A day off for the holiday? Of course not.

I can't say I was very surprised when I realized there was a double workout on Memorial Day.  One family member said on Sunday: "when is your next practice... don't say Monday". We indeed did swim or lift for 4 hours today, but at least it wasn't 6.5 hours.  We got out early this evening in observance of the holiday!  I'm going to spend my evening eating and working.  I've really enjoyed all the feedback ALL the swimmers get from the coaching staff.  It seems like a great ratio of swimmers to coaches.  There are about 26 swimmers and 5 coaches/volunteers/managers.  I've honestly NEVER received as much attention or pointers from a coaching staff before.  Coach Mark Hill has single handily changed my freestyle and backstroke in a matter of 2 weeks.  I'm feeling faster and stronger in the water.  My moderately increased strength combined with a new tweak to my backstroke pull is giving me some much needed confidence in the pool.  I'm amazed at how much I'm learning each day.  I thought I knew this sport.  I had no idea what serious teams trained like.  I'm really looking forward to a meet!

The end of the practice we did an all-out 50m swim with fins and paddles, I swam a 50 back in 24.2 seconds.  Not great, but respectable!