This morning's run was a good half mile shorter than the last few days. A lot of the girls did really well, with all of them holding off Jeff and Will. Emma and Maddy took an early lead and were able to stay ahead of everyone but Brian and I.
Practice wasn't too bad this morning. We did an IM+non-free set culminatiing in (big surprise) 7x50 sprint from the blocks. Everyone did really well on the whole thing, though all of us are ready for the technique practice tonight. Some of the people in the other group (namely Kate and Emma...) seem scared of the IM set, but I have a feeling that they'll live.
Below are five more posts of us talking about the other swimmers. Once again, I'm not responsible for any grammatical errors, though I didn't see any major expressions of man love this time around. I promise to get mine up tonight...
ER out
Maddy on Kate:
I have gotten to know kate so well this year. She has such a great personality and is always fun to be around. She oddly resembles someone else on the team...but I can't seem to figure out why... Kate is always working hard and is always nice to everyone. Although she refuses to show the team, she is an amazing singer, and is going to start a trio with Erin and Adam. Even when kate hurt her shoulder, she pushed through it and worked her butt off anyways. She always has a smile on her face, and is super photogenic...if you know what I mean...can you say awkward!!?? Haha well Kate, you are gonna kick butt when we get back to Edina! Girl you are da best! Love you!!
<3 Maddy
Heather on Adam:
Adam is a very hard worker and is really fun to be around. I bet he is SUCH an amazing singer (even though i have never heard him) and he has a very funny personality. I haven't known him for very long but he always has a positive attitude and encourages everyone. His hard work toatlly pays off because he is super fast. Hes so nice to everyone and is a great brother to erin and kate! I'm so glad their family came to our team!
~Heather
Zach on Erin:
There are so many good things to say about Erin. During this camp Erin has helped the whole group, me included stay positive and look at the better side of things. Coming into the camp many people including me looked at people and saw the people that may not be capable of going as fast as some, however I soon realized that everyone would be working as hard as they could. Erin was working hard the whole camp and somehow (as of now) has maintained a smile virtually the whole time.
:) Zach
Kate to Erik:
Erik has been a very important member of our team. He works hard everyday at practice and is always very encouraging. When I first started swimming with Edina, Erik was one of the first people that introduced themselves. Outside of the pool, his personality makes our downtime a lot more fun. As you have already read, this blog is very good, thanks to Erik. Im glad that Erik brought Victor into our lives. It's been a lot of fun! I still don't know Erik really well but everything that I have seen has been very positive. I'm looking forward to swimming many more seasons with him.
~ Kate
Emma on Zach:
Zach is always a very hard worker, which pays off because he is really fast & muscular. He also has a really good attitude and stays positive through even the hardest sets...I don't think I've ever heard him complain! Although he can be quiet sometimes, he can also be really crazy and fun to be around. Even though I still don't know him very well, I have definetly gotten to know him better on this trip.
- Emma
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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
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
I'm not dead (yet)
Contrary to what my mom seemed to think in the voicemail she left me during practice, I am in fact still alive, as is everyon else here.
Today's practice was pretty hard; a major contrast with yesturday's recovery set. We did somewhere between 8400-8600 metres accodring to Kim, though Jeff figures we did around 9km. However, since we all know how good Jeff is at math, I'm more inclined to believe Kim the math teacher over him. That's awkward. The main set involved 6x800 free mixed with some quick 1s free.
Alright, I'm off to go ice my shoulder's, then go swim again in ~1.5 hours. That's awkward.
ER out
That's awkward.
Today's practice was pretty hard; a major contrast with yesturday's recovery set. We did somewhere between 8400-8600 metres accodring to Kim, though Jeff figures we did around 9km. However, since we all know how good Jeff is at math, I'm more inclined to believe Kim the math teacher over him. That's awkward. The main set involved 6x800 free mixed with some quick 1s free.
Alright, I'm off to go ice my shoulder's, then go swim again in ~1.5 hours. That's awkward.
ER out
That's awkward.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
More sunscreen and aloe (finally)
On the way back from dinner today, we stopped at what Hobe calls "the Gheto Publix," though I personally didn't see anything wrong with the sunscreen section.
Evening practice was pretty fun for group 1, as Jeff is now calling it. We did some killer core work with Hobe before we got in the water. I'm pretty sure I lost a good three pounds of pure water weight during the 45 minute workout. The practice itself, however, wasn't too difficult. Mostly backstroke drill, with a brief overview of "The 5 Fundamentals of Breastroke" with Neil.
The weather continues to be hot and humid, with lots of sun, but it doesn't really seem like anyone was burned too badly today.
I would talk about the music we've been listening to, but I have to run to (another) mandatory team meeting. I promise to get it up tomorrow.
Live long and prosper.
