Long week.

Hello! I am really sorry I haven't been blogging recently but it has been a really hectic week. I haven't been swimming recently because I have been ill and it has also been very busy at home with mum in hospital and my Nanna and Grandad were looking after us so they couldn't take us swimming because they can't fit all of us kids in the car and of course they can't leave the little 2 at home on their own and Dad was at the hospital staying with mum. So I didn't swim Thursday or Friday because we went to see her in hospital, but I think Friday night training was cancelled anyway because of counties, I would like to say a big well done to everybody who competed at counties, and I am determined to make it next year. Unfortunately we had to say goodbye to Nanna and Grandad but Grandma and Grandad are taking their place! Then mum came home Sunday! It's really good to have her home, everybody has missed her so we are really glad she is back. Then I didn't go training Monday morning but I did go Tuesday. I enjoyed the set but it wasn't one of my favourite  The part I enjoyed most was the part where we did a did a pyramid. We did 6x25m Fly then 5x50m  Backstroke then 4x100m Breastroke then 2x200m Frontcrawl then we went back down. The part I least enjoyed was the frontcrawl. I lead on the breastroke when we went up and on the breastroke, backstroke and fly when we went down. Then I also swam Tuesday night as netball was cancelled due to icy courts. So I went swimming.I found it hard as it was a 2 hour session. I didn't do great for the first part of the session but I think I did better in the second. We did relays at the end which was fun. Then I swam Wednesday morning and we had Lee and Maria coaching us. There was only 5 of us so I had a lane to myself. I loved the set and Maria and Lee are really good coaches. It had to be one of my favourite sets because it was hard but enjoyable at the same time. One part of the set we had to do 6x100m frontcrawl but on the second turn you had to do 2 tumble turns and it was really fun! So I really enjoyed that session! But because my mum can't drive for 6 weeks I have to get the bus which means from  now on I need to get out at 7. Unfortunately at school I didn't feel well at all I had a fever, sore throat, bad headache and a bunged up nose. As soon as I got home I went straight to bed and slept for ages. I woke up and just laid in bed as I had a really bad stomach pain. Whenever I moved or got up I started shivering uncontrollably. I had dinner in bed and went to sleep. I woke up in the morning feeling a lot better with the exception of the sore throat and a blocked nose. My grandma said it was probably just a 24hr virus thing and my little sister had something similar at the weekend. My Grandma says it is probably due to lack of rest and because my body is so fit it is easy to catch an illness and that if you look at athletes such as Seb Coe they always get horrible bugs so I need to rest. The funny thing is me and my brother both got it at the same time but Monty woke up still ill so I went to school but he didn't. This is the reason I didn't go swimming Thursday morning. Thankfully yesterday(Thursday) was our last day of the spring term and now it is the Easter Holidays! So we are off for 2 weeks, but that doesn't mean that swimming has stopped, although there is no swimming tonight, Sunday or Monday, I will still be swimming during the Holidays.Well I am off to get ready to go to see the horses at the stables with my family bye!

Last post continued.

Hello, I am back from school and am in my pajamas ready for bed, this will be a quick one as I am going to bed soon. Well I swam Monday morning and I did enjoy it although i felt ill halfway through. I didn't get out and I am glad as after the set we practiced our starts and I think my backstroke start has definitely improved! I did not swim yesterday morning as it was my dad's birthday. Tuesday night I went netball, after going pizza hut with Millie my bestfriend and Archie, who are family friends. I found netball ok, it was just very very cold! I didn't go this morning as I felt ill again last night. I think I am coming down with something, but my dad is going to make me an appointment as I have been suffering from sickness and headache recently, although I have not been sick. Well I am not swimming in the morning either as my mum is going into hospital to have a operation and will be in there for 5 days. My Nanna and Grandad are coming to look after us while mum is in hospital. Well I must be off to bed as I have an early wake up in the morning as we have to go to Mel's (Millie's mum) house..

Tough.

