Swimming Milestone

[KSH]

WOW! That is a huge accomplishment! Seriously. To not come from a compeitive swimming background and to pick up the butterfly. VERY hard to do!

Here is my butterfly history:

I swam competitively in HS. Started my Sophmore year (our HS was 4 years), or my 2nd year at HS (swam the summer team before that).

So... for my 2nd and 3rd year, I did distance. In HS, distance was 500 yards. I also did the 200 free, and 100 free relay team. Not much else.

Come my 4th year was I BORED with swimming the same events. Sick of distance. Silly me... ok, really stupid me, figured I would maybe fail 1 class so I could "sit out" 6 weeks on my swim team.

Coach found out because I made a joke to my teammates... and I got punished.

First I had to swim in FULL sweats, yes, top with a hood and bottoms... and then when that 6 weeks was up... I had to swim the following events:

100 butterfly
200 IM (back, butter, breast free)
50 butterfly
100 back

To name a few. Let's just say was was PATHETIC! I honestly got creamed on every butterfly event. It was so sad. Yea, the one time in 3 years my Dad decides to come to a swim meet... I'm swimming the butterfly. I sucked.

Ok, that was a long story.

Anyhoo, congrats! Yea, these days I'll swim butterfly on occasion, just to keep my skills up.

[Skeezix]

KSH oh my god, that all butterfly practice in sweats must of been awful!

Wahinegood job on the butterfly! It's is what I consider the hardest stroke to swim since getting the rhythem between your upper body and lower body right.

[HappyAnika]

Congrats Wahine, it's fun to learn something new. And rewarding to learn something that difficult!

KSH, your story cracked me up!

[Wahine]

Alpine - Ouch ouch ouch. You poor thing.

KSH - Wow. That is cruelty in my book. I'm surprised that you ever got back into the pool after that.

Thanks for the support crew.

[KSH]

Hee-hee... I should add that I only swam free in the full sweat suit.

In competition I got to wear a bathing suit... but I still did the butterfly. HA!