PCC Autumn Cruise, November 7-8, 2009

This weekend I was the marathon driving mom! I had already done a round trip to Detroit on Friday -- two hours each way. Then I added on the driving to and from the swim meet-- also two hours each way. Since Lexy's swim meet this weekend was in Saline (near Ypsilanti) and, since her sessions were in the afternoon, we chose to drive back and forth rather than stay in a hotel. All told, I think it added up to more than 600 miles.

It's hard enough to believe that it's November already. We've already had mornings with temps in the 20s. How were we to know we were headed into a beautiful, sunny weekend, with temps getting up into the mid 60s? Saturday dawned bright and sunny, but Sunday started out with a thick blanket of fog. I'd rather drive in snow and ice than fog! Luckily, it burned off by 10:30 and we were on our way.

We've been to Saline High School before, and it is one of the nicer venues out there. It was great to see so many CUDAs swimming this weekend. The ranks have grown in the past couple of years, adding both boys and girls.

(I forgot my video camera on Saturday. Then it occurred to me that my new phone had a video feature! But, it wasn't that great. . so I decided not to use the files.)

Lexy had four events on Saturday, and four more on Sunday. Her first event Saturday was the 100 I.M., which she finished three seconds faster than her best time, at 1:23.60. This also put her into the "A" category, which will help improve her seeding at the next meet. While she got off to a great start, the rest of the meet was good, but not great.

Her performance in the 100 Freestyle was about six seconds slower than her best time, and her 50 Fly time was about the same. However, in the 50 Breaststroke, she finished one second faster, at 44.28, and slid up to the "A" category as well. She received a first place finish in the "B" division, but at the next meet she will rank in the "A"s.

On Sunday, Lexy's four events were the 200 Free, 100 Breaststroke, 100 Fly and 50 Free. Her time in the 200 Free was slower than her best, but since she already had an "A" time, she finished third overall! In the 100 Breaststroke, she was also slower, but finished fifth overall. Two great finishes.

Lexy has never swum a 100 Fly in a meet before, so her finish with a "B" time at 1:43.33 was very respectable. She'll have to work on that one. Her 50 Free -- let's just say she was getting tired!

We had a long weekend, and sometimes it's hard to say whether it's better to drive two hours each way to sleep in your own bed instead of staying put and hanging out in a dry hotel room. To me, it's a wash.