Competition.

Hello I am back! I am sorry I haven't blogged but things have been going mental! Well I can't catch up on every session but recently I have been finding the sessions a bit tiring but I have been working hard. I haven't been doing brilliant but just working hard and focusing on my stroke. Then on Saturday we had the open meet. I got a few pb's although I was a little disappointed about my 50m Backstroke as I got a late start and was on pb but if I hadn't had a late start I might of got a pb. I enjoyed the open meet as I wasn't doing loads of races, so it was a bit more relaxing. I had a cold and wasn't feeling very well either so I think I did quite well to get some pb's. I had two more races left when I told my mum that I wasn't feeling very well, I had been suffering from bad headaches all day. I had the 50m Frontcrawl left and the 200M Breaststroke. My mum said that if I did well in the 50m front then I wouldn't have to do the breast so we made a deal.I was preparing for the race and racing 2 races before me was Carlann, my best friend from school who joined the club a year ago. She did really well and got my pb of 34 seconds. I was glad she did well but my competitive streak came out and I was determined to do better. I was determined to do well. I lined up behind the blocks focusing on the race. I was on the blocks and then the buzzer went I dived in and streamlined, I came up and just went for it, I was ahead by and inch. I did a fast turn and came up first, but still only just ahead then I absolutely went for it as fast as I could, put my head down until my hand smashed into the wall. I had won the heat and as I looked up at the board I saw my time. 32.91 seconds!!!!! A 2 second pb! I was so happy! When I got out and saw my mum after she was really happy, although she had missed my race to go and get a cup of coffee and was gutted to see she had missed it. When the results came up I found out that I had come third in my age group and won a bronze medal!!! Its the first medal in a long time I was over the moon! My friend Lucy also won a medal. well done! I still had a headache though so pulled out of the 200M breast and went home. We looked at the county times and the county time is 32.6!!! I am really close and I am confident that I will get it, especially as I had a cold! So I am really happy with how the competition went. Then yesterday I had a netball rally in Chelmsford. We won about 3, drew 1 and lost about 7 so we didn't do that well but it was a lot of fun although I got sunburn on my face and shoulders! I think I played well, I played GK (goalkeeper) for the whole thing. Then when I got home I said goodbye to my Dad as he is going to Oman until Thursday, which means I won't be swimming in the mornings this week, which means a lie-in! Until next time bye!