Swimming and the Duke of Edinburgh (well, almost..)

Hi guys, sorry i've not posted for a while...it's been manic! I'll start doing regular posts again soon but for now here's a couple of pictures.

I'm 3rd from the left in the middle of the shot!

These pictures were taken by Mel at +Work Your Words Copywriting at the Leicester Sharks annual club championships. It was great to get my race head on again!

The one below is not swimming related but it's what's been keeping me busy recently.

This was taken as I came back to HQ after a weekend on my first expedition for the Duke of Edinburgh bronze award.

That's me on the right!

Thanks for looking, more to follow soon :)

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County Championships finally over!

Hi Guys, after 4 full weekends, the Leicestershire ASA County Championships are finally over and we can all start to recover and focus on our next cycle of training and meets coming up in the next few months which are all leading to the regional championships.

Swimming is full of up's and down's (pardon the pun) and there seems to be know reason why you can swim well one minute and fall short the next.

I had an OK championship finishing in 6th place overall in my age group, I managed a regional time on my 200m free and 3rd place in the county on my 1500m free and 200m breaststroke.

I don't think I have peeked this season yet and there is certainly more to come from me. Below is a picture of me and some the other winners from Leicester Sharks (i'm the one with the green Beats)

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Ranked 3rd in the county for 1500m freestyle

Hi Guys, Sunday saw the first round of the Leicestershire County Championships held at Loughborough University. There were 2 events during the day, the girls/open 800m freestyle and the boys/open 1500m.

I was swimming as a Leicester Shark with my dad as coach for the swimmers we had there. It's been a year since I last did the 1500m and 2 years since I did it long course. I had a great swim, felt really relaxed and in control of everything, as a swimmer I rarely feel that much in control of the water.....it's usually fighting back :)

My time was 18:14:46, converted to short course is 17:55:5 which is only 4 secs away from my regional (Midlands) qualifying time. I pushed really hard so it was a nice surprise to see I was so close and even better to get Bronze in my age group making me 3rd in the county.

3rd Place 1500m Freestyle

Regional times sheet and Sports Systems conversion software

I'm looking forward to the full weekends of the Counties to start.....feelin' good!