And that's a wrap!

10 medals, including 4 gold, and the Canadians have shown they are ready to take on the world. I've been to a lot of major meets in my lifetime and this meet has to be one of the highlights. Everyone swam well. EVERYONE! Even yours truly, who finally went a best time in the 200 back after 8 YEARS! Yes that's right my best time is from 1999. I actually couldn't believe it when I saw the scoreboard. I knew I was having a great race because I was trying to keep up with the American beside me who swam a 2:11 in heats and was with her and the leaders at the 150. I ended up with a 2:12.5 but I know I can go even faster next time. It's such a relief to finally break that 2:13 barrier which I've known for a long time that I could do. Finally the swim gods were working with me! And it's a good sign when you can do it on the last day of the last meet of the year in some pretty tough conditions (I'm talking about the heat!). So I'm excited for next year, the big Olympic year.

Hope those of you that have been following this blog have enjoyed a behind-the-scenes look at Team Canada at a major Games. There's lots of challenges you face in these Games settings - transportation, weather, line ups, general language confusion, just to name a few - but that's just the reality of international competitions. We've proved that we can deal with whatever comes our way and we're ready to take on the world at next years Olympics.

Go Canada!