Slice of Heaven

Swim Meet
On Sunday night, I swam in a Masters swim meet up the road. This is the second meet I have done since getting back into swimming. Several of my girlfriends whom I swim with swam in the meet, as well as my brother, Andy. Dennis and the kids came along, and so did my parents. We had a great time, though my muscles are yelling at me today!

Very nice pool
I swam the 50 backstroke...took almost a second off my time and came in 2nd in my heat. That's me in the pink cap.

I also swam the 200 IM. If you are not a swimmer, this means that there are 2 lengths of each stroke (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle). I am all the way at the far end of the picture in the pink cap again. Andy raced against me, and though I give him grief about it, it is fun to race against my brother, something you never get to do in US swimming...in Masters swimming, the events are mixed, meaning guys/girls compete and across all age groups (ages 18-90+). Though both of us were exhausted, the 200 was fun to swim, and Andy took 2 seconds off his time (I did not have a previous time in this event)

Here is Andy swimming is 100 free with me yelling at him from the sidelines. He took time off and I am pretty sure it is because I wouldn't leave him alone!

Afterwards we all went out to eat at Famous Dave's...then came home and collapsed in bed. It has been a busy and fun weekend, now back to school and routine!