HKSSF Swimming Heats

Yesterday was heats day. I was so incredibly anxious that I got sick on Monday-Tuesday. Hadn't swum in a week and decided to regain some feel on Wednesday after school. So anxious that night that I barely slept. Weak.

Horrible start to the day, with a 1:06 in the 100m Freestyle. That's several seconds slower than a few years ago... That event actually started out promisingly; I had a terrific start and underwater, coming up ahead of the defending champion who was swimming in the next lane. I tried to keep up, but after the turn, he just turned it on while I faded, and I could only see the flutter-kick fading into the distance.

I did, however, fortunately, manage to make the finals in my main event, 50m Butterfly. The time was 30.98, becoming the 8th place qualifier. I was dying by the last 15m or so, so, knowing my poor condition, I feel that I can go much faster in the finals. Perhaps even under 30?

Here's a video kindly recorded by Victor:

youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kckn3zWGoI

The results sheet:

And here's a video of our 4x50m medley relay. I'm the butterfly leg. We came 9th, and thus missed the finals. I feel I should be sad about this, but I can only see it as an opportunity to focus on my individual event.