Panama City Meet

Bode had his first long-course meet of the season today, which means he's swimming in a 50-meter pool. The warm-ups were at 0640 in Panama City, so we had to leave the house a little after 5 am; an early start to our Sunday :-)

Bode's first event was the 50-meter freestyle. Here's a pre-race shot.

Below is the race. Bode finished is :29.5 seconds, a best for him.

After the swim, I took a quick shot of Bode and Ashley.

Bode's next event was the 100-meter backstroke. He'd never done this race before, so obviously it was a best time for him. He finished in 1:16 or so. I didn't film this one, but I did take some action shots. First, here's Bode at the start.

Here's Bode in the center lane coming into and out of his turn.

Bode was also going to swim the 100-meter butterfly, but you can tell by the sky that weather was approaching. Shortly after Bode finished his backstroke, the skies opened up, and it poured. The rest of the morning session was cancelled, so we came home.

I keep meaning to post some pictures of the dogs. Here are a couple pictures the first time Rowdy was down on the dock.

I would have posted more pictures, but Rowdy doesn't understand that you can't mess around on the dock due to the limited footing, and he promptly fell in. It was up to me to jump in and save him :-) He's fine, and I bet we'll be able to convince him to swim with us (unlike Barkley). Pleasant week to all.