If Swimming was Easy They'd Call it Hockey!

And that's a true fact! I was at a swim meet most of the afternoon today and it wasn't that easy. I swam five races, first it was 50 metres freestyle, then 50 metres breaststroke, then 50 metres butterfly, then 50 metres backstroke and then finally a 100 metres IM. In case you didn't know a 100 metre IM is 25 metres butterfly, then 25 backstroke, then 25 breaststroke, then 25 freestyle. I improved a lot on each race from my previous race and that's really what counts! By the way, the picture above is of me doing my 50 backstroke.



Also everyone participated in two relays. This is where you are in teams of four people and each person does 1/4th of the race. The first relay was a fun relay where you had to balance an egg (it was plastic!) on a spoon and swim to the other side then hand it over to the next person in your team. The second relay was just a freestyle relay where each person swam 25 metres freestyle. The picture above is of me talking to my coach after a race.



The picture above is me doing the egg and spoon relay. About the "if swimming was easy they'd call it hockey" - it really is a true fact! Swimming takes a lot more skill than other sports such as Hockey or Football. It is also the number one best excersise!