutes, then got her warmed up and ready to go.
Not only did she insist she wanted to swim – she was swimming four individual events AND a relay! That kid of mine is one bulheaded stubborn determined lil shit girl. So it was into the pool, and lucky for you I caught it all on video. Whoo!
Here’s the breakdown –
50yd Backstroke:
The Pup’s favorite event, of course. And her best event.
Previous time: 1:09.47
Today’s time: 1:06.92
Difference: – 2.16!
50yd Freestyle:
She lost her goggles (again!) and also had a bit of an asthma attack too. She flipped to her back to finish the race, and Auntie grabbed her out of the pool and hustled her over to the breathing machine/inhaler. She recovered quickly – and get a load of her time!
Previous time: 1:10.21
Today’s time: 53.52!
Difference: -16.29!
And that’s WITH problems! If the child has a perfect race, she’ll be unstoppable!
50yd Butterfly:
This is the first time swimming this individually (she did it for the first time in a relay last meet). She dq’d in it last time and… DQ’d again. But she insisted on giving it a try, and not a single tear over DQing this time. Nope -she just grinned and moved on to her next race…
Previous time: None
Today’s Time: 2:02.41 – DQ
50yd Breaststroke:
She DQ’d this one in the last meet as well, but she – again – wanted to try. Coach Will said her butterfly was closer to legal than this one, but it didn’t look it today! It sure wasn’t the fastest breaststroke we saw today, but it sure was pretty -and 100% legal! WHOO!
Previous time: none
Today’s Time: 2:01.94
She then swam the 200 freestyle relay, though we didn’t get the official time, all the girls did really well. Despite the fact that she hoped that they’d swim alone so she could get her “ducky” for winning the heat. (first place in any heat gets a little rubber ducky.) When I asked her if she wouldn’t rather work for one and win it on her own? She said “….I’d rather do it easy.” which be both knew was a lie. But cute. *L*
Dman, The Bug, the Ladybug AND Auntie all swam today too – I’m sure Auntie will get all the info up on her site asap. She finished off the day with taking all the kids to “DQ” – Dairy Queen, though we substituted Cold Stone Creamery, instead – because everyone knows that a DQ means ice cream! Yum!
