Many of the forum regulars seem to be going to Stanford, alas, others of us will not be there. Some of you that are going will access the internet while there, however briefly- why not share?
I have created this thread so you can report on the sights, sounds, swims, sunburns, socials etc. It matters not whether you be 'elite', 'newbie' or whatever, your impressions would be interesting to read. You could comment on great swims, technique, facilities, judging, the announcer, outrageous behavior of other forum participants, complaints, kudos- whatever. If you do, I at least would be grateful and if the thread garners much in the way of postings it could be a valuable archive for people to check for future Worlds. I lay down the guantlet...
Just wanted to post a little bit this afternoon since I am back at the hotel and out of the sun. Stayed too long in the heat yesterday which resulted in a killer headache and had to go to bed at 7:30 but I guess its what I needed since I took ten seconds off my best time in the 400 IM and I am very happy with that swim, also very happy that its over.
The pools are beautiful, the water temp about 80 which could be cooler for me but its fine. The weather is perfect, but its August in California so it is to be expected. A lot of Oregon swimmers are staying at the Hotel California which has a common kitchen so we can store some foods here and tomorrow night we plan a pot luck in the courtyard. I very much love the team aspect I am experiencing here, not just with my own local teammates but all the Oregon swimmers are sitting together and also away from the pool. So far its the positive experience I was looking for!
So far I have found warmups not that difficult, we have not gone to the alternate pools as it is possible to get an adequate warm up and cool down in the pools and times provided. I have found morning warm ups are not any more crowded than a national meet, I am getting done everything I want to do. I also went to part of the conference today and listened to they guy who did bouancy studies on the body suits, very interesting, also the former Stanford coach who talked about team motivation (I wore my bright gold Cal tee shirt). Very interesting and the building was air conditioned.
We have been watching some great swimming!
Just wanted to post a little bit this afternoon since I am back at the hotel and out of the sun. Stayed too long in the heat yesterday which resulted in a killer headache and had to go to bed at 7:30 but I guess its what I needed since I took ten seconds off my best time in the 400 IM and I am very happy with that swim, also very happy that its over.
The pools are beautiful, the water temp about 80 which could be cooler for me but its fine. The weather is perfect, but its August in California so it is to be expected. A lot of Oregon swimmers are staying at the Hotel California which has a common kitchen so we can store some foods here and tomorrow night we plan a pot luck in the courtyard. I very much love the team aspect I am experiencing here, not just with my own local teammates but all the Oregon swimmers are sitting together and also away from the pool. So far its the positive experience I was looking for!
So far I have found warmups not that difficult, we have not gone to the alternate pools as it is possible to get an adequate warm up and cool down in the pools and times provided. I have found morning warm ups are not any more crowded than a national meet, I am getting done everything I want to do. I also went to part of the conference today and listened to they guy who did bouancy studies on the body suits, very interesting, also the former Stanford coach who talked about team motivation (I wore my bright gold Cal tee shirt). Very interesting and the building was air conditioned.
We have been watching some great swimming!
