Oadby &
Wigston Junior Sportsman Award 2015
Wow, it’s
been a busy few months, what with taking some GSCE exams and lots of assessments
before Christmas, there’s hardly been time to catch my breath.
I had a
brilliant rest over Christmas and spent as much time relaxing on my new Xbox
One (usually after an early morning swim session!)
With a
repetitive injury in my shoulder, I’ve been struggling with my competitiveness
and fitness lately. I’ve started having sports massages and plan to visit a
physio therapist soon, so it’s good timing for us to be in our short course
technical cycle at training. I’ve really been focusing on my technique and hope
to have improved enough to start seeing seem times drop!
Before
Christmas, I was nominated (by my school) and shortlisted for a Junior
Sportsman Award. We (my family) went to the evening and saw some real talent
and dedication to various sports, so I was extremely pleased and honoured to
win on the night.
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| Me with Lucy Hatton |
My award
was presented to me by Team GB athlete Lucy Hatton (60m hurdles ranked 3rd
British all-time). Whilst receiving the award, there were plenty of questions
asked about a "day in the life of" a swimmer. Sharp intakes of breath
from the audience when I mentioned about the 4.20am alarm calls and the amount
of meterage/training etc. We also spoke about my main achievement of 2015, taking
the Bronze at the Midlands Open Water Championships 3,000m
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| Talking in Public...there's a first! |
I was
really nervous on the night but so pleased to have been a part of it all.
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| Smile please :) |
My next swimming
focus is the County Championships which’ll be ran over the next 3 weekends at
Loughbrough University and Braunstone leisure centre.
I’ll be
swimming the following:
50, 100, 200, 400 & 1500 Freestyle
50, 100, 200 Backstroke
50 Breaststroke
200 Individual Medley
Lets see how I do this year?! :)
