Sunday meet

Here are my results from today:

100 free- Dropped a second

50 breast- Dropped some time (I don't know how much)

100 fly- Dropped 6 seconds

50 back- Dropped some time (I don't know how much, but me and my best friend tied exactly!)

400 medley relay- 6 seconds off the JO (That's okay though!)

Those are the things I swam today. I was very happy with my results. I also had a lot of fun at the meet. My friends and I terrorize this boy that is very... let's say odd. Haha. The best times are at the pool. Oh and my three best friends, have their own "business". Two of them had their business with them this morning, and they got a ton of orders. Everyone wanted a bracelet, earrings, necklace, or anklet. They have tons of designs. I thought they looked really cool! I bought 1 dollar and seventy-five cents worth of bracelets and stuff from each of them. They were cracking me up this morning, because they had the stress of owning a business. Anyway, the meet today was a blast. Oops, gotta go! Dinner time! Thanks for reading, and if you're a swimmer and swam at the same meet as me, GREAT job!!!

Splashton

Meet

This weekend I have a meet. Well, tomorrow is the last day. Here's how I've done so far:

Yesterday:

200 IM- Dropped 8 seconds (2 seconds off the JO)

200 Free- Got the JO, and dropped 2 seconds!

Today:

50 free- I don't really know, but I don't like that event.

100 breast- Not sure either

50 fly- Dropped a second

100 back- Right on best time

400 free relay- We dropped 16 seconds and got the JO!

Tomorrow:

100 free

50 breast

100 fly

50 back

400 free relay

I already have my cut in the 400 free, so we didn't stay for that event today. I scratched. I'm happy that I did too, because my best friend was the alternate, and she needed someone to scratch, and my time is faster, so now that I scratched, she gets to swim! I feel really good about that. Hopefully she gets her cut! Anyway, my goal for this year is to stop crying and getting upset after every event. I'm getting better. After my 50 free, I sucked, and I didn't cry. Oh, and in the car ride home, my dad gave me this good parable.

One day during a cold winter, a bird fell into the snow, and was freezing to death. Along came a cow and the bird begged for the cow to help him, so that he didn't die. The cow just ignored him, and took a nice, big, crap on him, and walked away. The next day, a fox came along, and the bird asked him for help. The fox said sure, picked him up, cleaned him off, and ate him.

 Get the moral? Sometimes, your enemies aren't really your enemies, and your friends aren't really there to help. I like that parable. Haha. I'm gonna go wash my hair, so have a nice weekend, and I'll have a short blog tomorrow about my day!

Splash

Springfield!

I just got back from a GREAT practice with coach Tracy! It was lovely. We did 7,200 meters, and now I am tired. We did some long free, but some really nice sets.  We did this one set, that I really liked. Here is what it was.

100 fly then 100 free

100 back then 200 free

100 breast then 300 free

200 IM then 400 free

Repeat that twice.

It was awesome! I loved that set. We did a lot of other sets too. My friend, Maggie, was there! She lives in a different country, and she visits every summer. Today was her first practice with us this summer! It was so much fun. It always is though. I am so happy because that was a wonderful practice. Next week we have a swim meet, but the week after that we don't. Anyway, I am really hungry, and my pinkie is bleeding, so I gotta go! Thanks for reading!

-Splashton

Misunderstanding

From all the comments I've been reading, it looks like there is a misunderstanding. I am not picking on one person, I am simply stating whether or not I had a good or bad practice. I enjoy swimming long things, and that may make me weird but I don't care. If you look back, I have had many blogs where I complement the practices. I am not against any coach. Some days I don't like the practice we've done, but yet I still show up and show my respect. I respect any coach who takes there time to come and give us a practice, I just enjoy the longer ones. Everyone has a favorite coach, but just because that favorite coach isn't the coach you have right now, does NOT mean you have anything against him/her. So please, know that you all are taking this the wrong way. I am not against anyone, nor am I picking on anyone. I enjoy long freestyle. Sprints are okay, but they aren't my thing. Thanks for reading, and I hope I cleared everything up.

Splash

Interview with... myself?

So I know how you all loved the interviews, and so my friend gave me one. I know it's long but please read all of it.

What is your favorite holiday? Christmas

Who do you despise most? Hmm... Al Gore

What is the most fun you ever had? When I went to Michigan, or the time I went to Six Flags.

What is your most embarrassing moment? When I cried in front of everyone, after a little incident on the way to swim practice.

Your room is blue (not really). Why did you paint over the green? Because blue reminds me of the water I swim in every day. It also relaxes me faster.

If you could do one thing, what would you do? Make the economy better.

Whoops! He just hurt himself trying to climb a pole! What do you do? *Wink Wink* Laugh, because I know who you are talking about, and he was stupid to try and climb it.

What is your favorite pet? My dogs, Lucy and Hildy.

What is your dream for when you get older? To make it to the olympics and get a full scholarship for swimming.

Who is your role model? Dara Torres and my parents. Dara Torres inspires me to never give up and my parents have taught my life lessons and to make the right choices.

What is your favorite song and why? Goodbye by Kristinia DeBarge because I like the lyrics and the beat.

Say you die tomorrow. You get to take three items to heaven, and one person. What and who? My computer (I could video chat with everyone), my phone (So I could call people who don't have instant messaging), and a pool! I would take my Grandma, because I love her dearly. We could still talk to everyone that is on earth.

