I had a Summer Splash meet at Southampton this weekend, and I had a good few PBs considering I hadn’t been training regularly for the last month because of my GCSE exams. Nevertheless, I was very happy with my times. Unfortunately, I wasn’t so happy with my 200 IM. I swam a 2:29.60, which was 4.4 seconds slower than my PB. This altered my mood and made me feel quite negative. However, after talking to my coach, I understood that I had gone out too fast. Although I managed to PB my 50 fly split, the overall result reflected my lack of consistent training. I was also too excited going into the race, which affected my pacing. Later in the weekend, my swims got a lot better. In the 50 breaststroke, I finally broke a PB that had stood for over a year, swimming a 34.07 and dropping 0.96 seconds. This lifted my mood and made me feel much more optimistic. That confidence carried into my 100 freestyle, where I swam a 57.00, taking 0.55 seconds off my PB. My 50 fly was right after that, and I swam a 28.69. Unfortunately, I didn’t PB because I could feel the lactic acid building up in my legs. Throughout the swim, I felt heavy with every arm pull and felt like I was sitting too deep in the water. That concluded day one. On day two, I only had two events. My first race was the 50 backstroke, where I achieved a time of 30.65, a PB by 0.48 seconds. My second race of the day was the 50 freestyle. This was the race I had been waiting for and the one I hoped to perform best in. I did exactly that, swimming a 25.38 in a tech suit that had actually ripped slightly while I was putting it on. This was a huge PB of 0.92 seconds, and I was extremely happy with the result. It was good enough to place second. Overall, I am very happy with my results, especially considering I had been out of the water for a significant amount of time before the meet. The weekend showed me that, despite a lack of consistent training, I can still perform well, and it has given me a lot of motivation going forward.

Hi everyone this weekend I was lucky enough to swim 4 events 3 50s and 1 100 (LCM)and I haven’t been training as much because of exams but here are my results 100m freestyle 58.35 50m freestyle 27.11 50m fly 29.30 50 backstroke 32.24

We had a club meet last weekend and here are my results I didn’t pb on for anything because I haven’t been training because of exams but here are the results 100 free 57.57 added 0.02 50 split was a 27.5 and 30.07 50 fly 28.78 added .13 200 free 2.09.27 added .53 splits are 28.81, 1.00.72,1.34.73 50 back 31.77 added .69 50free 26.51 added .21

As you may know I'm currently doing some pretty cool research on how many race suits you guys are buying every year... I'm collecting the answers of 1000 swim parents and I'll share the results soon. There's also a bigger lesson behind it.. (you may suspect what that lesson is... let me know in the comments 👇) What's your favorite race suit brand? Vote below and comment WHY. I'm sure you tried different suits so there's a reason why you have a favorite and I wanna know what it is. Let's attack the weekend! For those of you who have meets: Remember, you can be very aggressive in your swims AS LONG AS YOU'RE RELAXED (in your mind and in your muscles). - You have been doing the visualization (if not, you're a fool! 😬) - Do the Michael Phelps breathing trick 3-5x before EVERY race - For those of you who know the Leon Marchand pre-race ritual (Premium only) use that too! Let's goooo!!! 🤩

Had a very fun weekend racing though the 2 days raced 3 races and pb’d on 2 50m breaststroke 35.03 I dropped 0.7secs 50m back 32.13 I dropped 1.07 secs 50m Freestyle 26.41 added 0.11secs