ER out
Evening practice was pretty fun for group 1, as Jeff is now calling it. We did some killer core work with Hobe before we got in the water. I'm pretty sure I lost a good three pounds of pure water weight during the 45 minute workout. The practice itself, however, wasn't too difficult. Mostly backstroke drill, with a brief overview of "The 5 Fundamentals of Breastroke" with Neil.
The weather continues to be hot and humid, with lots of sun, but it doesn't really seem like anyone was burned too badly today.
I would talk about the music we've been listening to, but I have to run to (another) mandatory team meeting. I promise to get it up tomorrow.
Live long and prosper.
ER out
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Red Lobster
Everyone got burned today.
ER out
Ok, now here's the real post:
Although everyone did use sunscreen, everyone managed to get burned in some way, shape, or form:
Kathryn-Face burn, major goggle marks
Kate-Burned on her right side
Erin-Burned on her left side
Adam-Burned during the ACT (don't ask)
Elise-Minor back burn
Heather-Cap burn, back splotches
Maddy-Left side of neck and upper shoulder is burned (Jeff is pretty sure that someone (Heather) didn't rub the sunscreen in).
Zach-Minor neck burn, doesn't hurt... "yet"
Emma-White forehead, red face.
Will-Goggle tan, face burn, back splotches
Jack-Back burned
E. Flack-Mid back
Greeno-Back, lower back/butt tan
Victor-A spot in the middle of his back (it oddly resembles the shape of France...)
Erik-Back, neck, some shoulders, some cap tan
Matt-Added freckles, back burn, beet red face
Brian-Incredibly tan, avoided sunburn without the use of sunscreen... Except on the bottoms of his feet (we're not quite sure how that happend...)
Jeff-Second degree burns on his arms from trying to show off his guns.
Kim-Just burned in general
Other than that, we had a great day. Dinner was at some Famous Dave's type place, which I'm told is called Shane's Rib Shack or something. Some of us hung out at the mall, though some of us went to see movies.
Everyone completed the IM set (not quite with flying colors, but withing Jeff's standards). Neil's practice was not that bad, and we got to hit the d-boards at the end.
Jeff's turn (be very, very afraid):
Morning run went well because everyone made it on time! No one has over slept as of yet....hmmm??? who will be the first room to "not wake up?"
Humidity was awesome; I think we all lost 5 lbs in the first run... lots of water around here.
Everyone kicked butt on the IM (12 x 200's descending set) followed by the 8 x 50's sprint set off the blocks at the end of practice. Victor and Zach had the fastest reported times in the set and everyone else did their goal times.... I was very happy!
We had two visitors today that most of the boys liked a lot! Two blonde European girls that swam with us and were very nice.
I look forward to the upcoming days!! So far so good and we are having fun. Wish the rest of the senior group could be here as well. You are all missed!
It's me again!
Ok, tomorrow, I'll probably be talking about all the music we've been listening to, as well as attempting to get some pictures of us up. I'll also continue covering the training and food. Finally, tomorrow I'll be getting a few more people (namely Jeff and Kim) set up as admins on the blog, so that they will be able to post as well. I'll be sure to update periodically throughout the day.
Oh, Jack and Will have promised me posts over the next few days, but don't count on anything being produced.
ER out
ER out
Ok, now here's the real post:
Although everyone did use sunscreen, everyone managed to get burned in some way, shape, or form:
Kathryn-Face burn, major goggle marks
Kate-Burned on her right side
Erin-Burned on her left side
Adam-Burned during the ACT (don't ask)
Elise-Minor back burn
Heather-Cap burn, back splotches
Maddy-Left side of neck and upper shoulder is burned (Jeff is pretty sure that someone (Heather) didn't rub the sunscreen in).
Zach-Minor neck burn, doesn't hurt... "yet"
Emma-White forehead, red face.
Will-Goggle tan, face burn, back splotches
Jack-Back burned
E. Flack-Mid back
Greeno-Back, lower back/butt tan
Victor-A spot in the middle of his back (it oddly resembles the shape of France...)
Erik-Back, neck, some shoulders, some cap tan
Matt-Added freckles, back burn, beet red face
Brian-Incredibly tan, avoided sunburn without the use of sunscreen... Except on the bottoms of his feet (we're not quite sure how that happend...)
Jeff-Second degree burns on his arms from trying to show off his guns.
Kim-Just burned in general
Other than that, we had a great day. Dinner was at some Famous Dave's type place, which I'm told is called Shane's Rib Shack or something. Some of us hung out at the mall, though some of us went to see movies.
Everyone completed the IM set (not quite with flying colors, but withing Jeff's standards). Neil's practice was not that bad, and we got to hit the d-boards at the end.
Jeff's turn (be very, very afraid):
Morning run went well because everyone made it on time! No one has over slept as of yet....hmmm??? who will be the first room to "not wake up?"
Humidity was awesome; I think we all lost 5 lbs in the first run... lots of water around here.