What do you like most about yourself? My hair and my fair skin. Also my freckles.

Least? My excema (Dry skin)

If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go and why? I would go to the Bahamas with my family, so I could see what it's like in a different country where almost every day everyone is on the beach. (That's what I would do if I lived there!)

A package just came to your doorstep. What is the first thing that comes to mind? A swim suit

If you could cure one disease in the world, what would it be and why? Every kind of cancer, because it kills so many people, and it is so serious.

What qualities make you a good friend? I am talkative, funny, kind, I'm always there for you, I'm good at standing up for people, and I have a really fun personality.

Oh no! A guy told you he likes you, but you don't like him back! What do you do? Feel flattered, but don't tell him anything. Someone can have a crush on someone. It's a crush though, and when you have a crush, that doesn't always mean that person likes you back.

I hope you liked the interview. Those were really creative questions! Thanks for reading!

Splash

Short cuts

It's my 100th post!!! Yay! For my 100th blog, I am going to change things up, and I thought I should give you short cuts for like Instant Messaging and Facebooking or Tweeting.

ASAP- As soon as possible

Brb- be right back

Imh- I am here

Bbl- Be back later

Bbwl- Be back way later

L1- Leave one

Ttyl- Talk to you later

Ttfn- Ta ta for now

Lylas- Love ya like a sis!

<3- Love

H/o- Hold on

W/e- What ever

Dnt- Don't

L8r- Later

gr8- Great

Cyal8r- See you later

Ttys- Talk to you soon

Ily- I love you

Jk- Just kidding

OMG- Oh my gosh

If you have any more please post a comment and I will add them. Use these. They are so much easier than actually typing it all out. Ha. Anyway, I've got swim practice soon, so I will blog again after that. It's with AJ again! Ttyl 

Splash

SPRINGFIELD!!!!!

OH MY GOSHNESS!!! THAT WAS THE BEST PRACTICE EVER! AJ's practices are always hard. We did at least, 8000 meters! That is the best! His practice rocked today. It was so much fun, and the water was actually kinda warm! Everyone was breathing really hard. We did a lot of sprints and kick. Also some long distance, my fave! When we first got in the pool, it was FREEZING. I was numb. Then I got used to it, and so did everyone else. After the lunch break, when we had to get back in, it was cold again. But since the sun was out, I warmed up ten times faster then when we first got in. Anyway, I found out some good news today. We get AJ on Tuesday and Thursday nights! BRING ON THE HARDNESS! Wow, I can't wait. That was really fun and hard today. I am worn out! Haha. Our summer schedule starts now. Practices every day except Sunday! AHG! But I love the summer swimming season. It's always really fun. And my friend's birthday party soon. And my friend that lives in a different country, but always visits during the summer, is coming back on June 12!! She is swimming on the 13th in Springfield! Wow, I have the jitters. There are so many things to be excited about. Well, I'm gonna go work on my book I am writing. Thanks for reading another blog!

-Splash

Springfield... again

Saturday... Springfield practice... with an awesome coach who I haven't had in a LONG time... A.J.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my gosh I can't wait. Last year his practices ROCKED! They were the best. You can ask anyone that went to all of them. They were hard, and long. Just what I liked. The 50 meter pool is fun to swim in with him. I am not sure why, but I LOVE long course in 50 meter pools. And I can't wait to swim with A.J.! They are always hard. OMG I AM SO EXCITED! Now we know they won't be easy like last Saturday. La la la la la I can't wait la la la la la! Anyway, I am on summer break, and it has been really fun! I spent the night at a friend's house, and we played a prank on her little sister. We also had spa night. That was fun too. I LOVE SUMMER BREAK!!! My summer consists of:

TONS of swimming

Swimming

More swimming

Yeah a LOT of swimming

Hanging out with friends

Sleepovers!

Maybe vacation?

Having fun!

Who said my whole summer was swimming?! Haha. I do other things too! Anyway, I gotta get going!! Thanks for reading! 

Splashton

Springfield

So Springfield practices weren't what I expected. Less I mean. That's okay. Sunday night with Gold was amazing. A very hard practice. I realized that my legs were extremely sore during this practice tonight. Gold is always really hard, but last night was H-A-R-D. But fun. How does that work? Well you know me, I like the hard stuff. Anyway, it's storming pretty bad here. When lightning strikes, it lights up the whole sky, and you can see the lightning in the sky. It's pretty cool, but a little scary. Haha. Okay, back to the point. I really really really like gold practices, but here is the bad news. That was our last one. In the summer, our schedule changes dramatically. Instead of having practice on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights. We have double practices on those days. We still have night practices though. Except Friday. We only have morning practice there. And instead of a 2 hour practice on Saturday, we have a 4 hour practice. And no practices on Sunday. And we have night practices on Thursday and Tuesday.  Anyway, you can see how we have to get used to a different schedule in the summer. But the one thing that changes for every practice besides Saturday is that it's only 1 hour and a half. For each. That flies by when your swimming. Oh my goodness my lights keep flickering! DON'T THE POWER GO OUT PLEASE! IT'S TOO HOT!!!!! It was 90 today. I really don't like hot weather. It makes me sweaty. And I don't like being sweaty. Haha. Well, I gotta go! Thanks for reading!!!

Here comes the hotness of summer,

Splash

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