Medals!

Hello, I am back from an absolutely amazing party! This will be a quick post as it is very late and I have to go to bed. Right so on Friday night I had to do my first ever 800m race! It was really hard and I thought I was gonna throw up on the last 50m but I kept going, and I got bronze! I was over the moon! Then today I had a netball match, which didn't go so well, we lost 34-9. But then I had club champs. This night it was 50m fly,100m breast, 200m front crawl and then 200m IM. I got Pb's in all of them by quite a bit and I got bronze in the 100m breast and then another bronze(although I cant remember what I got it for!). I am really pleased as its the first time in a long time that I have been winning medals. Then I went straight to the party, which was amazing! I am extremely tired and am now off to bed, night! xxx

Update.

Hola! I am really sorry I haven't blogged recently, its been busy these last few couple of days! Right time to catch up, so I went swimming Monday morning,I did ok and the session went well, then I didn't go swimming Tuesday morning as it was my little sister Elizabeth's birthday. I went swimming Wednesday morning which went well, I was a little, but I still worked hard and had a good session. This morning went great, I worked really hard and I felt really good. I really think my fly has improved and I am confident that I will get a PB at club champs. Unfortunately tonight I cant go swimming as I have have school commitments. Which in fact I have to go and get ready for! Adios amigos!

Long course training.

Hello. Right now I am sitting down doing homework. I went swimming Friday night, which went ok, we have been doing lots of drill work recently, which I'm not the fastest at! But it was ok, then yesterday night I had long course training in the 50m pool at Basildon. We did one hour of land training in the gym, which was really fun and then we did 2 hours of swimming in the pool, it was really tiring but I really worked hard and enjoyed the session. We did 200m IM which was tiring, but recently I have really started to enjoy IM's and have got some good times, I am hoping to improve my 200m IM time at club champs. Well I have to go as I must finish my homework, bye!

Sad news.

Hello. I did not swim this morning as I needed a rest and then tonight I did not swim as an incident happened involving my dog Kaiser resulting in him unfortunately being put down so I did not swim. Sorry this is a short post but I am going to go now, until next time.

Tired out!

Hola! I am just about to go to bed, after doing homework all night. I also did netball after-school, where we trialed for a place in the U14 tournament team, I think I did well and will find out soon whether I have made the team or not. I am very tired especially after swimming this morning. I also went Tuesday morning, which went well and I worked really hard and I really enjoyed the session, and then this morning, I was a little tired, but I still worked hard and had a great session and I am looking forward to long course training at the weekend. I think that long distance is definately my thing, in and out of the pool. We recently had a cross country race at school, which I won and I also beat the school record by almost a minute, which I was really pleased with, especially as I was faster than the girl who beat me last year. Well I am off to bed now, as I am really tired so, night night!

Hard work.

Hello, I am just doing a bit of homework then I am going to have a early night as I am very tired. I went swimming this morning and waking up at 5.00am and going swimming is very hard, especially after a whole weekend of club champs!  I was put into a lane with my two friends Georgia and Rebecca, who are very good and it went really well. Pete had set us a hard set as he said that now we have settled back into things its back into proper hard training, I worked hard, trained well, and over all enjoyed the session. I also had to do cross country at school today, and I won! I also think I have broken the school record for the girls, unless somebody has gotten faster than me, which is quite exciting, I am tired out from it all so I will be having an early night as its swimming in the morning again. So bye, bye!

Club Champs!

Hello! I am now sitting down in my onesie watching the X Factor after having just competed at club champs! Right so on Friday night I competed in the 400m frontcrawl, for the first time ever! I won my heat and I think I got a good time and am really pleased as I got a bronze medal out of my age group! Then yesterday I did well, as I managed to get a good Pb in every event, then today I did the 50m back, which I am one second off the county for, I didn't get it, but it is early in the season so I think I will get it later on, hopefully! I also did the 200m breastroke , which I pb'd in and also got a bronze medal in! I am really glad because I tried really hard and it really tired me out, so I am glad my hard work paid off! Next was the100m frontcrawl, which I pb'd in even though I was tired out from my 200m breastroke. So all in all its been a successful club champs so far, hopefully the Pb's will keep on coming. So until next time bye!

