this morning I took part in a sprint meet containing only 50s and also 200m IM. I'm not much of a sprinter I specialise in 200s and 400s so I rarely swim 50s. 200m IM - first time doing it 🥉 50m fly - 4 sec pb 50m free +1 sec i felt so dissapointef after this one bc it was the one I felt most excited and ready for as it's been going so well in training I felt so down after not because of the time but because of how I felt when I swam it I didn't think I gave it my all 50m back - 0.4 sec pb my backstroke has kind of paused recently I seem to be stuck at similar times and I slipped on the start 😂 50m breast - 2 sec pb seeing as I was quite tired I was quite happy with that time I also was too close on my turn overall I definitely feel like it wasn't my best meet. even tho I got pbs it's just the way I felt during some of the races after the 50 free I was too hard on myself and let it affect my other races I definitely need to learn to overcome that so it doesn't affect the rest of my performance. I need to understand that my performances are going to fluctuate and I'm going to have bad days and good days. today happened to be a bad day which my competition fell onto. I wanted to share so that everyone can understand there's not always going to be good days during comps and u can't be to hard on urself

I'm currently driving with the team to the German championships, my friend is also taking part in the individual event, please keep your fingers crossed if you want to watch, it's in Hanover but you can find it on google if you type in German championships 2024 DLRG you can watch it live

we had a small fun club gala today mostly just to see how some of the younger ones got on but also to prepare us for the competitions coming up. none of the times were official and no medals involved. I swam 100m free - 1 sec pb 2nd place 100m breast - 2 sec pb 1st place which I was surprised as I only just swam it 2 weeks ago 100m fly my first time and I survived!!! we don't talk about the time tho 😂😂 I also swam in 2 relays a mixed canon and also a mixed 4 x 50m fc in which I anchored I got a rough 2-3 sec pb but the time isn't certain and I took my team from 3rd to almost 1st this was a fun prep for the sprint meet I have next week!

just finished a weekend competition! Day 1 100m back 2 sec pb 100m IM 14 sec pb 100m breast 🥈16 sec pb Day 2 200m breast 🥈10 sec pb 200m back first time doing it overall very good for a first comp of the season and I'm only 4 sec off my overall December goal I set in both breaststrokes!

I have a competition next week and I'm very nervous because I'm not at home the whole week before and can't train. Do you have any tips on how I can prepare for it without going to the swimming pool. Greetings Amira