Final Summer Swim Part 1

 Bode has been doing nothing but swimming this summer.  Five days a week, he is up at 0630 and is in the water by 0730 for a two-hour practice over in Destin (good thing he has some chauffeurs that will drive him).  He has been very focused on working on his swimming, and this weekend was the final swim meet of the summer season.  We arrived early and ready.  Note he is a lot taller than Ashley and no longer has that boyish look about him.

The little prince was kind enough to pose with old Dad for a picture; I still have him by a couple inches.

Ashley and I also took a picture together

The team warmed up before the start of the meet.  There is a nice group of boys with whom Bode swims--pictured are Sawyer and Madden (I don't think Jai was here for the warm up).

The first race was the 200-IM.  Bode is out in lane 7, while his buddy Jai is in lane 2.  The two boys in lanes 5 and 6 are a little older than Bode, so it was no shock they swam as fast as they did.  Bode finished two seconds ahead of Jai, and he also beat Sawyer by a second (Sawyer swam in the previous heat).

Bode was feeling pretty good about himself...which is when problems happen :-)  His next event was the 50-free, and afterwards, he said he forgot it was only a 50.  I think going into the 200-IM he was very concerned about pacing himself.  He carried this same mentality into the 50-free, which is a full-blown spring end-to-end.  Hence, he started swimming hard too late and finished in 27.6, and he was not very happy with this time because both Sawyer and Jai beat him.

Fortunately he got a shot at redemption.  Bode swam the anchor leg of the 200-free relay, and his split time was 26.1.  Thus, he felt much better with this swim.

Ashley and I are both exhausted from being out in the sun for five hours; fortunately we get to do it again tomorrow :-)  Pleasant day to all.