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😬

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Hi! Haven't unfortunately been on here in a while for a few reasons but I thought I should write how my previous competition went. So in the beginning of May I had Latvian Youth and Junior championship and I swam 50-200 free, 50 back and breast and 200 IM. This comp was in LCM 50 free - 27,03 PB (-0,37) was very happy with this time 100 free - 58,58 PB (-0,57) genuinely did not expect this but I swam so well because I was angry 200 free - 2:11,14 (+0,96) not happy but it is what it is 50 back - 31,45 PB (-0,66) the winner of this race got to go the Youth Olympics in autumn and my coach put me in "just in case" cause not only do I not swim back but also actively despise it lol 50 br - 35,87 (+0,46) this was 40ish mins after the 50 free, so it was not shocking 200 IM - 2:28,82 PB (-0,91) decent and such a pretty time There was more of a mental thing with this competition because my Latvian club (I live/train in Estonia) forgot to sign me up on time, therefore I was an exhibition swimmer (EXH), meaning no finals or medals. That really upset me but I got to spend more time with my family, which was lovely.

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