Summer swim meets
We've been making our kids learn how to swim for the past couple years by signing them up for the swim team at our pool. Chelsea ran the numbers the first year and decided it was a no-brainer - $40 for lessons, or $25 for the swim team, which runs longer and teaches the kids multiple strokes. All three of our kids are on the team this year.
Our first meet of the season took place on Tuesday, just after Chels and the kids got back from the beach. (I need to steal some photos of that adventure from her computer.) I always enjoy the warmup part of the meets, when you have about four thousand kids in the pool all swimming laps and bunching up in swim lane traffic jams:
Young Nick, who you will notice is looking quite buff these days thanks to his constant athletic pursuits, is swimming a few different events. I believe what I've got here is his 50-meter breaststroke race, though he will soon correct me if I'm wrong.
Tightening up the goggles pre-race:
And they're off:
Later he swam a 50-meter freestyle. Worth mentioning that this is our team's first year in a new league, and this first opponent was the most formidable one we are likely to see. We lost, but we couldn't help admiring the efficiency and the quality with which they run the show. We were among professionals.
Maria swam in a couple races too, but it was later in the evening and I didn't get any good pictures of her. Anna and I had front-row seats to the meet, thanks to a rare early arrival on our part:
We have meets every Tuesday and Saturday from now until the end of July. If you're in the area and want to see my kids swim, just give me a shout and I'll provide you with the details.
Our first meet of the season took place on Tuesday, just after Chels and the kids got back from the beach. (I need to steal some photos of that adventure from her computer.) I always enjoy the warmup part of the meets, when you have about four thousand kids in the pool all swimming laps and bunching up in swim lane traffic jams:
Young Nick, who you will notice is looking quite buff these days thanks to his constant athletic pursuits, is swimming a few different events. I believe what I've got here is his 50-meter breaststroke race, though he will soon correct me if I'm wrong.
Tightening up the goggles pre-race:
And they're off:
Later he swam a 50-meter freestyle. Worth mentioning that this is our team's first year in a new league, and this first opponent was the most formidable one we are likely to see. We lost, but we couldn't help admiring the efficiency and the quality with which they run the show. We were among professionals.
Maria swam in a couple races too, but it was later in the evening and I didn't get any good pictures of her. Anna and I had front-row seats to the meet, thanks to a rare early arrival on our part:
We have meets every Tuesday and Saturday from now until the end of July. If you're in the area and want to see my kids swim, just give me a shout and I'll provide you with the details.
