This amazing little eight year old swam a mile and a half today!
Non stop. In an hour.
On Emily's All Star team, they had a "mile challenge" back in December - 66 laps of the pool in an hour. Emily did 68 and I was so proud of her - so was she when she got her certificate.
Today was the "mile and a half" challenge, 99 laps. I was nervous for her. This was 31 more laps than she had done just 4 months ago. Could she do it? 31 laps more is a lot.
When it comes to swimming, I totally live vicariously through my children. I love to swim. I am a good swimmer - but these days am too out of shape to do more than a dozen laps and then gasp for breath for 20 minutes, but even when I was in good shape, I was never a great swimmer. I love to watch Emily swim - especially freestyle, which is her best stroke. Her technique is perfect, she has a great stroke and is just beautiful to watch.
Well, she did it. She swam 100 laps, which she is sure to point out was more than a mile and a half. Her stroke was perfect all 100 laps, which I knew was just pure determination by the end. I snapped this picture with my phone as she came out of the pool, tired but happy.
I love you Emy and am SO proud of you.
6 comments:
Good grief, that's amazing! Well done, Emily - I KNOW I couldn't do that in a million years.
WOW! Well done, Emily. I'm very impressed.
I'm pushing to finish one lap! Well done!
Mum told me about Emily swimming 100 laps. I'm very impressed - well done!
We used to call that stroke the "Australian crawl." Maybe that's the secret to her success. :-)
Yes, I'm impressed too Emily and I was there tp see you do it. Great job and great stroke.
Mum (Grandma)
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