THANKSGIVING WEEK

WEEK AHEAD

This week practice schedule is a little different.  Monday and Tuesday everything remains the same.  On Wednesday the JUNIOR GOLD group will be from 4-5 and the JUNIOR BLUE group will practice will from 4-5.  Thursday there  will be no practices due to the holiday.  Friday the JUNIOR BLUE group will practice from 10-11 and the SENIOR PREP and GOLD group will practice from 10-11:30.  Saturday practice is at the normal time.

With this shortened week it is important to keep up with your practice schedule the best you can, and try to remember your good nutrition and rest habits.  Championship meets are right around the corner!  If you are out of town and can't get to a pool go outside and get in a workout.  Try this one 5 minute walk (brisk), 1minute sprint run, 4minute walk, 2minute easy jog, 3 minute walk, 1 minute sprint, stop set of crunches, set of leg lifts, some stretching and than repeat the running part.  You need to do something do not become a couch potato for 5 days.  Try to get up at your normal time to keep your body clock on time, you can take little naps during the day.

SWIM AND ROCK MEET WRAP:

I will post my thoughts on the meet over the weekend as I am still going over my notes.  I will say that I know it was a long weekend and we had a lot of our teammates in all three groups who had some fantastic swims.  Two swimmers who really stepped up were Henry Harper from the BLUE group who swam a 200 breast on Friday and made finals that evening and turned in another best time.  The last swimmer for the MAKOS was Graham Evers on Sunday evening swimming his first 500 free.  Graham is From the BLUE group and his splits were great for his first time.

WEEKLY TOPIC:  "THANKSGIVING"

Wherever you may find yourself this Thursday, it is important that you pause and give thanks for everything you are blessed with. In each of your lives you will find small blessings, but too often you overlook them, choosing instead to spend your time paying attention to your needs and problems. There are "givers and takers" in the world, and today try to be one of the givers.  Thanksgiving is possible only for those who take time to remember.  No one can give thanks if they have a short memory.   At this time it good to slow down take a deep breath and notice all the things that you have that may go unnoticed the rest of the year.  Your parents who are there day in and day out supporting you and picking you up when you fall and the sacrifices that they make every day (you can't even imagine how many) to help you along the path of life.  Your brothers/sisters (if you have any)  who let you use there stuff, offer you laughs and fun time, and don't always hit you even if they want to.  Your true friends who are always there for you in time of need, your teachers and coaches who help you every day so that you may be successful in the future.

For myself  along with being thankful for family and friends I am thankful for the opportunity to work with a great group of kids who enjoy the sport of swimming, and even thou they may fail sometimes, they pick themselves up, and show up again with a smile on their faces.

Have a great Thanksgiving and I leave you with this poem;

Count your blessings instead of your crosses;

Count your gains instead of your losses;

Count your joys instead of your woes;

Count your friends instead of your foes;

Count your smiles instead of your tears;

Count your courage instead of your fears;

Count your full years instead of your lean;

Count your kind deeds instead of your mean;

Count your health instead of your wealth

Count on your family, friends along with your self.

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