Swimming Championships

About a month ago we made a tough decision and changed the year round team that Roo swims for. He moved from the Raiders to the Rays. There were a couple of reasons for the decision, the primary one being the communication from the head coach and the secondary one being the difference in the hands on nature of the teams developmental programs. Leaving his old team has been hard for me, I have lots of mommy friends I really enjoyed talking with while he practiced. He was able to make the switch pretty easily and though he misses his coach and a couple of his friends, he admitted that he was learning more and having more fun.

This past weekend was the North District 12U Championship meet and he participated in both days of the meet. One the way there the first day I realized I forgot my good camera, one of our friends took a few pictures. And then again on the second day I forgot my camera. I should have used the video on my phone but I had it in airplane mode, sitting in my purse the entire second day b/c the facility drained the batter the first day. I wish I had take video of him when he swam the 100 Free, he won his heat and came in 7th in the event, he was so excited!

He had a great meet and on the way out on Sunday he said "this was a lot of fun for something I didn't want to do!" He essentially got to have a two day playdate with his buddy from his old team, while taking short breaks for each of his races, of course he had a blast. And though it was awkward a few times when parents we know from the old team saw our new team shirts, I had a great time hanging out with a few of our good friends on the old team and even making a new friend on the new team.

His 7 events and results were as follows:
25 Free - added a tiny bit of time
25 Breast - didn't DQ for the first time!!
50 Back - took time off, said he meant to crash into the wall with his head!
100 Free - took time off, 1st in his heat, 7th overall, time was under 2 minutes
25 Fly - DQ (he hasn't had a legal swim in this yet)
25 Back - took time off and was under 30 seconds for the first time ever!!
50 Free - took time off

That's 5/7 personal best swims! He was very excited and I was one proud mommy!

Racing

Yesterday I registered for the Marine Corps 17.75k. That's a little over 11 miles. I don't know what I was thinking or how I even got in. I haven't been running as consistently since the holidays but I did get a 5 mile hilly run in a few weeks ago. I've got 7 weeks to get ready and I'm sure it'll be ok. Change that, as long as the tendon in my foot doesn't actually tear, it'll be ok. After that race I have an 8k in Williamsburg with Nancy in May, the Color Run in Richmond with multiple friends in September and then I'll do something around Thanksgiving before getting my foot fixed in late November or early December. If you finish the 17.75 you gain automatic entry into the Marine Corps Marathon, but that distance is too far for my foot this year. I'm hoping I'll be able to defer that until next year. There's the potential for a sprint tri in August but I just don't know if the pool is the right thing for my foot, I need to think more about that one, or perhaps doing it as a relay. Anyway, all of this to help me get fit for Uncle Matt and Future Aunt Leah's wedding!

Did He Really Say That?

We went Mom and Dad's house this weekend, and when Daddy was putting Bug in the car to head home, this is what I overheard Bug say to Daddy "well, you married her."