2012 LCM Nationals

Great job on the 200, That Guy! Seed: 3:03.36, Final: 3:02.43. I tried to count your strokes, but the camera kept zooming in on the leader and cutting you out. :bitching: From what I could tell, your second 50 was 22 strokes and your third was 23 strokes. I could be way off; your turnover picked up as you approached the walls and it was hard to keep track when the camera didn't show you! But, if my stroke count was correct, you won't be breaking any records there for highest stroke count, because that's good! And, your pullout looked very strong and long. Way to go! :applaud: Thanks Elaine! I had a good race against the guy in the lane next to me so it was a fun 200 ***.

Other Forumite news: Congratulations to Ande for winning his age group and shaving .13 off his seed time. :applaud: And, to That Guy for shaving .61 off his seed time and placing 3rd. :applaud: M.I.A.: Wookiee was supposed to go up against That Guy. :badday: Wookiee, where were you? Congratulations to King Frog, aka Allen Stark, for taking almost two seconds off his seed time in the 200 butterfly. :applaud: Thanks! I don't think Wookiee was at the meet. Don't know the story there.

I want to thank all the people who worked to get this meet at this facility and all those who helped make it run so smoothly and successfully :applaud::bow::applaud: .

Hey, did anybody just see that bird drinking water out of the pool? The livestreaming camera zoomed in on this cute little bird standing at the edge of the pool, dipping his head in for some sips of water, before flying off. I hope the chlorine doesn't kill him! And, I hope he finds his way out ok... :agree: My husband and kids saw the bird too. I saw it flying around up in the stands but I think I was warming up when it was helping itself to a drink. :D

This is an amazing facility and the warmup/warmdown pool exceeded my expectations.For those of you who couldn't come ,it is ,I think ,8 50M lanes and 6 25M lanes.2 of the 25M lanes are permanent designated sprint lanes with the blocks with the"fins" so your back leg can push off on track starts. I hate to complain about anything,but the Concession stand warrants complaint.Gold Medal Sponsorship was $175 which seemed a little steep to me so I skipped it.I don't know what food that got you,but at those prices it should be lots of Omaha steaks.I figured the concessions here would be expensive,but that we'd have good choices.What we got was a hotdog stand.After complaints they added yogurt and fruit and they already had nachos and a cheese bowl,but for the lactose intolerant among us(90% of the worlds population) our total choice of entree's was hotdogs. From what I can tell from the highlight videos, the warm-up pool looks fabulous! And, the competition pool is amazing. :agree: I hope Nationals returns to Omaha in 2016, along with Olympic Trials, so I have another chance at going! :banana:

From what I can tell from the highlight videos, the warm-up pool looks fabulous! And, the competition pool is amazing. :agree: I hope Nationals returns to Omaha in 2016, along with Olympic Trials, so I have another chance at going! :banana: the pools are both fantastic. The clockwise current may debunk the claim of "world's fastest pool" but my enjoyment of it was not diminished. :banana:

I wonder if there have been any studies on using your strong side leg versus weak leg back? It might be an advantage using the strongest leg on the front of the platform. I myself am right handed, right footed, and do my track start with my right foot back (so my strong leg is back). I haven't tried it the other way, but I've done this so long that it's normal for me. I'm not sure if the other way is faster/slower/whatever, but the way I do it I was getting off the blocks consistently between 0.66 and 0.69 in all six events at the Canadian Masters Nats a month ago.

I want to thank all the people who worked to get this meet at this facility and all those who helped make it run so smoothly and successfully :applaud::bow::applaud: . Good call Allen! Excellent work by our esteemed hosts, the Nebraska Masters. Fingers crossed for a repeat in 2016!

Good call Allen! Excellent work by our esteemed hosts, the Nebraska Masters. Fingers crossed for a repeat in 2016! Maybe you should just start your next taper with plans for 2016! And call it "Here I Come Again Omaha/Confessions of an Idiot?" :bolt:

Maybe you should just start your next taper with plans for 2016! And call it "Here I Come Again Omaha/Confessions of an Idiot?" :bolt: Excellent idea, I'll get started right away! :banana: If you see anything that doesn't match up with that on my blokg in the meantime, don't worry, it's just a typo.