After an exhausting afternoon with the FAI group, I collapsed into bed, only to get up the next morning at a quarter to six. I had to be at the Europalace at 7:45 and I had to have showered, eaten and packed my bag by seven thirty. I almost made it on time…
About 8:15, we got to the pool. After a little while of looking around, wondering where the rest of the team was, we decided that we were the rest of our team. (Actually not technically true, but it was a skeletal crew).
The meet organisation was nonexistent. It went something like this: all of the girls for backstroke, mostly increasing in age order, then all of the boys. After that, all of the girls for breaststroke, then all of the boys, and so on with the IMs and then finally the relays (which are mixed girls and boys).
Anyway… a bit of a mess.
I went home with three third-place medals and a reassurance from my coach that even though I thought I was going really slowly, I had actually sped up. Despite all of the mess and confusion, I was fairly pleased with my results.
I got home at about 2:00 and climbed in bed at about 2:30, only to be woken up at 4:45 to get ready for Mass. After Mass I went right back to bed; I was exhausted!
All in all though, it was a lot of fun.
Ciao,
Florence
About 8:15, we got to the pool. After a little while of looking around, wondering where the rest of the team was, we decided that we were the rest of our team. (Actually not technically true, but it was a skeletal crew).
The meet organisation was nonexistent. It went something like this: all of the girls for backstroke, mostly increasing in age order, then all of the boys. After that, all of the girls for breaststroke, then all of the boys, and so on with the IMs and then finally the relays (which are mixed girls and boys).
Anyway… a bit of a mess.
I went home with three third-place medals and a reassurance from my coach that even though I thought I was going really slowly, I had actually sped up. Despite all of the mess and confusion, I was fairly pleased with my results.
I got home at about 2:00 and climbed in bed at about 2:30, only to be woken up at 4:45 to get ready for Mass. After Mass I went right back to bed; I was exhausted!
All in all though, it was a lot of fun.
Ciao,
Florence
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