racing Maxim

Date	Place of exercise	50 m free style	50 m breaststroke	5 laps, free style 250 m	Start time
18 Sep	Ridge Pool	47.74, 47.99	1:14.70		17:45
19 Sep	Ridge Pool	45.57		4:43.44	11:30

These days were certainly the last at the Ridge pool because they are closing it to family swimming today. Adults can still come to do laps, as I understand it. On the 18^th, I took Maxim there after he returned from school.  We raced a few times. 

The 50 meter free style races were VERY tight.  Probably less than 1 second between us.  I won both times.  The second time, I looked over to see him do the flip turn—he said he got tired.  Now the breast stroke, he was a couple seconds faster than me.  I could actually see him during this race and as much as I tried, I could not match his pace. 

            I was super excited that he was willing to race, AND that he won. The next day, he was not interested in racing.  But we did take the cribbage board to the Steven’s Center for lunch.  We played a good game and he won that one as well.  Maybe I’ll make a cribbage player out of him yet.