Swim Meet

Bode had a swim meet yesterday.  He swam the 100 IM (swam in 1:40, beating his best time by six seconds), the 50-freestyle (tying his personal best of 39 seconds), the 100-back (I think he got a PB by six seconds, but I don't recall), and he also swam the opening leg of a 200-free relay.  It was quite warm--a very different swim-meet experience than what we experienced in Colorado.  The Destin pool is outside, so we were outside in the sun for four+ hours.  Here's a shot of the pool

Ashley and I brought some umbrellas to fight the shade.  We should have brought our big half-tent; the nice people next to us were kind enough to let us borrow some of their shade.

Here are a couple of shots of Bode starting the IM--Bode is in the far-left lane.

Here he is coming in for the first turn.

Bode's coach gave him a swim-cap to wear.  He looks very different without the mohawk.

We got Bode a smart phone.  We realize he's probably too young, but with school starting, and with walking to and from school, we thought he might need to contact us in case it's raining or something like that.  An added bonus is our house in Florida is just so big that instead of going from our room to Bode's room, we can just send him a text :-)  Here's Bode with his phone.

A little rainy here right now; hopefully it clears up, as we'd like to go wave-running.  Pleasant day to all.