I have been looking forward to Worlds at Montreal,and I still am I guess,but after reading this I'm not so sure.I believe there were 4500 swimmers at Stanford,so with 4 warmup pools and a smaller number it went relatively smoothly.I doubt Montreal will get 8500,but 6000 is a reasonable prediction I guess.How many pools will Montreal have?
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Worlds Survival Guide
1. Warmup and warmdown elsewhere
2. Don't enter the last event of the day
3. What am I missing?
I have been looking forward to Worlds at Montreal,and I still am I guess,but after reading this I'm not so sure.I believe there were 4500 swimmers at Stanford,so with 4 warmup pools and a smaller number it went relatively smoothly.I doubt Montreal will get 8500,but 6000 is a reasonable prediction I guess.How many pools will Montreal have?
You're going to Montreal? :applaud: I hope you're bringing Carol! We'll have to go to dinner together the night before your 200m breaststroke, so you can break another world record. Remember last time? You broke the world record the following day, after your spaghetti carbo load! :banana:
Here it is: http://binged.it/LSnJat
Worlds Survival Guide
1. Warmup and warmdown elsewhere
2. Don't enter the last event of the day
3. What am I missing?
4. Bring your patience and pillow :bed:
Awesome
Heat 102 at 9:45pm
It ended at 10:30 with Heat 130. (I had to stay to the bitter end to take measurements of the indoor pool so the times would count for USMS.)
Warmup is essentially nonexistent. The only exception is to use the 25m pool during the pre-meet warmup. But we proly won't swim until mid-afternoon tomorrow, so that's of limited help.
The stands were absolutely packed even at 10 pm for the swimming, never seen anything like it. Lots of Italian breaststrokers (with friends cheering), seems like some heats had 8-9 ITA swimmers.
I just don't see Montreal with 6000. Where would they come from? How many masters swimmers in Canada? Roughly 3000 swimmers here are Italian, more than have ever attended a USMS nationals, and about the same number from other European countries. Worlds at Stanford was within driving distance of the two most populous LMSCs in USMS and didn't come close to 6000.
I mIght be wrong, of course. One doesn't come to such a meet with the primary goal of swimming fast, IMO.
Hi All,
I'm Phil from Stalybridge swimming club in England and I watch with great interest US Masters swimming,mainly because in general you guys are the best in the world and set some amazing times at all age groups.I very nearly entered this event but at the last minute I decided against.It would have been nice to meet some of you superstars and pick up a few tips.The event sounds a bit too big for its own good and as there are many opportunities for swimmers to compete regularly in their own country I think a qualifying time that has to be verified would be the best solution.Masters swimming seems to be getting bigger and faster each year so the original concept of encouraging all ages and standards to participate should be relaxed for an event that only occurs every two years.Although the conditions sound difficult I hope you will enjoy your vist to Europe and go back home with some fast times and good memories.
Good luck with the rest of the meet.
Phil
No
I was in heat 54 lane 1
Aussie was in 56 and german in 57
I split it 4:30.55 , 4:31.76
And they split it 426,434
Over 100 scratches in the mens race
Congrats on your 800 free, Steve!
Water Rat mentioned in his blog that there was a mix up on positive check in for the 800 so that some of those scratches were a mistake?
Chris Stevenson -- 2nd in 200 back, 2:17.64
No
I was in heat 54 lane 1
Aussie was in 56 and german in 57
I split it 4:30.55 , 4:31.76
And they split it 426,434
Over 100 scratches in the mens race
Hey Steve,
Congratulations.
Excellent swim, great splitting
3 UNRUH Steven 45-49 USA 54 1 1
31.74 1:05.86
2:14.27
3:22.32
4:30.55
5:38.16
6:45.88
7:53.79
9:02.31
not bad for a guy who went through shoulder surgery.
good luck with the rest of your races in that massive meet
Ande
Hey Steve,
Congratulations.
Excellent swim, great splitting
3 UNRUH Steven 45-49 USA 54 1 1
31.74 1:05.86
2:14.27
3:22.32
4:30.55
5:38.16
6:45.88
7:53.79
9:02.31
not bad for a guy who went through shoulder surgery.
good luck with the rest of your races in that massive meet
Ande
Thanks Ande
I wish i could post a pic of "the mosh pit" that was the 5 25m lanes of warmup for the 100 free
Part of it was walking only
Over 2hrs behind schedule when i swam in heat 105..... Got 6th 55.85
The guyfrom france that won was lezak sized 53.94 is wow
An absolutely comical number of swims aren't meeting the cut-off time to be included in the results. No wonder the meet is lasting so long! On the men's side, 50-60 swims in each age group are over the time limit. I guess this is the ugly side of honor system entries.
An absolutely comical number of swims aren't meeting the cut-off time to be included in the results. No wonder the meet is lasting so long! On the men's side, 50-60 swims in each age group are over the time limit. I guess this is the ugly side of honor system entries.
Yep 60 in my age group 100 free were over
Thats 6 heats of 10 lanes or 12min alone that should not have been taken
The mens 100 free finished at 6pm with 116 heats of 100 *** to go today
