Okay,
so I got about 3 hours sleep (i was a bit excited) heh heh.. like a kid on Christmas Eve!... then got up at 6:15.. WAAAAAY too early, and my loving fiancee drove me to the meet and stuck by me the whole time..he's the best!
Everyone was fabulous.. it was totally laid back, and I found my swimming abilities lay somewhere in the middle of the "pack". I had a lot of fun, and will definately go to another when I can, to see if I could improve my times!...
Actually one guy gave me a very nice compliment on my streamline off the start which made me feel very good! He also said he was surprised to see me in the sprint events cause he thought I'd make a good distance swimmer based on my stroke and timing during warmup.. :) perhaps I'll try that next, but I do love the IM's, and I'm actually starting to LIKE Breaststroke!!!
I didn't have the greatest times, and I got disqualified on the 100 IM because I didn't know there was no legal flip turn from backstroke to breaststroke.. oops.. but I can only go up from there! I'm not sure what the exact times were, because they haven't been posted on the website as of yet, but I'm anxious to see it..
Thanks for all the encouragement before the meet, I'm so glad I went!!!
Jeanette.
no they didn't say that a flip of any sort was wrong, but they did say I needed to touch the wall while on my back.. I did a backstroke flip turn thing.. I turned to my stomach just before the wall, then did a regular flip turn into ***...oops.
Alex, I know what you mean about the swimming.. I have always been good at sports, and often would be one of the better players on a team without too much effort... When I started lap swimming, (i've done water sports all my life), I always thought I'd had a pretty good feel for the water, but when I started with masters and saw how slow I was, how much I had to struggle to keep up with everyone, and then how long it takes to improve times etc.... I was a little taken aback!
I received a whole new appreciation for swimming when I was up against people who were really good! Now I'm striving to get better and be the best I can.. (my competitive streak wouldn't let me do anything less!).
no they didn't say that a flip of any sort was wrong, but they did say I needed to touch the wall while on my back.. I did a backstroke flip turn thing.. I turned to my stomach just before the wall, then did a regular flip turn into ***...oops.
Alex, I know what you mean about the swimming.. I have always been good at sports, and often would be one of the better players on a team without too much effort... When I started lap swimming, (i've done water sports all my life), I always thought I'd had a pretty good feel for the water, but when I started with masters and saw how slow I was, how much I had to struggle to keep up with everyone, and then how long it takes to improve times etc.... I was a little taken aback!
I received a whole new appreciation for swimming when I was up against people who were really good! Now I'm striving to get better and be the best I can.. (my competitive streak wouldn't let me do anything less!).
