{"id":6576,"date":"2012-10-19T23:03:22","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T23:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=6576"},"modified":"2012-10-30T22:51:29","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T22:51:29","slug":"annas-second-swim-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/annas-second-swim-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna&#8217;s Second Swim Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Written 26 October 2012]<\/p>\n<p>I mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/anna-gets-her-arm-back\/\">in a previous post<\/a> that we&#8217;d given Anna a week to\u00a0recuperate\u00a0after taking her arm-splint off, before signing her up for trice-weekly hour-long swim practices with <a href=\"http:\/\/breidablik.is\/sund\">Brei\u00f0ablik<\/a>, our local sports club <a href=\"http:\/\/binged.it\/R5QWTa\">at our local pool<\/a>. \u00a0Well, three weeks later, it was time for the first swim meet of the season. \u00a0It was a two-day meet (Friday and Saturday), but since we planned to leave town that weekend, Anna got signed up for two events on Friday only. \u00a0They were perhaps somewhat longer swims than she would otherwise have swum, but she survived so I guess it was ok. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Since this was a pretty big meet, with three sports clubs in attendance, and competitors ranging from 7-20 years old, there were lots of heats, where they tried to match up kids of similar ability and\/or age.  Also, this was her second swim-meet ever, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/annas-first-swim-meet\/\">her first one was last November<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_6577\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0554.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6577\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6577\" title=\"IMG_0554\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0554.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0554.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0554-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sitting on the bleachers after &#8216;warm-up&#8217;, waiting for her turn.<\/p><\/div><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"100 m skri\u00f0sund st\u00falkna yngri en 12 \u00e1ra\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-F7Sp-zYrFg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the video for the 100 m freestyle.<br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6578\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0563.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6578\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6578\" title=\"IMG_0563\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0563.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0563.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0563-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna placed second in her heat swimming 100 m freestyle. \u00a0Her split times were \u00a052.29 and 1:02.69. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/annas-first-swim-meet\/\">Last year<\/a>, she swam 50 m in 57.51 seconds.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6579\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0567.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6579\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6579\" title=\"IMG_0567\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0567.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0567.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0567-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There were a lot of people there, since three clubs were in attendance. The competitors ranged in age from 7-20 years! \u00a0The kids in the far corner are lined up to compete.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6580\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0568.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6580\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6580\" title=\"IMG_0568\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0568.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0568.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0568-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swimmers jumping into the 25 m long pool for some back-stroking.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6581\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0570.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6581\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6581\" title=\"IMG_0570\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0570.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0570.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0570-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna getting ready for her second event that afternoon, 50 m breaststroke.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"50 bringusund st\u00falkna yngri en 12 \u00e1ra\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C2vG11uUhno?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the video for the 50 m breaststroke.<br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6582\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0574.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6582\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6582\" title=\"IMG_0574\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0574.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0574.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0574-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">She placed third in her heat, with a time of 1:22.22. Last year she swam the 25 m breaststroke in 50.88 (from a non-diving start).<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6583\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0580.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6583\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6583\" title=\"IMG_0580\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0580.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0580.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0580-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finnur came to pick us up after Anna&#8217;s second swim. We stopped to buy some sandwiches and summer-house food, before driving to Laugarvatn (1 hour). When we arrived there, Finnur&#8217;s parents had already put Bjarki to sleep (he&#8217;d gone with them the day before), and warmed up the house. We watched a little tv before heading to bed after a long day!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6584\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0582.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6584\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6584\" title=\"IMG_0582\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0582.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0582.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0582-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sleeping Bjarki. Awwww&#8230; \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I will stress though, that our thinking with having Anna practice swimming isn&#8217;t so much for her to become an award-winning swimmer, but more to increase her endurance and rehabilitate her after she broke her arm this fall. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Written 26 October 2012]<\/p>\n<p>I mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/anna-gets-her-arm-back\/\">in a previous post<\/a> that we&#8217;d given Anna a week to\u00a0recuperate\u00a0after taking her arm-splint off, before signing her up for trice-weekly hour-long swim practices with <a href=\"http:\/\/breidablik.is\/sund\">Brei\u00f0ablik<\/a>, our local sports club <a href=\"http:\/\/binged.it\/R5QWTa\">at our local pool<\/a>. \u00a0Well, three weeks later, it was time for the first swim meet of the season. \u00a0It was a two-day meet (Friday and Saturday), but since we planned to leave town that weekend, Anna got signed up for two events on Friday only. \u00a0They were perhaps somewhat longer swims than she would otherwise have swum, but she survived so I guess it was ok. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Since this was a pretty big meet, with three sports clubs in attendance, and competitors ranging from 7-20 years old, there were lots of heats, where they tried to match up kids of similar ability and\/or age.  Also, this was her second swim-meet ever, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/annas-first-swim-meet\/\">her first one was last November<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6577\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0554.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6577\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6577\" title=\"IMG_0554\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0554.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0554.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0554-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-6577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sitting on the bleachers after &#8216;warm-up&#8217;, waiting for her turn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/annas-second-swim-meet\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","post-container col-md-12"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6576"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6593,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6576\/revisions\/6593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}