No pressure!

Hello, sorry it's been such a long time! I have been back in the pool this week, training hard. I am a bit disappointed after the Deben open meet as it is the second open meet where I haven't got a pb, but well done to Lucy who got her first county time! I had a talk with my coach on Sunday night and he said that I shouldn't be disappointed, I am a very good swimmer and that my time will come and that he will beleive in me every step of the way. He also said that I need to take the pressure of myself and relax in my swimming and have more belief and know that it doesn't matter if somebody overtakes me or I am at the back of the lane, as long as I am working hard and enjoying it then that's fine. Maria, who coaches us in the mornings, also said a similar thing to me this morning, so I am just going to relax, take the pressure off myself and enjoy training. Well I am now off to bed, ready for swimming in the morning! Until next time!

Sick.

Hello this will be a short post as I am ill and going to bed early. I have a really bad headache and felt sick yesterday. I also felt really hot today at school so I am going to bed soon to get an early night. I went swimming Tuesday morning, Wednesday morning and last night, so not many sessions which is bad I know but I am going to have a fresh start next week and go to as many sessions as possible and try and get my attendance up.The sessions all went well, and I tried hard. I have enjoyed the sets recently as there is a lot more variety of strokes. So now I am going to bed,night!

Long weekend.

Hello! I am back from a day of swimming at Deben open meet. It has been a really long weekend. I was there all day yesterday and today. Unfortunately I didn't get any Pbs b I was hitting them and was really close on some of them. It was a very slow weekend, but I did enjoy it, although I am a little disappointed that I did not Pb I did have fun and I did enjoy it, with the exception of a few events, which I did absolutely rubbish in. I am just gonna put it behind me and then start again this week and train really hard so that I will be ready for the Christmas Cracker open meet in December. I am also going to try and bulk up and get some muscles! I think I have had a growth spurt recently, so that may be the reason why I did not Pb at Deben, but I am just gonna move on and work towards the next open meet. I think I will be training in the morning, so I am going to try my hardest and over the next few months I am really gonna work hard and train well. So I am now off to bed now so night!

Big Weekend!

       Hello! Sorry I never got back to you on Sunday, but I forgot! So Sunday night was fine, although it was quite hard as my muscles were aching a bit from long course training, but I did enjoy the set. I missed Monday morning, but I did go Tuesday morning, and I really enjoyed it, it was one of my favourite sets so far, only because it consisted of my two favourite strokes! Then I couldn't go running unfortunately last night as I had to do a French assessment, but I still made it for netball, which was fun, although it was very cold again! Then this morning was a bit of a disaster as I got to the swimming pool and realised I had left my bags at home1 So we had to go back home and grab my bags then go back to swimming, thankfully I only missed about the first 15 minutes, but I will make sure I won't do it again! I will be swimming again in the morning and tomorrow night, but I won't be swimming Friday night, as I am having an early night, ready for a big weekend. It means an early start in the morning for Deben open meet. This,I think, is one of the last chances to get county times, so I really want to do well at this meet, I really want that county time! But I am not going to worry about, just going to go there nice and relaxed, and try my best. I hope I get a county time soon, but I know that my time will come!

Tired!

Hey! Man I am tired! We had long course training yesterday, and Lee gave us a really good land warm up and then we swam for two hours. But my body is aching!  I really enjoyed the land warm up although it was really hard, and the swimming was even harder, but I think I did well, I trained really hard and I really enjoyed it, and I got McDonald's afterwards! I think I have been training really well in the last week, and tonight is the last session of the week, and also 'I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here' starts!!! I am going to go now but I will post later as I have to go, so until next time!

Excited!

Hello! I am now doing homework on the computer, and then I am going to watch some telly then go to bed, ready for swimming in the morning. I went swimming on Monday morning, which was fun, although quite tiring as it was a fly set. I am not the fastest at fly, but it was ok as it was quite quiet. Then on Tuesday morning I enjoyed it a lot as it was a backstroke set, which is my best and favourite stroke, so I really enjoyed set and I worked hard and I led the lane for some of it. Then this morning went well, it was an IM set, which I did enjoy, as I really enjoy IM, and I think I am getting a lot better at it. Netball was fun last night, although we have lost a few members of the team, also the nights are turning a lot colder, meaning that most of us are freezing within the first few minutes! I am also really excited 3for the next long course training session this Saturday, I really enjoy long course, even though it is tiring, but I cant wait!Well I must get on as I have hw to do, and I don't have much time to do it. One of the problems with swimming is not having enough time to do my hw, I have already missed a few! If I miss too many I get a detention! So must get on, bye for now!

Back to school.

Hello! Wow this week has gone fast! Right so this week most of the swimming club have been on the swim camp in Majorca, so all the sessions have been fairly quiet, especially in the mornings, which I have quite enjoyed. I have been able to catch up on my sleep, as it is the half term, which is good, I am nice and refreshed for the week ahead, when we start back at school. So I am now going to watch The X Factor and then go to bed, ready for swimming in the morning.