My resolutions:
1. Last month, I discovered "Go the Distance" and inputted all my yardage from the past year. With a week and a half left in the year, I have put in 660 miles. Looking at the top of the GTD results, I see that a "Don Tatzin" has the most mileage of anybody this year with 1685. That is almost 3 million yards. For 2012, I resolve to top 3 million yards and the GTD list.
2. Get under :50 in the 100 yard freestyle. PB stands at 53.13 from last July. My current season goal for the event is even harder, but that's between me and my coach.
3. Get under :23 in the 50 yard freestyle. PB stands at 24.58 from last July. Current season goal is even harder, " "... The NY resolution makes for a nice little stepping stone.
4. Attain a QT for a Grand Prix, even if it's not for this current GP season.
5. Become the best I possibly can within the confines of Jan 01 12 to Jan 01 13.
I have no idea how ridiculous some of these might be, but with Darth Real Life all sorted out and logistics of classes and job all worked out, I still have a lot of extra time that can be spent at pools, for which I am very thankful. If you doubt me, I forgive you in advance (but I won't forget your words).
What are your swimming New Year's resolutions? And if you don't believe in NY resolutions, then what do you think you can do to improve your swimming?
...You can show us your ride and glide fly.
Are you saying you'll be there?!?! As you know, it's a fast pool!
After this weekend in Auburn, I decided I need to do something about the freakin' fly. It's no longer good enough to say, "I swam the 4IM/2Fly & made it", now I want to go faster. And to go faster, I need to do something about the fly. (Yes, you can read that as, "Peter kicked his ass again, didn't he?")
Back to the drawing board! The puzzle for the next few weeks will be to re-engineer the fly to something that works better in the 2IM & 4IM, saving 2Fly for later.
By the way, Peter had a stellar meet this weekend, shattering PBs in virtually every event. I don't know what he's been putting in his Wheaties, but it's working!
...You can show us your ride and glide fly.
Are you saying you'll be there?!?! As you know, it's a fast pool!
After this weekend in Auburn, I decided I need to do something about the freakin' fly. It's no longer good enough to say, "I swam the 4IM/2Fly & made it", now I want to go faster. And to go faster, I need to do something about the fly. (Yes, you can read that as, "Peter kicked his ass again, didn't he?")
Back to the drawing board! The puzzle for the next few weeks will be to re-engineer the fly to something that works better in the 2IM & 4IM, saving 2Fly for later.
By the way, Peter had a stellar meet this weekend, shattering PBs in virtually every event. I don't know what he's been putting in his Wheaties, but it's working!
