Western Mass

Hi friends! So we had Western Mass for swimming today. It was pretty good. We left Westfield High School at like 9:30 at night. It was a long day. By this time, we should all have a good idea of how clumsy I am. So it really should be no surprise to anyone that I hurt myself today. Here's the story.

So I was in the first event which was the 200 Medley Relay. For those of you who do not know what that means, it means that the first person in the pool does backstroke, the second person does breaststroke, the third person does butterfly, and the last person does freestyle. Each person does a 50 (2 laps) which adds to 200. I am the third person. So everything was going good. I swam my butterfly and I was getting out of the pool. The pool had a little ledge going around the side of it and that is where the touch pads were sitting. So I pulled myself out enough where I could stand on the edge and then get on the legit ground. Well, when I was putting my second foot on the ledge, my first foot slipped. When it slipped off, it bent an awkward way. I caught myself so I didn't fall back in the pool, but when I went to go put weight on my right foot (which was the one that bent awkwardly) it hurt so bad. I couldn't put pressure on it. My first thought was that it was broken. So the trainer the was there came over.

This trainer, oh my goodness. He was an airhead. He kept poking the same spot, and I kept saying ouch cause it hurt. AND THEN HE ASKS ME IF IT HURT. LIKE NO DUMMY. I'M SAYING OUCH BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HURT. COME ON NOW. And then he asks me if I have any events after this. I still had the 200 freestyle relay to do. So he asked how long it was until then. It was a couple of hours. He asked me if I was going to swim in it. Yes, I am going to swim in it. So he looked at my coach like, 'you're going to let her swim in it?' and she was like yeah. When he looked back at me, I was like "the only way I wouldn't be swimming in that event is if my ankle was no longer connected to my leg." He thought I was crazy, I thought he was an airhead.

In the end, I did end up swimming in the relay. I swam a 29.68 for a 50, which is pretty damn good. Considering I never swim 29s and I have a hurt ankle. There is a good chance I lightly sprained it cause it is a little swollen and hurts to bend. But, that is my Western Mass story. I had to make it interesting at least ;) Bye friends!