I wonder who from the people I talked to in competitions, shows up in three weeks for the Short Course Nationals in Tempe, Arizona.
Jim Thornton, maybe? After good training, maybe?
(I follow Jim's posts in this forum, even when I don't post).
Or Ian Smith? After training to the tune of 10,000 meters a week, for sprints only?
(Ian is maybe a long shot to come to Arizona, since he came to the 2002 Long Course Nationals in Cleveland because of the proximity to Montreal).
Fritz Lehman? Who trains backstroke, and tries to remember freestyle when getting on the blocks for a freestyle race?
Gail Roper? Who was having surgery after the Long Course Nationals in August 2002?
Paul Smith?
The Winner of many sprints and middle distance drop-dead races?
Laura Val? Who was saying in August 2002 "I will look forward to seeing it." regarding a promised interview of me by a magazine, interview that never materialized because I didn't hear again about it?
I will be in the 2003 Short Course Nationals in Tempe, Arizona, for the 1000 free, 100 free, 200 free and relays.
I trained for these races since last August, and I hope I will do well.
Originally posted by cinc310
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Ion did really good in the 100 yard, I thought that his taper would help him in sprints and maybe cost him a little in distance-1000 yard Freestyle.
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Indeed, it seems to be like this.
I remember in the 1000 free, in the second 500, when I was calling on my body for effort, my body wasn't responding, it was almost a body empty of energy.
The splits also show this fading.
Three weeks ago when I swam 17 seconds faster for the 1000 free in the La Jolla meet with three days of half rest, during the second 500 I was calling on my body for effort, and my body did respond.
Today, the head coach told me that in the future we will taper by also incorporating small anaerobic threshold sets, besides the usual broken swims and sprints.
In the 1000 free, it might be that I was also affected by nerves:
before the race, a doctor was worried about me being almost blue, and people where cheering me up when seeing that before the race I was shaking like a leaf.
After the 1000 free, I became more relaxed, and I swam a very good for me 100 free, and two very good for me 50 free in relays.
Originally posted by cinc310
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Now Meg, its hard to image that Melinda Mann did a 1:10.76 at 46 years old in the 100 yard breastroke,...
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I saw amazing swims in Tempe, by people in the midst of the prime of their life, that outdo lots of gifted age-group competitive swimmers.
Polishing the mind and the body in order to be sharp during this lifetime, it works like it was never known a few decades ago.
Originally posted by cinc310
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Ion did really good in the 100 yard, I thought that his taper would help him in sprints and maybe cost him a little in distance-1000 yard Freestyle.
...
Indeed, it seems to be like this.
I remember in the 1000 free, in the second 500, when I was calling on my body for effort, my body wasn't responding, it was almost a body empty of energy.
The splits also show this fading.
Three weeks ago when I swam 17 seconds faster for the 1000 free in the La Jolla meet with three days of half rest, during the second 500 I was calling on my body for effort, and my body did respond.
Today, the head coach told me that in the future we will taper by also incorporating small anaerobic threshold sets, besides the usual broken swims and sprints.
In the 1000 free, it might be that I was also affected by nerves:
before the race, a doctor was worried about me being almost blue, and people where cheering me up when seeing that before the race I was shaking like a leaf.
After the 1000 free, I became more relaxed, and I swam a very good for me 100 free, and two very good for me 50 free in relays.
Originally posted by cinc310
...
Now Meg, its hard to image that Melinda Mann did a 1:10.76 at 46 years old in the 100 yard breastroke,...
...
I saw amazing swims in Tempe, by people in the midst of the prime of their life, that outdo lots of gifted age-group competitive swimmers.
Polishing the mind and the body in order to be sharp during this lifetime, it works like it was never known a few decades ago.