Preparing.

Hello! Wow the last few days have gone so quickly! I had a brilliant birthday I got a pair of Doc Martins, a pair of Lacoste t-shirts and a pair of grey jack wills track suit bottoms. I  didn't go swimming or netball or athletics as we had Dominoe's pizza and watched a film so that was fun. Then wednesday morning was good although I was a bit tired from the night before. This morning, Thursday, I felt really tired again but we did some races at the end and I did really well in them, especially on the backstroke. I went to swimming earlier this evening but we'd got the time wrong so I'm just about to go back again. Then I'm having an early night because club champs start tomorrow night with the 400m freestyle. Bring it on!

Birthday!

Hello! Sorry I did not blog yesterday but I was at a christening all day and then went straight to swimming and then when I came back I had completely forgotten and went to bed! So to get you updated, last night swimming was fine, although I did feel quite tired as I had been at a christening in Kent all day, but I still did ok, it was quite tough though. Then this morning was fine I found it a little tiring but still enjoyed it. I am really concentrating on my stroke and checking which times I am coming in on to set a marker for club champs which is starting soon. I will not be swimming in the morning as it is my 13th birthday!  And if I go I wouldn't have time to open my prezzies! So will probably not blog tomorrow as I am not swimming at all, so until next time!

Family time :D

Bonjour! I am sorry I forgot to blog but my family have all come down from Birmingham and I haven't seen them for ages! So very sorry about that. Thursday morning I didn't as we weren't able to, but I did go on Thursday night and it went really well and I enjoyed the session. I really think my swimming is doing well at the moment and Friday night went really well as well and I worked really hard. I will not be going on Sunday as I will be at a christening in Kent and I am also missing the first long course session which is a shame, but I am doing all the other long course sessions which I am really looking forward to. I really think that my stroke techniques have improved a lot over the last couple of months and I can't wait till club champs! I am now off to have a shower then sit down to a nice dinner of my dad's famous meatballs with my family, so ta ta for now!

Mind battles.

Hola! I am back from my first day back at school, and it seems weird that a year ago it was me coming up into year seven and now I am in year 8 and its my brother who has come up to year seven! I am really going to put my best efforts in this year and get the levels I want to achieve. I have been put into all the top sets, Maths, Spanish, Science and French and so have all my best friends!  I bet that makes us sound like a right bunch of nerds! Netball and athletics went well last night and it was good to be back.  Then this morning I went swimming and I was a bit more tired than I usually am although I still tried hard and well. I focused mainly on my technique on front crawl and my coach has been telling me what I have been doing wrong, one arm has been coming round and the other arm has been close to my body, making me uneven. Either of these techniques can be used but both arms have to be the same so I am working on using one technique on both arms and making sure that I am getting it right. We did some 100metres front crawl at the end, flat out, and I did well my coach was telling me to try and get a quicker time each time and I did just that, with the exception of the last one, as I was very tired by then. But my coach also spoke to me and about how psychologically I am very unconfident and that half of my battle is in my mind and that  I need to stop going to gala's worrying about getting my times and that instead I need to be monitoring which times I am hitting in training and set a realistic goal. I also need to just relax and not worry about getting the time or not, so this is what I am going to practice and make sure that I am relaxed whenever I am swimming in a competition.Well I am off now, so until next time! xxx

New season!

Hello I am really sorry I havent been blogging, but it has been a hectic last week of the holiday with getting ready ready for school and everything! But I am really going to try and blog more, although my training schedule is hectic! It has been good to get back into swimming and I cant wait until I start competing and I am really gonna put 100% into my swimming training and competition. I was disappointed to find out that my new coach has quit which means that for the time being Pete will be my coach(which isn't a bad thing!). Am now off to get ready for athletics and netball so goodbye for now!