I had a excellent workout this morning with a club 250 miles away. In the locker room, people were talking about summer nationals. One guy who was in my lane and seemed around my age talked about being in great shape for short course Nationals 2009 and mentioned his time in a distance event. Funny, it was the same time I did in that event at that meet.
I didn't say anything, thanked everyone for the workout and camaraderie and left.
Getting home tonight, I looked up the results for that meet. Yep. A guy from that club, in my age group was in that event, the 1000. We finished .6 apart.
I usually try to keep a low profile when I swim with other teams. I never know exactly how I fare with those who are waiting to get in the water.
One of my most interesting experiences was in Albuquerque. I was walking out to workout, wearing my suit. Some people came over and said, "the fast lanes are over there..." pointing to the other side. Then I said, "so the middle of the pack is about here?" And they said, "yea, but you should be over there." All this without me even being wet. Then I ended up in the same lane with one of the outspoken guys, and I think he was faster than me.
Lesson is...especially with swimming, you shouldn't interpret the way someone looks as an indication of their speed ;)
I usually try to keep a low profile when I swim with other teams. I never know exactly how I fare with those who are waiting to get in the water.
One of my most interesting experiences was in Albuquerque. I was walking out to workout, wearing my suit. Some people came over and said, "the fast lanes are over there..." pointing to the other side. Then I said, "so the middle of the pack is about here?" And they said, "yea, but you should be over there." All this without me even being wet. Then I ended up in the same lane with one of the outspoken guys, and I think he was faster than me.
Lesson is...especially with swimming, you shouldn't interpret the way someone looks as an indication of their speed ;)
