Training for meet at high altitude

Ha! yes, remember we said that there shouldn't be many expectations of PRs or any other records. Just survive! I'm so excited to get good Mexican food!! Since moving to Memphis, i haven't dared get any. :) Growing up in SoCal, NM and living in TX gets you spoiled on the really good stuff. Ha! I grew up in Long Beach, graduated from SDSU, and stayed in San Diego for 24 years. When my husband retired, we moved to San Antonio, and then on to Georgia 4-1/2 years later. I hear ya on the Mexican food! As you know from living there, the Mexican food in New Mexico is a lot different than the Baja-Mexican food in SoCal. It is FABULOUS! I did some research on Trip Advisor, and I have our restaurants all planned out, including a (very) early dinner before the Celebration of Athletes at "The Pit." Then, it's on to Santa Fe for more great New Mexican food! :dinner: Kari, I have your number in my phone, so I will be in touch with you in ABQ!

Which restaurants are on your list! Padilla’s Mexican Restaurant (Dive/cheap)- #9 ranking of 1,447 restaurants in ABQ 4-1/2 of 5 stars ( 8 min/5.3 miles from arena) 1510 Girard Blvd NE The Ranger Café- #4 – Mexican 4-1/2* 2200 Menaul Blvd NE Monroe’s Restaurant- #6 - Mexican 4-1/2* 1520 Lomas Blvd. NW Mariscos Altamar- #48 4-1/2* (near hotel and pool) 1517 Coors Blvd NW Mexican, Latin, Seafood

Ha! yes, remember we said that there shouldn't be many expectations of PRs or any other records. Just survive! I'm so excited to get good Mexican food!! Since moving to Memphis, i haven't dared get any. :) Growing up in SoCal, NM and living in TX gets you spoiled on the really good stuff.

Yeah, Albuquerque is all right I guess. If you can spell it. And keep your car from being stolen. Oh, and not get shot. Then it's real nice. Mostly kidding. I don't know if I'll be there. I haven't entered swim meet since 1978. Don't have fond memories of age group swim meets either. I know it's all different now, just haven't taken the plunge. I was going to do the NM State games this year. But I'm getting my shoulder fixed in June and won't be able to. If you come here, swim with us at LOBO. Vintage - I hear they're still looking for timers for next week. I'm sure it'd be appreciated if you could take a shift or two. My aunt and her neighbor will be there timing for us as well.

Elaine - hope to catch up with you. Also, if you want a good NM breakfast/lunch, go to Weck's. There are several locations around town. They have great breakfast bowls and the best BLT with green chile. Yum!!

Elaine - hope to catch up with you. Also, if you want a good NM breakfast/lunch, go to Weck's. There are several locations around town. They have great breakfast bowls and the best BLT with green chile. Yum!! ​Thanks for the tip! I'll see you at the pool!

Which restaurants are on your list! Vintage, we found a great local dive that has been around since the year I was born: 1962: Mary & Tito's at 2711 4th St. NW. It's our favorite so far; Monroe's our least favorite. We decided against Ranger, and we haven't been to Padilla's yet.

Elaine, There is not much you can do to increase the amount of hemoglobin in your system although three weeks is better than nothing. BUT, don't lose hope because this was my experience from 1994. I attended the Breadbasket Zone meet in Denver in 1994. I got there a couple of days in advance - mixed a business trip into the fray. The first 2 practice days absolutely sucked - no other word for it. BUT, come the weekend and the racing - everything from 50s to 500s and I was on track and not slower than at meets in Minnesota (700 ft elevation). I was pleasantly surprised. With a year to plan, the snorkel might help although I would personally opt for training harder instead of restricting your airway. You might try adding an iron supplement in an attempt to increase your hemoglobin and red blood cell count. Normally this is a suggestion for people suffering from anemia (like me), but it might be marginally beneficial in your case. That is my experience. I suspect, you will do just fine. Windrath Greetings from 5311 ft. here in Albuquerque! Your were right-- until you weren't about me doing just fine. I raced the 100 fly, 50 br, and 400 IM yesterday, and I swam my fastest 100 fly and 50 br since 2013! I haven't broken a :44 in the 50 br since then, so when I saw 43.82 on the clock, I was shocked! My start was too deep, and I catched a wave and gulped water in the last 15 yards. I thought for sure I had choked, both literally and figuratively. I guess the USRPT training paid off. I just wonder what my time would have been had I had a better race... Then, there was the 400 IM. On Thursday, I did a practice 200 fly (which I race later today), and I literally had to stop after 100 to catch my breath. Today should be interesting... In the 400, I figured I would be able to catch my breath during the backstroke; however, I was wrong. I literally had to take two breaths FOR EACH STROKE. Usually, when I'm in the zone, I can breathe in on the right arm, and out on the left arm recovery. At worst, it's one breath per arm. By the breaststroke, my turns sucked-- literally. I had to grab extra air :eek:; and, by freestyle, nothing worked :drowning:. I never felt so miserable in the pool in all my life!:whiteflag: I came in at + 19.30 over my seed time, and I wasn't the only one. Out of eight of us in my age group, only once beat her seed time-- and, she is from-- NEW MEXICO! Several of the swimmers did worse than me with how much over their seed times they swam. Oh well; I came in 6th, and I still got a ribbon.:wiggle: I talked with Penny Noyes (5-time All American), as well as several other top swimmers, and they all said they could really feel it at the 75 yard mark in their 100's. Everybody seems to be hitting the wall at the 100 mark like I did in my practice 200 fly. It's a fast pool, though, so the sprinters are doing great and breaking some records. The level of competition at this meet has soared since Birmingham. There are some amazing swimmers here in all age groups. Forumite Kurt Dickson beat his seed time in the 400 IM and broke the record. (Did you come out early and go to Santa Fe first, Kurt? I should have done that; it's 7,000 ft elevation there!). Forumite Glenn Gruber broke the record in the 200 free and won gold. Of the 470 women here, only 19 of us (across all age groups) are racing the 200 fly today. I will be curious to see how we all do! It makes me think of that song, "I Will Survive," by Gloria Gaynor. :D

Congratulations to all the Forumites (Glenn Gruber, Kurt Dickson, Ann Guins, Flystorms, Smiley92407, and anybody else I forgot to mention who are here at the National Senior Games and rockin' the pool! Good luck in the rest of your races! :cheerleader:

Congratulations to all the Forumites (Glenn Gruber, Kurt Dickson, Ann Guins, Flystorms, Smiley92407, and anybody else I forgot to mention who are here at the National Senior Games and rockin' the pool! Good luck in the rest of your races! :cheerleader: Nice to finally meet you. Congratulations on your swimming. See you next time. Stay gold :)