The day started early with a
morning practice at six in the morning. The day started off a little bit
roughly as I woke up with a headache and an emerging cough…signals of a
developing sickness. Ignoring these symptoms, I began the trek towards
practice. The light rain during my walk to practice woke me up and made me feel
a bit more refreshed.
This
morning practice was a bit different from previous ones. Instead of splitting
into groups based on stroke or distance like we usually did, today we split
into groups of guys and girls. The practice focused on aspects of changing pace
and underwater work. We finished off the practice with some relays that divided
the boys into two groups starting off at opposite ends of the pool with the
goal being to catch up to the other team. We had to cut the relay short as the
men’s team was due in the University of Hawaii weight room for our lift
session. The lift session was enjoyable and productive as everybody in the room
continued to work hard to achieve their goals.
We
had no afternoon practice that day, so instead the entire team traveled to
Lanikai Beach Park for an ocean swim practice. There we were met by a couple
Dartmouth alumni that helped us pick the course for our swim. To be honest, I
was not extremely excited for this ocean swim as I was not a big fan of open
water swimming but as soon as my teammates and I all jumped in together I
realized that there was nothing to be worried about and I was able to relax and
enjoy the experience of the swim. We originally planned to swim to a close
island; however, the waves proved to be a little too large for the swim to
continue, so Coach Jim altered the course to a more favorable area. The swim
lasted for roughly a half hour and afterwards people stayed by and took pictures
or just relaxed and soaked up the beach environment.
After
the ocean swim, a few of us decided to grab some smoothies, so we hopped into
the vans and drove to a local juice store called Lanikai Juice. This juice
place happened to be pretty famous as they had a brief stint on the Oprah show
and were praised for the usage of only fruits in their smoothies. The portions
that they had were extremely large and their smoothies were the best that I
have ever had. After enjoying our refreshments decided to head back to the
hotel to enjoy some relaxation as we knew that we had another day of hard
training ahead of us.
Tony Shen ’18
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