It's Friday morning, 1/15/2016. Today I start dive team! I'm so excited! I got a text from the coach last night with the schedule for the weekend (the HOLIDAY weekend). We're doing 2 hours of dryland today and 2 hours of diving! That's four hours of working out!! And then there's practice on Saturday morning at 6:30 am and another four hours on Monday! I think they're trying to kill me right out of the gate!
I've managed to work out every day since the beginning of the year, minus Sundays, so I feel like I'm in better shape than I was two weeks ago. However, I packed on A LOT of weight over the past three months, so that's still an issue and I still look ridiculous in a Speedo. (But that may always be the case regardless of weight.)
Anyway, I was so excited this morning, I just had to do a quick entry in my blog! I'll update tonight with how the day went.
I've managed to work out every day since the beginning of the year, minus Sundays, so I feel like I'm in better shape than I was two weeks ago. However, I packed on A LOT of weight over the past three months, so that's still an issue and I still look ridiculous in a Speedo. (But that may always be the case regardless of weight.)
Anyway, I was so excited this morning, I just had to do a quick entry in my blog! I'll update tonight with how the day went.
Part II
There are a limited number of spots on the El Camino Dive Team and I got one!!! Actually, I don't know if it's limited or not. But I'm the ONLY person on the dive team right now. It's good and it's bad... good because I get all the attention. I get to do what I love for two hours straight without having to share the coach, time or boards with anyone else. That part is AWESOME! But bad in the sense that I don't have anyone else there to push or motivate me. No one to watch dive and try to one up them.
But that's okay. I have the two best people around me...Greg Louganis has been there 100% to support and encourage and coach me. And Jose Bahena has returned this year to be the El Camino Dive Coach just so he can help me get to state. I know it's a huge sacrifice of time for both of them and I'm very grateful for them both.
Okay, funny story...today towards the end of practice I was working on a flip with a full twist. When I jump on the end of the board, I'm supposed to breath out. So I made my first jump and blew out, and a huge loogie went flying out of my mouth into the pool. I was so caught off guard, that I just started laughing while still trying to throw the dive. The dive ended up being a bit of a mess, but it was the weirdest thing.
The other crazy thing, I was working on riding the board, which sent me higher and higher into the air with each jump. As I came down, I caught the corner of the board and was off balance. This launched me to the side A LOT. So much that I flew into the lap lines which hadn't been moved over quite far enough for horrible mishaps like that. It hurt a little, but didn't do any long term damage. I think if I put together a compilation of bad dives, it would look like I had a horrible day. But if I cut together just the good ones, I think the day would've looked pretty solid.
It was a fun day and I am SO glad to be back on the boards and finishing this part of the journey. I just hope that when the regionals get here, I will be ready and can make it to state!
But that's okay. I have the two best people around me...Greg Louganis has been there 100% to support and encourage and coach me. And Jose Bahena has returned this year to be the El Camino Dive Coach just so he can help me get to state. I know it's a huge sacrifice of time for both of them and I'm very grateful for them both.
Okay, funny story...today towards the end of practice I was working on a flip with a full twist. When I jump on the end of the board, I'm supposed to breath out. So I made my first jump and blew out, and a huge loogie went flying out of my mouth into the pool. I was so caught off guard, that I just started laughing while still trying to throw the dive. The dive ended up being a bit of a mess, but it was the weirdest thing.
The other crazy thing, I was working on riding the board, which sent me higher and higher into the air with each jump. As I came down, I caught the corner of the board and was off balance. This launched me to the side A LOT. So much that I flew into the lap lines which hadn't been moved over quite far enough for horrible mishaps like that. It hurt a little, but didn't do any long term damage. I think if I put together a compilation of bad dives, it would look like I had a horrible day. But if I cut together just the good ones, I think the day would've looked pretty solid.
It was a fun day and I am SO glad to be back on the boards and finishing this part of the journey. I just hope that when the regionals get here, I will be ready and can make it to state!
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