LONG practices

On Saturday, at 7:30 A.M., a few kids in the group of silver, and the whole group gold, will be heading down to Springfield, to have a 4 hour practice in a long course pool. In Peoria, we don't have a long course pool, and the closest one that is open is Springfield. I can't wait! I love Springfield practices. There are EXTREMELY hard. The pool isn't heated, and it's supposed to be a little chilly, so we are going to have to swim almost non-stop. It will be too cold to stop. I am looking forward to the torture, because I LOVE long things. Just to keep warm we will have to swim some very hard core sets, and by the end of it, it will add up to about 8000 meters. The practices start at 7:30 and end at 11:30, with only a half hour lunch break. There is no time for drills, we have to keep moving to stay warm! There will be fast intervals that we must make. We have to work hard, because the head coach is watching our every move!! Ivan, the head coach, told people that sat out, not to come back. NO SITTING OUT!

Rules for Springfield Practices

1. NO SITTING OUT

2. MAKE THE INTERVALS

3. WORK EXTREMELY HARD

4. NO CHEATING

5. NO GOOFING OFF

Those are rules you have to follow if you want to keep coming back. Well I'm pretty hungry, I should go eat. Bye!

Splashton

SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMA!

Hiya! I'm a sixth grader now! WOO WOO! Our last day was Friday! I am so relieved. It was a rough school year, lemme tell ya! I have to admit, it was a fun one. I can't wait for next year. I get to switch classes! The only reason I'm scared for sixth grade is the homework. HOMEWORK. The worst thing in the world. I'm going to be REALLY busy this coming school year, but I'm not going to worry about it. It's time to enjoy summer! On Saturday, my friend had a party that was the theme of our swim team. It was so fun. We didn't have swim practice yesterday because it's Memorial Day Weekend. So, we got on the huge trampoline in her backyard, pulled out the hose, soaked ourselves and since the hose didn't reach the trampoline, we filled up buckets and watering cans and poured them on the tramp. We did it over an over until it was SOAKED. Then we did butt busters, and all the water sprayed up. We jumped really high, and got some good pictures. It was so fun. Just the perfect way to start off our summer. :D. Well, if you're still in school, have fun hehe. If you're not, have fun in the sun! Thanks for reading.

Happy Summer,

Splash

Carbondale!!

Hiya guys!! I just got back from Carbondale on Sunday. I got 100% best times! I have a cold, so that is really good for getting fast times. I got the JO in the 400 free, (It's not a 500 because it's long-course) and was SUPER close in the 200 free. My nose is still super stuffy, but it's getting better. Carbondale was super fun!! The best swim meet ever!!! We went up to the top of the water tower, at the cabins, where we stayed. (When I say we, I mean all my friends and stuff.) Then, when it got dark out, we played freeze tag. But this is the fun part. My friend's mom brought glowsticks, and so each one of us got a different color. Then you picked a partner, who had almost the same color as you, and when you were frozen/it, that was the person who helped you. It was SOOOOO much fun!!!!!! Oh yeah, I wanna tell you, I get out of school on FRIDAY!!!!!! Yay! This week we are cleaning the whole classroom, so there is hardly any work. Just morning work, and then in the afternoon, math! I can't wait for Friday! We get out at 11:00 AM. I'm almost a 6th grader!! Okay well, I gotta get going! Talk to you later! Thanks for reading

SpLaSh

My favorites

This is a lot of my favorite stuff!

Food: Peppersteak and rice

Drink: Red G2

Sport: Swimming! (Duh that's a given) or Track

Color: Blue, black, purple

Treat: Cookies & Cream Ice Cream bar covered in cookie crunch

Website: www.facebook.com or www.picnik.com

Activity besides sport: Writing or hanging out with friends

Number: 7

Time of day: Evening

Subject in school: Math or writing

Holiday: Fourth of July or Christmas

Book: Twilight series!

Song: Walla, Walla- Offspring (Favorite band)

iPod: Touch

Store: Hot Topic

And those are my faves! Haha. I'll blog tomorrow about something.... I don't know what though. I'll figure it out! hehe. Well thanks for reading! Bye!

-Splash

Triathlon results

Hey there! I am so sorry I haven't blogged in forever. I have been so busy, and when I tried to write one last week, it turns out there was an error so it didn't post! AHH! Anyway, my triathlon went really well. I got like 35-36 minutes. The bike was the hardest. I was on a mountain bike and there was a big part going uphill. And the wind was blowing against us. It was pretty tough. The swim was the easiest of course. But on the transition, they made you walk to the place where your bikes were. All these kids that finished before me (they did the shorter one) were running to the grass and they slipped. So they made everyone slow down. The run was okay, but after a 4 mile bike, you're pretty tired. There was this little kid, from the Mexican team, (That had REALLY expensive bikes and stuff) and he was doing the shorter triathlon, but everyone was counting on him "beating" me. I could hear them yelling. I wanted to wait until I saw the finish line to start sprinting because I didn't know how far away it was. Well when that boy came up on my feet, I was like, Oh who cares where it is, HE IS NOT PASSING ME!, and then I just full out sprinted. Ha, I beat him. I really want to thank my dad for all this. He put a lot of time into it, and that's special to me. Thanks, Dad.

Thanks for reading!

-Splashton