enjoying the sunset! will keep you guys posted!

This weekend was another SC gala. Overall both my swimmers got PBs in all their events however didn't do well in breast stroke that is usually their best stroke. Could that be they are not practicing enough if it anymore? The highlight of the day was when the ten year old was placed in same heat with 17-23 year olds. We had a good laugh about it when we saw the program. His brother teased him that he will be the toilet paper of the heat. To everyone surprise, he bit one 17 year old by more than 25M! Talk about being the under dog. He dropped his time by 49 secs in 400 free. He is 6 sec away from qualifying for level 3 competitions in South Africa. He is hoping to qualify for more events. The competitions are only next year march. He will still be 10. It's from 11and under. Last year he qualified for level 2 at eight years old. He had to compete against 10 years olds. The brother also did well but he will be 12 by March 2027, so he has to work extra hard if he has to qualify for more events. It doesn't help him much as they are in the same training group. Any idea how I can assist him to work extra hard?

On Saturday I had my first outdoor competition. This was also my first competition since I took a short break after regionals 6 weeks ago. The conditions were everything but perfect - bad blocks, 38 degrees and no cooldown pool. I still gave my best and overall quite happy with my results. First I had the 50 free. This was the first time I raced the 50 free this year. Felt terrible the first 25 and was also quite slow. Came back on the second half and found a good rhythm so I finished only .08 off my PB that I swam fully tapered. Next I had the 200 back: honestly it felt really good and I also swam my fastest 2nd 100 ever with 1:15.0 but was out way to slow in 1:12.8 so I was miles away from my PB. After a short lunchbreak I had the 100 fly. Honestly this event was my main focus for the day and it went pretty good. I changed my breathing-rhythm and pulling-technique after nationals in April and this was the second time I had the chance to try it out. Everything went well and I didn’t even feel like I was completely dying in the end. Had my fastest back-half ever. For me the main reason for this is my better underwaters. Attached a video. I’m in lane 4 with the silver cap. My last race was the 100 back. The same problem from the 200 appeared again. Splits were closer together than ever before but I was lacking the top-speed. So I went PB +4 The 100s of course were brutal because it was the hottest day of the year so far and I was completely stressed and dehydrated. Also not enough time to eat because I was coaching at the same time. I know that’s not an excuse but for me it was totally worth it - two of my kids (age 12 and 13) broke our team records in the 800 free LC. Maybe I’ll try to beat the male record next season Sorry for the long post guys😬

This competition was the one I’d been waiting for the entire year, and how I’d crush all of my favourite swims with new pbs…although that was only a dream. Sadly, it did not go as planned and it totally backfired (I mean, in the individual races), let me talk you more. Sometimes when I’ve done an individual race like the 100m fly, and it turned out bad, always when I have a chance again to swim at a relay, I crush everyone. I mean, it’s obviously mentally that I do not want to disappoint the team and that I’d want my revenge for the last bad swim, but I would like that to be how I’d be thinking ALL THE TIME, not just in relays. It’s not like in every single relay I pb’d, I did on one and I’ll talk about it in a sec, but just how much I was willing to go out of my comfort zone and fight for that reward at the end (a medal, in this case, I did win a🥈). I think the most exciting and the most proud swim I’ve done is on the last day, where I competed in the 4^50m free. I was the last one, so I had to give it my best to secure a place! So, what did I do? I pb’d in the relay. And that was the 50m free time that I’ve wanted so long, it is a 29.! I’ve been struggling to go under 30s in so long, and I finally did, but I’m a little sad that it was not counted. What I’m a little stressed about too is that I know I can do my 29., but what if o do not succeed in the next competition coming up this weekend? (Sorry, I forgot to mention that I have ONE more competition before I’m free to go to Romania for the summer and relax). I REALLY ABSOLUTELY WANT to do better at this competition, even if it is literally this weekend and basically right after the other big competition. I have decided to do these races: the 50m, 100m, and 200m fly, and then the 50m, and 100m free. I’ll be training hard for this weekend because I want to succeed, I want to start the summer break on good terms, and it’s basically after just relax and seeing family. I think I’ve covered everything, have a good day you all! Xxxx 💖🫰☺️

Im trying to come back to skool more. Who wants a good recipe of high protein pancakes? I ll put a pic down here. Trust me its so good,but it requires protein powder! Let me know 😍