I swam at a USA Swimming long course meet yesterday and let me just remind everyone that long course is, in fact, long. I swam the 400 free and the 100 free. The 400 went pretty well, but I didn't push it. I went exactly what I thought I should right now and split it well.
The 100 was another story. The kid next to me was out fast and I think I went a little out of my comfort zone to stay somewhere near him. I came off the 50 well, but by the 75 I was hurting bad. My legs were dead and that last 25 felt like I was going to come to a dead stop. The funny thing is my wife told me I was right with another guy a couple lanes over (I was breathing to the other side and didn't really see him) and I actually took him at the end. I thought everyone in the pool was going to pass me down the stretch. My splits were 28.76 31.14, which doesn't seem too bad, but if there could be a breakdown by 25 I bet it would look uglier! Anyway, I did break 1:00, so I'm happy! Especially since I haven't swum long course at all since last summer. Good way to start off the long course season.
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Congrats Kirk - Good job. Yes, it is weird switching to long course. Were you in Federal Way? Hearing about your meet makes me want to go visit my mom and sister.
I think I have had my head in the sand for 25 years. When I was in high school in Nebraska in the 70s, we always had an outdoor long course pool where we practiced and a pool in my high school.
In Michigan, these pools are hard to find and not all of the high schools have a pool, let alone access to long course. A local high school in a suburb of Detroit (Waterford, MI) just unveiled its new pool and it was front page news.
My oldest niece attends East Side Catholic and they swim outside year round! Not sure how that works.
No wonder long course is so alien to most of us.
Congrats Kirk - Good job. Yes, it is weird switching to long course. Were you in Federal Way? Hearing about your meet makes me want to go visit my mom and sister.
I think I have had my head in the sand for 25 years. When I was in high school in Nebraska in the 70s, we always had an outdoor long course pool where we practiced and a pool in my high school.
In Michigan, these pools are hard to find and not all of the high schools have a pool, let alone access to long course. A local high school in a suburb of Detroit (Waterford, MI) just unveiled its new pool and it was front page news.
My oldest niece attends East Side Catholic and they swim outside year round! Not sure how that works.
No wonder long course is so alien to most of us.
