With no Nationals this year, USMS said they will have virtual events. I'm not sure how this will work. VR headsets are expensive enough, how much is a VR tech suit? Do they have them at Swimoutlet?
200M FR from today after a short practice. Figured since I tapered and all, might as well not waste it on just one 200 yard FL.
Nice swim, Calvin! I heard the videographer say, "Don't tell him his time and see if he can figure it out." Did you guess it accurately? :D
So I entered and swam:
The good:I found an open pool less than an hours drive away. My BR felt like I was actually swimming breaststroke and 2 people complimented me on my form(from over 6 ft away). I felt like I had some power in my kick.
the bad: this was my first time in a pool since March and my first time to swim BR without a wetsuit. Kick was good, but pull was my first really hard, sprint type pulls since March and I tweaked my shoulder. Not too badly, but I have no plans to try the virtual events again lest I really hurt it. My DPS was poor owing to lack of practice and lack of the flexibility that comes from working on flexibility in the pool. I had limited time in the pool so I swam the 100 BR first after what I thought was sufficient warm up. They would not let me start from the blocks. I should have warmed up longer. I thought my time was slow, but at least I did it. Slight shoulder pain but I thought I'd be fine after a warm down. 10 min later swam the 50 BR. I thought that was enough recovery, it wasn't. Also the shoulder pain was more noticeable. Warmed down for 20 min before the 200 and my shoulder seemed mostly OK, so I swam the 200 BR. taking it out slow and being a little careful with my pulls. Not fast, but any 200 BR you can walk away from is a success.
Way to go on your swims, King Frog! I'm glad you were able to locate a pool and get in your races. I'm sorry to hear about tweaking your shoulder, though. I hope after some rest it will recover successfully. :agree: Good luck!
As for the Forums, I agree with everything all of you said! :badday:
200M FR from today after a short practice. Figured since I tapered and all, might as well not waste it on just one 200 yard FL.
Nice swim, Calvin! I heard the videographer say, "Don't tell him his time and see if he can figure it out." Did you guess it accurately? :D
So I entered and swam:
The good:I found an open pool less than an hours drive away. My BR felt like I was actually swimming breaststroke and 2 people complimented me on my form(from over 6 ft away). I felt like I had some power in my kick.
the bad: this was my first time in a pool since March and my first time to swim BR without a wetsuit. Kick was good, but pull was my first really hard, sprint type pulls since March and I tweaked my shoulder. Not too badly, but I have no plans to try the virtual events again lest I really hurt it. My DPS was poor owing to lack of practice and lack of the flexibility that comes from working on flexibility in the pool. I had limited time in the pool so I swam the 100 BR first after what I thought was sufficient warm up. They would not let me start from the blocks. I should have warmed up longer. I thought my time was slow, but at least I did it. Slight shoulder pain but I thought I'd be fine after a warm down. 10 min later swam the 50 BR. I thought that was enough recovery, it wasn't. Also the shoulder pain was more noticeable. Warmed down for 20 min before the 200 and my shoulder seemed mostly OK, so I swam the 200 BR. taking it out slow and being a little careful with my pulls. Not fast, but any 200 BR you can walk away from is a success.
Way to go on your swims, King Frog! I'm glad you were able to locate a pool and get in your races. I'm sorry to hear about tweaking your shoulder, though. I hope after some rest it will recover successfully. :agree: Good luck!
As for the Forums, I agree with everything all of you said! :badday:
