お疲れ様です

Hello everyone, this is Gui. Today I will write the blog post together with Taiki, so I hope you enjoy.

I wanted to reflect on this weekend’s competition and the trip to Hokkaido, and share with everyone my thoughts.

① Results

Day 1:

100m Br - 1.09.25

4x100 Fr Relay - 57.66

Day 2:

200m Br Heats - 2.30.59

Finals - 2.33.08

I want to go over each race and share my feelings, but overall I have to say that I feel very happy with the competition because I did times that I honestly wasn’t expecting.

100m Br

If I have to mention one swim that I feel that I didn’t quite get right this weekend, it would have to be 100m Br. I always had a similar problem in Portugal when I swim this distance in 50m pools, but it doesn’t happen in 25m pools. Somehow, I always think that I didn’t manage my swim correctly, be it in my technique or managing my tiredness 🤔

It’s something to work and improve in the future, however it was still the best time from the last 2 years so I really can’t say I’m too sad about it. This time I decided to start a little slower and try to go faster in the last 50m and I feel that it worked pretty well. My goal is still to beat my best time ever which is 1.08.01, so I will have to work harder in Portugal to go under 1.08 in the future.

4x100 fr Relay

This race was super fun to me. Even in Portugal, it’s rare for me to swim freestyle in important competitions, so it was a fun experience for me. The relay was Sei in first, Akihiro in second, me in third and Shunya closing. We were all in good moods before swimming and did a fun presentation in the big screen when they called our names and I was laughing a lot 😆

The time (57.66) was pretty good, I think it’s my second best time ever.

200m Br

For me, this race was the one that I was focusing most on. I had two goals before swimming, which were going to final and doing my best time ever. However I was very clear how hard both goals were to reach so my nerves were so high that I had to take a lot of deep breaths to calm down. Initially, I thought that I had a good chance to go to final since I was in a good position, but Sunday morning after getting to the pool I heard that the person I had to beat to enter the final had a best time of 2.24. When I thought of my best time which is 2.32 and was done 4 years ago in 2021, I felt a bit hopeless for the race 😥

But I didn’t quite feel like just giving up, in my mind I was thinking “This is your last race in Japan, do you really want to give up without getting to the finals?”. I would have so many regrets if I didn’t reach the final so I remember just going to the bathroom and saying to myself over and over that I could do it. It’s pretty embarrassing but at the same time, I’m also human and I have feelings so I just had to convince myself that I could do it 😅

So my name got called, I just looked at the pool in front of me and took a deep breath before diving in. I did the same as my 100Br race, I started slower and controlling my speed while making sure I was saving the most energy as possible. After turning for the last 100m, I just sped up because I could see in the corner of my eye that the person on the lane on my side was closer in front and I wanted to reach him. The race finished very fast and I just remember touching the wall and hearing everyone from Osaka University cheering. I heard Terauchi’s voice calling my name and saying "good job Gui", and the screen showed my time (2.30.59), just 0.01 faster than 9th place (2.30.60). I honestly didn’t believe it, I had to look a few times before being sure that it was right 😭🤩I think that race was probably one of my favourites I ever did.

For the final, I was feeling super tired from the morning so I ended up going 2.33.08, which is still a good time for me. But more important than the time, was the experience of going to a final here in Japan, specially in my last race here. So I take it as a positive experience and probably one of my favourite memories here.

I’m very happy and thankful to everyone who cheered for me and for the opportunity to swim next to everyone.

② Hokkaido trip

Besides racing, the rest of the trip to Hokkaido was also very special to me. Some part of me always felt a little restrained and shy since I can’t speak Japanese with everyone, but after the Hokkaido trip I connected with everyone on a much deeper level. Maybe to you all, it might seem like normal interactions, but for me was very special and I felt included inside ❤️

The first day after arriving, we had some free time so me and the other 4th year students all went to visit Goryokaku park. I didn’t go up the tower because it was too expensive. For dinner, me and Sei went to eat Tonpei and Okonomiyaki, it was so delicious. Because we were talking in Portuguese the whole time, the staff in the restaurant thought that we were both tourists, and we laughed a lot about that after coming back to the hotel 😄

On Saturday morning, Hayato-san invited me to go with them to try the famous melon in Hokkaido. I think it was the best melon I ever had 🤤 We also visited the market and bought bentos together. After competition we went to try ジンギスカン. I will post the picture here.

Finally on Sunday we had the party. I think I don’t need to talk much about it because everyone knows about it 😆 But I actually had a lot of fun and met a lot of people at the party. I think I was very extroverted that night so it definitely helped me to make friends. I wish I could do it again with everyone (but next time I will not get sick after) 😭

Now that I’m reflecting on the trip, I feel very fulfilled after coming back to Osaka. I had a lot of fun, ate a lot of good food, raced very well and made new friends. I will feel no regrets even when I have to go back to Portugal. But I admit that I definitely feel sad knowing that this was my last races in Japan and my time here is almost coming to an end. So I will make sure to enjoy every last minute here and I hope we can still have a lot of fun together. Thank you for all the memories and friendships I made here ❤️

I will finish my part here and Taiki will write his part.

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お疲れ様です

阪急で安定の寝過ごし、MVSが最高にうれしい、一回生の隅田です

まずは、七帝お疲れ様でした

楽しかったしおいしかったですね

ただ、やっぱり上位三校との厚い壁を感じてしまいました

つぎの関カレもがんばりましょ

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練習の振り返り

今日は一回生にとってはじめてのおさぷー練習でした

5人だけでこじんまり練習できて楽しかったです

七帝おわりでサーっと泳いだだけですが、そんなにタイムも悪くなかったです

Flyの体の動きが良くなかったぐらい

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七帝戦の振り返り

200IM 2.18.44

今回(28.14-36.39-39.63-34.28)

前回(28.72-36.17-40.26-33.66) 2.18.81

生ベ(27.80-35.55-38.28-31.57) 2.13.20

まずは200IM

関国より前半から飛ばして、生涯ベストの時のペース配分でいくつもりで泳ぎました

あんまりタイムよくないです

泳いだ感覚的には、関国から1.5ぐらいは上がってるつもりだったのに🤨🤨🤨

Ba frはストロークのタイミングがあってなくて体重移動が良くなかった

あと、frは泳ぎが崩れすぎで、もう少し出力下げてでも最低限のフォームで泳いだほうが速かったかも

早くベストだしたい🙁

あと、FlyとBr、FrとBaは調子が連動している気がしています

ぼくだけかな？？

400IM

予選(1.04.71-1.17.44-1.23.97-1.10.58)4.56.70

決勝(1.04.44-1.18.68-2.25.44-1.08.06)4.56.62

前回(1.06.31-1.20.701.27.28-1.09.70)5.03.99

生べ(1.02.10-1.16.76-1.21.18-1.07.43)4.47.47

まずは決勝残ってホッとしました

関国から、決勝残る想定でシフト外してもらってるのに結果をうまく出せなかったので、申し訳ない気持ちで胃が溢れてました

やっとこさ点が取れてほんとにホッて感じです😮‍💨

あと決勝のハイタッチめっちゃ興奮しました

いい思い出です

ハイタッチありがとうございます

じつはね

決勝のBr→Frのターンで横の人が迫ってきてたのがわかり、体の節々がヤバイよーって言っているのが聞こえ、脳内に昨日の200IMのFrが蘇り、脳みそが諦めるかー、って言い出したんですよ

でも、最後のターンと潜水だけカッコよくきめてそこで楽に逃げよって思ってたら、なんかテンション上がってきて逃げ切り成功しました

よくやったテンション‼️

良いところ

200IMの反省からBa Frのタイミングを意識してアップしたこと、アップをいつもより増やしてみて体の状態をあげれたこと、最後抜かされそうでもフォームを崩さなかったこと、割と集中してたことがすごく良い

It is so great

なにより、明らかに体しんどかったのに決勝でちょっとタイム上げれたのが良い

It is so excellent

200IMも400IMのラストを見習ってね

悪いところ

生涯ベストからはまだまだでした

特に、Fly Brがベストから離れすぎです

200IMのBa Frと違って、泳ぎの感覚は良かったので、改善策が微妙にわからないです😕😕

動画を見比べる限り、ピッチが下がってることぐらいしか原因がわからなかったんですが、高校のときがアホみたいにピッチ上がっていただけなので、そこをいじるのは嫌

Fly Brがどっちも遅いってことは前への体重移動が良くないのかもしれないのか？？？

有識者の方何か見つけてくれたら教えてください🙇　　

400IMの振り返りを400IMぐらい長く書いてしまった

これは上手い表現

競泳のはなしおわり

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①北海道ご飯おいしい

ご飯美味しそうすぎてほとんど写真撮ってなかったです

海鮮がありえないぐらいおいしかったです

上回生の人、いっぱいのご飯本当にありがとうございました🙏

おいしいものずっと食べれて幸せです

本当にありがとうございます

②北海道きれい

あら綺麗

あら綺麗

あら綺麗

あら綺麗

③北海道の道ぶっとすぎ

面積に余裕がありすぎ

④北海道でかい

歩道と車道の間のでっぱりでいつも通り綱渡りしてたらでっぱりがデカすぎてスリルがなかったです

あと北海道はなぜあの広さで一つの都道府県でいけると思ったの？

5県ぐらいに分けたらどうなの？

いまからでも間に合うと思います

⑤ラメーン

縦向きらめーん

おいしすぎて、ぼくの歯もよろこんでました

かずまさんありがとうございます

さっき食べました

おいしすぎて涙がとまりませんでした

なつきさんありがとうございます

⑥野球の作業ゲーム

この凄さわかってくれますか？

こんな感じでGuiさんとぼくのMVSブログは終わりにします

読んでくださりありがとうございます

明日は引退ブログです

以上です。失礼します

We are MVS!!!