Hey sorry I haven't blogged but it seems that my last one didn't load for some reason. Right well so I didn't swim Wednesday morning as I felt sick and had a bad tummy ache so I didn't go on Wednesday. Then I couldn't  go Thursday as my mum had a hospital appointment. I swam Friday and I did find it hard and I was at the back the whole time but Jack said it was ok because I haven't been swimming recently due to my cold. So that was Friday night and the next session was Sunday. I found Sunday really tough as it was a 2 hour session. I was at the back again and i was really tired by the end of it, but I survived. The only part of the sessions that I have been finding difficult and not enjoying is the frontcrawl bits. We have been doing a lot of frontcrawl sets recently, I have to go now but I will be back!

Back into it.

Hello well I didn't swim at all that week as I was still ill with a cold. So this week was my first week back since I was ill. I am feeling a lot better now, although still a little bunged up and my throat is a little tender. I swam yesterday morning and it went ok although it really tired me out afterwards. I didn't really enjoy the set as it had quite a lot of frontcrawl in it, but it was ok as there were not many people there and it was only me and Rebecca Moloney in the lane, so we swam side by side. I like swimming side by side but it does put a bit of pressure on me as I feel I should be keeping up with the person, not slower than them but I just tried to not think about and remember that I am doing at my pace, nobody else's. Then I swam this morning which was alright but I was very tired and Maria said that it was because I have just come back from and illness and I need to gently get back into otherwise I will tire myself out. We did some IM's which I found quite tiring, although I like IM's sometimes I find them really hard if I am not up for it, but I got on with it and apart from getting out and having to blow my nose a few times, I was fine. Then this evening I had a school girls basketball match. We were against HoneyWood school and it was my first ever proper basketball match against another school, so I was quite nervous. My best friend Carlann did it with me along with my best friend Keerthy who is in year 9 the year above us. She is really good at Basketball and encouraged us to go along, and I think I would like to join the Basketball club.

Cold.

Year 7 Girls team at the County Final last year. 

Hello, this will be fairly quick as I have to get ready for school. So I swam Monday morning which was coached by Richard. As I was the only one from my group there he put me in the National Development lane with Harriet, Rebecca (Kitching) and Georgia. I think I did well as the only thing I was a bit behind on was the pull but apart from that I kept up. It was quite a nice, with the exception of the pull. We did some fly so I focused on my head position and the speed and movement as my arms because before my arms were coming over instead of round so I have been focusing on that as well. I didn't swim Tuesday morning as I felt ill and when I was at school my throat really started to hurt and when I got home I could barely talk because it hurt so bad, so I missed athletics and netball as well as missing swimming this morning. When I woke up this morning I had a sore throat, bunged up nose and a headache. But I am still ok for school and hopefully I will still be well enough to do the school indoor athletics competition which is today after school. Last year only we (the year 7 girls) got through to the county final so hopefully more of us can again this year. Well I must go and get ready, so until next time!

Long course.

Hello sorry I haven't blogged since Monday(oops). I didn't swim Tuesday morning as my mum had an interview at school for the Head Of Year job, which she got! Well done mum! So Wednesday morning was really good, Lee coached us and he is a great coach. I really enjoyed the set and I did well, leading the lane for some of the session. I really liked the set as it was varied and it was a good set, although it was a little hard, it was still really good. Then I swam Thursday morning which was coached by Jack. I was the only person from my group but I still enjoyed the session, it wasn't really hard, especially as there were only 3 of us, it was quite quiet. Then Thursday night was fun, although it was hard and I was very tired by the end of it. Friday night I did really well, I was second in the lane, including the frontcrawl set, which I was surprised by as I don't enjoy frontcrawl as I feel that I shouldn't be behind certain people because it means that I am not doing well and I get nervous in case everybody overtakes me. Pete has told me that there is no pressure and that it doesn't matter whether I am at the back of the lane as long as I am trying hard and getting the best out of training, so I have started to try and not get nervous, but I still don't enjoy it. Then last night was long course training. Unfortunately I couldn't  do any breastroke as I had a netball match and I had a bad fall within the first 5 minutes. I cut my knee, elbow and hands and badly banged my other knee, which has been hurting a bit lately. But swimming still went well again for the first part I was second in the lane again for some of it. It wasn't as hard as some of the other sessions we have had but it was one of the best, we did some dives as well. I won't be swimming tonight as I haven't been feeling to well. But hopefully I will feel better in the morning, until next time!