Built at the track, for the kids who live there.
Spent a lot of this last year on touchlines and pool decks watching my daughters race. There's a very specific look on their faces when they've just beaten their own time — and I've been trying to figure out how to make that feeling stick.
The trouble is Personal Bests live in their heads. A number from a meet in September, another from last weekend, no line connecting them. I wanted to make the progress real — something they can see, not just remember.
So I've been building them an app. Every PB gets plotted into their own growth story — first attempt vs. latest, small gains stacking up, weeks where they just kept showing up. Progress shows up as an abstract sigil that grows and evolves as they improve, so the effort turns into something visible they can watch take shape. And I've layered in a reward system too — because they're kids, and earning something back for the effort makes it fun.