leaving the OTC

My last day at the OTC is July 17th.  My cousins will be picking me up on that day to spend a few days with them.  Mom will come to Denver and we fly home on the 23rd.

Birthday Weekend

I will be traveling home this weekend for my Dads Birthday.   April 15 is his birthday; and my cousin, brother and myself got him the NASCAR Experience at Talledega.  It should be alot of fun and very exciting for all!  Ill get in Saturday at 5pm, and travel back to the Springs Tuesday at 2pm.

Guadelaja, Mexico

November 12-20, 2011
50m freestyle :34.10; 50m fly :37.08....2 silver medals

Punishment

Sorry i haven't been posting...been kind of neglecting for some time

Christmas Break was nice and relaxing being home in Birmingham seeing everyone one and enjoying mom's good home cooking...and don't forget my dog, Hildi.   We were able to leave the Springs after practice on December 22nd and must be back before afternoon practice on January 2nd (last year we couldn't even stay home for New Years.)  I really enjoyed the home front, not being able to do anything and eating mom out of house n home.  believe me, i did not want to come back.

I flew back to the Springs at 11am on the 2nd.  I had no delays and everything went smoothly,  arriving safely in the Springs at 3:30 and an OTC van transported me to the OTC by 4:30, missing afternoon practice.  Everybody was at practice except for 3 other people and I.  Tuesday rolls around, and we were on our way to practice. Coach looked mad and I saw him tearing about 9 squares of paper.  He told us to go to the bleachers on the far end of the pool to have a team meeting.  He began to lecture us about this being our job and being on time, blah blah blah.  Preceding to distribute the pieces of paper to the 9 individuals that were their  Monday afternoon,  told them to either to write a "T" for get in and train with them that day, or "M" for no training until next Monday.  Needless to say, my so-called "team" voted for not training with them.  Oh how i love my team!!

Until next time..

Thanksgiving break

My last practice before my much needed break was Saturday, November 20.  Instead of going home to Birmingham, my cousin is picking me up and taking me back to their house in Denver untill the 29th.  My mom is flying in on the 21th and my dad is flying in on the 23rd.  Happy Thanksgiving to all and I will see all my Bham peeps in December.

Hell Week

This past week was the first official "hell week," where the whole week was pure hell.  Our training cycle goes like this:  Moderate, Hard, Hell, and Recovery.  Now i can say i have survived HELL!!! Oh, sweet Recovery...been waiting for you to arrive.

Davo's Birthday

Today was Davo's 32nd Birthday...therefore we did 32*200 this morning in practice.  I did 3*200 Free on 3:25 and one 200 I.M on 4:00...8 times. Grand Total is 7,000 plus 600 warm-up...OUCH!. We bought Davo a bag of Jalapeno Chips and 2 boxes of Doughnuts.  He ate a couple while we went through pain and when we got done, we finished them all in the Hot Tub.

Weights was a toughy too. Went through a hour of pain and finished up with all of us pushing a F150 with Davo in the bed all the way around the OTC....
We finished up the day with a Birthday celebration at Josh N John's Ice Cream...yep, no practice