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Man I hope NVSL finds a different pool for relays next year

I do know them! Sorry to have poached them from y'alls hood.

Nice! Was a pretty good storm. I saw some weak rotation in that soup of fun clouds as it passed here. Horizontal in nature but was rolling. Needed this last night when we did a B meet at the pool in your hood

Damn good storm. Gust Front was legit. Had to be 40+ as trees bent and a neighbor across the street had a tree snap off and fall into their yard. I think it missed the house

Will this hype day deliver?

2.22” overnight

The Real Pool Dads of DC suburbs

I think it has brain issues too

So storm cancel with the euro?

We had OKM in our Div a few years ago. Crushed us. So they will be in D1 before long. Hope for only 1 div jump. 2 wouldn't be awful. There are lots of fun teams down there. The change really only starts to happen from D10 up. Thats when you encounter the nicer pools here and there and the turned up noses. Well, we are a dumpy pool. Built in the 50s/60s on a piece of land that wasn't developed. Bath house is tiny and old. But a hill on one side gives great views! We are 100% punching above our weight class as far as niceties for where we are. Places like Chesterbrook have 3x or more the operating budget than we do. They can hire This Old House to fix their pool while the board begs me to go fix a backstroke flag pole and I use a hammer and wood shims to hold it in place and cross fingers. Edsall Park has a soft spot in my heart. Had friends back in HS that swam there when they actually had a bigger team. We've also tried to help them at B meets by swimming there to spend money and let kids swim. They tried to merge with BrenMar years ago to bolster things and then BrenMar stopped having swim teams. I will root like hell for Edsall but feels like their days are numbered too.

We wet for the A meets tomorrow morning

Rec league brain

Great for my old work but awful for everyone else. And it will set us up for when it does get hot. Brown dry grass will burn better after fires start from a lightning strike. We all burn and DCA reports a trace of ash

Missed out on everything. Tumbleweed time

We are seeing some teams around us fly up 3,4,5 divisions from one year to the next. Covid played a role the last two years as some teams got stronger and some suffered. I think this year is more of a normal year for teams. The year we went 2-3 we did well at divisional relays and they still moved us up. We got 3rd tonight so that will probably keep us where we are even if we go 2-3 again. Our coaches really want to win our last meet this summer cause the pool we face is partly a rival. We’ve done B meets with them in years past. It does get to be less fun when you know some only care about wins and being high up in the standings. More eyes on you and you hear more comments. When you get to higher positions there is more expectation for the pools to be nicer and have better amenities. That ain’t us. Never have been. But that’s what some of our newer parents that join because of where we are now expect. And some other teams make shitty comments about our dumpy pool. Hey, it’s our pool. WE make the dumpy comments, not others. Lol Just keep rocking that fun mentality. Don’t give a rip about moving up. Keep egos and attitudes in check because you can go from Tom Brady to Ryan Leaf in one year. Cause keeping up with the Joneses ain’t fun. Be more Edsall Park who clearly don’t give a shit than Div 1 teams that charter buses and hog all the stands at all star events

Thanks! Hope y’all get yours in too. And the rest of your season. Being on the good side of .500 means you usually move up one for sure. We’ve been 2-3 and moved up which was just weird. A lot depends on teams above you and if they lose swimmers or suddenly get strong in an age group. My Div is def tight. Had an upset last week where a strong team lost. I’m fine with whatever happens our last two. It might matter to some parents but being any higher won’t be fun next year so I hope we don’t move. I think we swam the pool you are going to a long time ago and it’s small. So find shade and just keep the fun attitude where it doesn’t matter where you are at. It’s all about the kids and having fun.

Risky weather today but even if things get rained out tonight they have to have them tomorrow and it looks iffy as well. We have to go all the way out to Centerville for ours. Giant pain with traffic. Not sure how our Div will play out. I don’t think we will win our next two so might be 2-3 and then we see if we stay or drop. Good luck and be careful what you wish for because these higher divs get nasty. The stories I’ve already heard are cringe. Even in our own Div.

Happy belated!!!

Just .36” yesterday

Dry at home, dry at the beach. Bay is warm, beer is cold.

Man was it nasty on the pool deck for the swim meet today. Needed more clouds. Didn’t get them

80/74. And it’s not even 9am

As long as they still run the CRAS I’ll be happy

Love these write ups

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