I entered the 200 IM at the 2005 Short course American Championships in Austin

Well I finally swam "part" of my time trial tonite.....Apparently I was wrong when I thought it was last nite (as I found out the hard way when I was the only one who showed up)......I caught up with the woman who offered me the time trial tonite though just before she was scheduled to give a swim lesson. ......I was only able to swim one event since she had to do the lesson and I chose the 100 meter fly (short course meters)......I will "hopefully" do another time trial next week sometime which should include another 100 fly and a 100 IM......In the end I didn't have that great of a race. I blame the majority of it on the poor condition of the starting blocks at our pool (which are not properly bolted down and wobble as a result!)......My start was horrendous as I went into the pool sideways and came up on the left hand lane line......I also had the left side of my googles fill up with water off the start which also set a bad tone for the rest of the race (which felt very awkward throughout!).....My turns were not much better than my start......my final time was 1:03.49......I was out miserably slow in a 30.6!.....Ouch!......I was hoping for something more like 28.5 , 32.0....which would have been 1:00.5 (wishful thinking perhaps?)......Oh well, I can't imagine that my next attempt could go any worse (from a technical perspective that is)......I'll let you know how the next time trial goes when it's over (wish me luck!!) Newmastersswimmer p.s. Thanks for the Meters to Yards Conversion website Old Flyer.....According to that website my time tonite converts to a high 56 in yards.....I personally think that a high 56 is a little generous though? (from "short course meters to short course yards").....I was thinking more like Ande......5 or 6 seconds which means I was more like a mid 57??....Perhaps the time conversions are a little larger when the times are slower?....Meaning that a 5 second conversion is appropriate for a time under 50 seconds in meters....but a 6.5 to 7 second conversion fits better for times over a minute??

Well I finally swam "part" of my time trial tonite.....Apparently I was wrong when I thought it was last nite (as I found out the hard way when I was the only one who showed up)......I caught up with the woman who offered me the time trial tonite though just before she was scheduled to give a swim lesson. ......I was only able to swim one event since she had to do the lesson and I chose the 100 meter fly (short course meters)......I will "hopefully" do another time trial next week sometime which should include another 100 fly and a 100 IM......In the end I didn't have that great of a race. I blame the majority of it on the poor condition of the starting blocks at our pool (which are not properly bolted down and wobble as a result!)......My start was horrendous as I went into the pool sideways and came up on the left hand lane line......I also had the left side of my googles fill up with water off the start which also set a bad tone for the rest of the race (which felt very awkward throughout!).....My turns were not much better than my start......my final time was 1:03.49......I was out miserably slow in a 30.6!.....Ouch!......I was hoping for something more like 28.5 , 32.0....which would have been 1:00.5 (wishful thinking perhaps?)......Oh well, I can't imagine that my next attempt could go any worse (from a technical perspective that is)......I'll let you know how the next time trial goes when it's over (wish me luck!!) Newmastersswimmer p.s. Thanks for the Meters to Yards Conversion website Old Flyer.....According to that website my time tonite converts to a high 56 in yards.....I personally think that a high 56 is a little generous though? (from "short course meters to short course yards").....I was thinking more like Ande......5 or 6 seconds which means I was more like a mid 57??....Perhaps the time conversions are a little larger when the times are slower?....Meaning that a 5 second conversion is appropriate for a time under 50 seconds in meters....but a 6.5 to 7 second conversion fits better for times over a minute??