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Originally posted by kerees C'mon Connie... I love distance..still waiting for an official event such as the 800/ 1600/2000 IM. But then again you've seen me swim an 800 IM in Long Beach. Who do think swam four one hour postals this year, one of each stroke? The best ever reliable award is the 200 fly, its never failed me an award even at (selective) nationals. See you next Friday! Karla That' right, it was you... you bionic woman you!!! I was totally impressed!!!!

Hey Connie I swam all the distance events at our championships and came in first in all of my events. It wasn't that I am fast (beleive me I am pretty slow)but I was the only one in my age group swimming those events. My attitude is that if no one my age is willing to make the effort to swim then I deserve the first. It really looked great in the local newspaper when they listed all those long distance events and that I got first in them. About the point system our league already does that. You get points according to what place you came in each event. Although I am slow and may not get as many points then those who are faster I can still gain more points then others if I go to more meets. I have managed to finish in the top three in my age group the last four years. I even finished seconed the year I was pregnant. We also have a marathon swim were you have to swim so many yards and get so many points in a season. You get points for every practice, attending meets, and more points for swimming certain distances at meets. You will get more points for swimming the 500 free and the 400 I.M. then you would for swimming 200's.

Originally posted by LindsayNB I think for people that only started swimming as adults completing a 1500 free is a lot easier than completing a 200 fly. I suspect that most of us who took up swimming later in life are blissfully unaware of how slow our 1500 times are, the "real" 1500 swimmers don't do it anymore so we only compare ourselves to the triathletes, many of whom suffer from poor technique, thereby making us look good... :) When we swim in the shorter events and non-free events we are usually swimming against former age-group swimmers and it's all too obvious how slow we are! nuttin' slow abouit 1500 in 18-20 minutes! (not me, but several of my teammates)

The Australians have national records for the 1500 back and *** and the 800 fly. Over here there is a 1650 event that has been around for approximately 25 years. I have swum lots of 200's of all strokes, and a few distance events, and I do not think it is possible to finish a distance events with the total shut down of body functions that can happen at the end of a 200. I do not think the pain of the entire 1650 fly that I swam comes close to what I feel during the last 25 yards of a 200 fly. Finally, I think Connie misses "he who shall not be named."

The only 200 event that hurts is the fly. I can take the other three without a problem. Heck I even like them! I would like to try a 1600 IM once, just to see what it's like. I've thought about doing it during a meet so I can prepair for it. I think after the 400 fly I would be ready to quit.

Originally posted by Conniekat8 nuttin' slow about 1500 in 18-20 minutes! (not me, but several of my teammates) I'd be ecstatic to do a 20 minute 1500m! Around here I doesn't usually have to worry about being pushed out of the points by a flood of people in my age group doing 18-20 minute 1500s, and most of the people around here that are that fast were age-group swimmers. I have no idea what it is like elsewhere.

I'll even swim a 1000 in boiling hot coffee from McDonalds in my clown suit if you agree to these terms. I would buy a ticket and fly across the Atlantic to see that ! :D :D

That reminds me, I need a shopping buddy! Anyone??? ;) :p

Originally posted by Conniekat8 I just got a zone meet medal in 200 back, not because I'm fast, but because no one wants to swim it. Congratulations on your medal. As for the swimmers who didn't enter the event, what they could have/should have/might have done doesn't matter. The fact is that they didn't swim and you did. Same thing applies to everyone else who just sits on the sidelines. It was a big meet--you should be proud of your accomplishments.

Originally posted by gull80 Congratulations on your medal. As for the swimmers who didn't enter the event, what they could have/should have/might have done doesn't matter. The fact is that they didn't swim and you did. Same thing applies to everyone else who just sits on the sidelines. It was a big meet--you should be proud of your accomplishments. Yea... you got a point there! Thank you! :)