Jin's Space!!!

well, theres some good news and some bad news. the good news: i reached the regional standard for the 200m breaststroke! whohooo! the bad news: i sucked in all my other events.

200m breast      3:08.31 [NEW TIME AT FINALS: 3:03.73!] (regionals is 3:10.70)
100m fly           1:33.99 (then again, its a lot better than the 1:40 i had before. i was so tired after my first 50m; i splitted it 41 sec on my first 50 and 52sec?!! on my second 50. i'm definitely not a butterflyer, and i have about the endurance of a 80 year old.)
200m free         3:02.49 ( i actually swam 3secs slower than i did last year, and that was in a really crappy outdoor long-course (50m) pool! WHY??!! this is like the first time i;ve actually gotten more worse at a event. i guess i was really tired after i swam my previous races; all my races were spaced close together. still, my freestyle was bad before, now its abysmal. i guess it means i have to train harder for it. like my coach told me, no more slacking and going last in our lane. time to pick up the slack. i mean, my 200 breast is almost as fast as my free. whats up with that?) 

oh, and i'm going back to the pool tonight to compete in the finals of the 200m breaststroke.

EDIT: just came back from swimming my 200m breaststroke at finals. took off 5 secs! went a 3:03.73 (split it 1:28/1:34 or 42sec 1st 50/46sec 2nd 50/48sec 3rd 50/46sec 4th 50, which is pretty good for me. coach says i should go faster on the 3rd 50, and that should help me break 3min.) booyah! i can't believe i went that fast, took off almost 20secs from my previous PB. and the 200m breaststroke isn't even my specialty (i find that 200m is a bit long, prefer the 50 and 100 breast.)

ahh i did so bad today i got DQed (disqualified) in my favorite event, the 100m breaststroke and going a time that would beat the regional standard by 2 seconds! NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! with only one more meet until the regional short course meet, i better not screw it up next time.

200m IM          3:02.25 (i'm actually pretty proud of this time, took off like 17 secs off my PB. not saying it's fast, though)
100m breast      DQ [time was 1:25] ( how could i screw this up! i would've have taken of 7 secs of my PB! it would've got me into the regionals too! apparently your not allowed to move [not dive, just move forward] on the starting blocks once the race is being signalled until the beep goes off.)
400m free         6:30.11 (DON'T LOOK AT IT! i know it's bad! but hey, it WAS my first time swimming this event. [i'm not exactly what they would call a distance swimmer, ok.])

wow long time since i've updated this site. anyways... so we just finished up day 1 of the nothers invitationals (all 50m events) and i swam a personal best time in all three of my events (50m freestyle, 50m breaststroke, 50m butterfly)

my results:
50 free          31.84 (pb of me, not that fast technically but it's not too shabby)
50 breast      37.57 (WHOOOOO!!!!!! [unless you didn't know, this is pretty fast.] i can't believe i swam that. not to mention that i screwed up my pullout, i could've probably went a 36. couple seconds more and i might just make the 15 year old [there are no 14 year old event for 50 breast] nationals [atleast i still got plenty of time to get faster.])
50 fly           37.40 (while its a pb, i was really disappointed in this race. dove way too deep and completely screwed up my turn [bascially went face-first into the wall.] still, knowing this, i should be able to go a 35 next time so that's good news.)

ah...the years of elementary school passed so fast...10 years of memories jampacked with a wide spectrum of emotions, from those joyful moments to those depressing ones...we surely have grown from the days in kindergarten. when you start thinking back, it just hard to let go and grasp over the fact that its finally over, you know. the worst part of it is facing the fact that everything you know is going to change in highschool. my dad says that highschool is the most important event of your life; these mere four years will determine who you truly are, and who your friends are too. Sounds scary, but i would have to agree with him. But you still possess the slightest hope that maybe thing wont be all that different afterall. probably many of your close friends will be attending the same highschool, and maybe just maybe you will have just as much fun together as in elementary school. one thing for sure though, the appetizer has finished, and the main course is just around the corner.