Icebreaker Gala Update

Before I start this update, as you know i see a nutritionist called Alan Gillit if you would like to learn more about him please click here. I also see a sports phycologist called Ash Lawrence if you would like to learn more about him please click here.

Last weekend I had the Icebreaker gala, this is the official start of the season and a chance for me to improve my times.

My first race on Saturday was the 100m backstroke, I have been finding it hard to hit my personal best time for a while now. To my great surprise I managed, I was vey happy because this means I am on form for the new season. My next race on saturday was the 100m butterfly, I have been practicing butterfly more in training and feel I have got the rhythm needed for the stoke now. All my training paid off because I managed to knock 2 seconds off my personal best time. I went to bed happy with  the 2 thirds I achieved only being beaten by 15 year olds.

On Sunday my first race was the 100m breaststroke, breaststroke is my weakest stroke, but i managed to knock 1 second off my personal best. We filmed this race and I feel I have a lot of technique adjustments i can implement to make me go even faster. In the final I finished 5th in this event. My next race was the 200m backstroke, this is my best race. I managed to get a 1 second off my personal best regional time. But I feel I paced myself wrong because I had a lot of energy at the end of the race. So next time I race this event I will be expecting to drop a lot more time. My last race on Sunday was the 200m Freestyle, before this race I had a long wait of 3 hours so I was a bit out of focus. Saying this I still managed to achieve a Personal best time knocking 3 seconds off!