Jason's Day 1

I guess the breaststroke is our big improvement stroke this season.  Today Jason took 3.19 seconds off in just 25 yards!  That's impressive!  Last weekend Val slaughtered her previous breaststroke times, too. And I obliterated my breast cancer.  It's 3 up and 3 down!

Below are the events Jason swam today, how he placed, and how he did relative to his best time:

• 11th out of 73 in 50 Backstroke
  He swam .66 seconds slower than his best time, but placed better than he was ranked (11th instead of 12th), earned points for his team, and got a ribbon for 11th place
• 16th of 43 in 100 IM
  Jason swam 1.84 seconds better than his previous best time
• 28th out of 75 in the 25 Free
  Jason swam this event .34 seconds slower than his best time, but it was in the midst of drama. He got confused and swam in the wrong heat, though they got the results altered immediately so it didn't affect the meet or other swimmers. Jason was very upset.
• 41st out of 58 in the 25 Breaststroke
  He swam 3.19 seconds faster than his previous best time. Jason's breaststroke used to be a major liability and he would get disqualified most of the time. Now he has a legal breaststroke and that's the most important thing for this stroke this season. He also is getting faster each time he swims it.
• 6th out of 20 in the 200 Free Relay (Jason swim the first leg)

The meet this weekend is called the Barbara Kay Mini Champs and attracts swimmers who are ages 6, 7, and 8 all over the state.  There are over 20 teams participating this year and 159 boys swam today (167 swim tomorrow).  The really neat thing about this meet is that 6 year olds swim only against 6 year olds, 7 year olds only against 7 year olds, and 8 year olds only against 8 year olds. Jason really amazed us last year by placing really well in the backstroke (4th and 6th maybe?).

I've been doing better with eating and exercise the past few days and continued the trend today despite eating at my favorite restaurant after the meet tonight (El Vaquero). I had a salad but drenched it in their incredible salsa, so I'm sure it defeated the purpose of eating lettuce.  However, forgoing the flour tortillas and fried food had to help my plight. I didn't eat even one chip the whole time there. And I had water instead of a margarita.