Words cannot even being to express just how impressed and proud we are of Claire this past weekend. She signed up for her very first 5K (3.2 MILES) open water swim. Last year she did the same meet and swam the mile. This year, the only option was 5K. At first, when asked if she wanted to sign up, her response was "oh heck no"! Then about a week later she came to me and asked if the meet was still open to sign up, she wanted to face the challenge. Face the challenge she sure did! Here she is walking up to the dock to get ready to jump in!
There were 45 girls in Claire's age group...all lined up by the starting line, waiting for the horn.
Claire finished with a time of 1 hour and 21 minutes! She never once stopped to take a break and just kept swimming! She came in 10th out of 45!!! We are over the moon impressed with her determination. The lake was set up for 3.2 miles to be 4 laps around the buoys. The first 3.5 laps, Claire was in the back of a group of 5 swimmers in her age group. The last half lap, she picked up her pace while the other girls got tired out and she ended up coming in ahead of the other 5 girls in the bunch! It was so fun to watch at the finish line!
Since she is a typical teenager, she was not happy to get a photo with me, but I made her do just one! This was after her race and she was shot! I loved watching her push to her very limits and do her very best to conquer this challenge! There were some sore legs and shoulders the next morning for sure!
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