Everyone kicked butt on the IM (12 x 200's descending set) followed by the 8 x 50's sprint set off the blocks at the end of practice. Victor and Zach had the fastest reported times in the set and everyone else did their goal times.... I was very happy!
We had two visitors today that most of the boys liked a lot! Two blonde European girls that swam with us and were very nice.
I look forward to the upcoming days!! So far so good and we are having fun. Wish the rest of the senior group could be here as well. You are all missed!
It's me again!
Ok, tomorrow, I'll probably be talking about all the music we've been listening to, as well as attempting to get some pictures of us up. I'll also continue covering the training and food. Finally, tomorrow I'll be getting a few more people (namely Jeff and Kim) set up as admins on the blog, so that they will be able to post as well. I'll be sure to update periodically throughout the day.
Oh, Jack and Will have promised me posts over the next few days, but don't count on anything being produced.
ER out
Running at Sunrise
Now that we're about halfway through our first full day of camp, I think we all have a little better idea of what this week will actually be like.
We went on a 2 mile run this morning, which wasn't all that difficult, although it was really hot. After the run, we did some abs, then went inside to have breakfast at the all-you-can-eat buffet. Needless to say, unlimited, free (from our point of view, at least) food is never a bad thing, especially when it tastes good.
Morning practice was fairly difficult; definitley worse than yesturday's, at least for the group I was in. We did a 1.5 hour IM set with surprise sprint free at the end, but I heard that the technique practice wasn't that bad, so I'm looking foreward to tonight.
After practice, Neil took us to Chick-fil-A, one of the best fast food chains in existance.
Now on to some notes about this blog. Jeff suggested that everyone on the team try to contribute at least one post at some point during the week, but that's about as likely as us having to miss a practice due to a blizzard. I'm pretty sure that Jeff will post at least a few times, if he ever gets around to making an account, that is. If not, then I guess the three people actually reading this blod will get to listen to me for the whole week.
Finally, I apologize in advance if the quality of the posts keeps declining due to exhaustion, soreness, or simply laziness on my part.
ER out
We went on a 2 mile run this morning, which wasn't all that difficult, although it was really hot. After the run, we did some abs, then went inside to have breakfast at the all-you-can-eat buffet. Needless to say, unlimited, free (from our point of view, at least) food is never a bad thing, especially when it tastes good.
Morning practice was fairly difficult; definitley worse than yesturday's, at least for the group I was in. We did a 1.5 hour IM set with surprise sprint free at the end, but I heard that the technique practice wasn't that bad, so I'm looking foreward to tonight.
After practice, Neil took us to Chick-fil-A, one of the best fast food chains in existance.
Now on to some notes about this blog. Jeff suggested that everyone on the team try to contribute at least one post at some point during the week, but that's about as likely as us having to miss a practice due to a blizzard. I'm pretty sure that Jeff will post at least a few times, if he ever gets around to making an account, that is. If not, then I guess the three people actually reading this blod will get to listen to me for the whole week.
Finally, I apologize in advance if the quality of the posts keeps declining due to exhaustion, soreness, or simply laziness on my part.
ER out
Friday, June 12, 2009
Day 1
Today was the first day of the camp. We flew in, then pretty much dropped our stuff at the hotel and went to the pool (after waiting for certain people, of course).
Practice was allegedly "easy," according to El Jefe, so I'm scared for the rest of the camp. Mostly freestyle on fairly easy intervals, but there was also some sprint free that was a bit challenging. The pool was really nice and incredibly clear, but the locker rooms were a bit sketchy.
We had dinner at a Mexican place which was "better than Chipotle, in my opinion," according to Zach Litwin, who went on to say "That place was really good."
Now I'm off to a (mandatory) team meeting, then we'll probably hit up Dunkin' Doughnuts and the gas station.
I thought I heard something about having to run at 6:30 tomorrow. That will be... interesting.
Finally, Neil would like me to give a positive shout out to himself and FGCU. He's great, seeing as he bought us dinner (I think it's part of the camp, but he did anyway). Also, FGCU has a great campus and a really nice pool.
ER out
Practice was allegedly "easy," according to El Jefe, so I'm scared for the rest of the camp. Mostly freestyle on fairly easy intervals, but there was also some sprint free that was a bit challenging. The pool was really nice and incredibly clear, but the locker rooms were a bit sketchy.
We had dinner at a Mexican place which was "better than Chipotle, in my opinion," according to Zach Litwin, who went on to say "That place was really good."
Now I'm off to a (mandatory) team meeting, then we'll probably hit up Dunkin' Doughnuts and the gas station.
I thought I heard something about having to run at 6:30 tomorrow. That will be... interesting.
Finally, Neil would like me to give a positive shout out to himself and FGCU. He's great, seeing as he bought us dinner (I think it's part of the camp, but he did anyway). Also, FGCU has a great campus and a really nice pool.
ER out
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