Thunder and nice things

This afternoon's practice was absolutely brutal. Unlike this morning's 800s, this afternoon's main set was 40 x goal 50s. You can only imagine the excitement when Jeff noticed a storm brewing on the horizon and dropped the set to only 30x50s. However, we only ended up doing between 22 and 23 of them due to lightning. Of course, the bullhorn that told us to get out of the water was sounded two seconds after I pushed off on my 23rd, putting my life in extreme peril as I struggled through another 50 fly.

Jeff came up with ingenious idea (for the first time in his life...) to have each swimmer write something positive about another swimmer on the blog. While three people have already written their paragraphs (posted below), the rest of us are taking some more time to think about what we truly have to say about these people (or, in some cases, matching a name on a slip of paper to a face...).

Finally, while I have looked these over for anything glaringly inappropriate or mean, I take no responsibility for any viewpoints expressed or glaring errors in punctuation made (*cough cough* Greeno...)

ER out


Chris on Victor:

Today at 630 AM when I took a look at Victor Liot I said to myself, "I wish I was that sexy." As sweat dripped down his chisled abs I realized that Victor is truly the essence of man. His locks of brown curly hair could be straight from a Polo catalog and his accent is as attractive as fragrant azalea to a hummingbird. Furthermore, his epic feats in practice, including held 2:46 200 breasts and a throrough crushing of coach Jeff make my eyes water with desire and heart pound with man-love. Victor, you are truly amazing.

<3 Chris

p.s. Congratulations on your first two burritos. They are truly the most American food that isn't actually American. I promise that Erik will take you to Chipotle when we get back and he'll bring me too (and of course buy).

Elise on Kathryn:

Besides how great it is to mooch off of your food, there's actually a lot of stuff about you that I've come to appreciate in these last tiring, humid, S.O.U.T.H.-filled days. I love your great sense of humor (especially when we're trying to get to sleep and just CAN'T), and your attitude at practice is really helpful (like when we're doing a set of 800s... pain... ful...). It's also a plus that you don't toss, turn, or snore in your sleep. Finally, you're a swimmer with both a lot of talent and potential, and I love being at practice with you! See you when we get back! (We're gonna be sooooooo fast! Well, you are, at least...)

~ELISE :) ~



Victor on Maddie:

Maddie is one of the hardest workes on the team. She is train very hard in every practice. She is very fun, she always laugh. I will remember her when i will be back in France. It was very fun to take photo with you.

VICTOR