Yesterday was my first ever open water mile. i was feeling a bit of nerves because 1. i hate swimming with fish 2. i have never swam anything more than a 500. but all of my friends were doing it, and i have been wanting to do it since the beginning of summer. but i really enjoyed racing, it even felt surprisingly easy. i will be doing another one next month, so i will be updating on that! i went 24 minutes, im pretty happy with it 🙂

1) First of all, @Yul Münger and I are sitting on hot coals🔥 cuz we wanna know how you swam at Natioals/Regionals etc!! Share it. All of it. 2) Today's Academy training is also open to everyone who's coming to camp. Agenda: - Questions for those who are still racing - Lessons from 2025/26 - Camp preparation for swimmers - When & how to change teams (if we have time) Starts at 7pm Zürich time, which is 6pm UK time. Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/2906319395 3) Right after the Academy training we'll have a quick update on the No-Nag Method right here on Skool: https://www.skool.com/live/qcyRPLMxD3M 4) Check the Swimpros Calendar for Camp Updates next Sunday! Add them to your calendar if you're coming to Tenerife so you don't forget. See ya sooner or later!!! 😃

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⚠️ Extremely Long Post⚠️ (not as long as the competition 🤦) Sorry not sorry Over the last 5 days, I've been racing at the Welsh Summer Nationals. I entered 7 races and was then selected for a relay, but ended up swimming 14 races due to finals qualifications. Day 1: 200 free Heats - I was a little nervous before this but mainly because it was the first race, it went ok and I swam a 2:19.33. This was 2 seconds off my best, but was a solid first swim and got me into the final. Final - I swam a 2:17.28, which was a pb by 0.02. Still a pb though! I raced it well, and went out harder than I usually would (1:06.5). This was better than almost even splitting which is my usual performance 🤦 50 breast Heats - I went straight from 200 free cool down to 50 breast marshalling so was living in the chaos. I wasn't nervous for this, and swam a 37.40, a pb by 0.03 from when I was absolutely on fire at 13. Final - Swam a 37.29, another 0.11 off of my time 😊 In both heats and finals, I counted my strokes and compared it to my 50 breast swims at winter nationals. I swam both races in a quicker time with less strokes, which is a positive (my stroke has become more efficient). Day 2: 200 breast Heats - I was really nervous before this, but didn't have a panic attack which is a big positive. I kept my stroke technique, and swam a seasons best (2:58.55). Final - I was nowhere near as nervous before the final. I swam it 6 milliseconds slower (2:58.61), but I raced it much better, splitting my first 100 2 seconds quicker than in the heat. I died on the last 50 though which is a shame, because I was on track for about a 2:55 😔 Still happy though! Day 3: 200 IM Heats - A bit nervous before this, but once again no panic attack. My backstroke split wasn't very good, but my fly was decent and my breast and free were good. Made up ground on the rest of my heat. Swam a 2:40.46. Final - Not as nervous, and swam a 2:38.95. My fly and back split was better, and my breast and free were the same. This still wasn't a pb, but I was content anyway.

Went pretty well and I'm happy with the results considering I was sick at this gala 100 back 1.16 took off 1 and a half second It felt pretty strong but the last 25 wasn't great, so I'm working on that 100IM 1.17 took 2 seconds off, focused especially on technique and had the best breaststroke I've ever felt at a gala 50 fly 34.3 took off a second too, focused on technique instead of speed on this one, and focusing on that actually helped my speed far more than the last time I swam the 50 fly 50 free 29.10 last event of the day and all my energy was drained and at this point I was functioning off panados, so I added 1.5 secs. I didnt have the best start, and I breathed way too many times than necessary. But it's ok, I'm not upset about it. And know I can learn from the whole gala and what to focus on.