One of those swims in a meet whereby you not only exceeded your swim time goal, but it felt better the longer you swam.
I remember one out of 40 years of swimming. Mine was in 1995 at Mt. Hood LC Nationals, the 800 m free. I had overtrained, tapered properly, and felt like a stick of dynamite going off the blocks. Not only did I negative split all the 200s, but I felt like I could have swam forever. I actually didn't want the race to come to an end.
I was spent at the finish, took a minute or two longer than others to get out of the water, but 15 minutes later felt great. I remember seeing the time on the scoreboard and I was in shock. I shaved over a minute off my personal best.
All of these things, to me, make that swim a "power swim." I even scratched all my backstroke events that day because I was so "high." I also remembered how stroke-by-stroke the entire 800 m. felt for several days.
Anyone else have this type of wonderful experience?
Donna
I'm not sure I've ever had a masters power swim. :eek: I'm like Calamity Jane before swim meets. Allergies, colds from children, no sleep from night owl tendencies. Last March, I fell down a flight of stairs 2 weeks before a meet and further killed my shoulder. But I rallied and limped and somehow (my husband kindly brought me a :coffee: ) went a great 50 meter back where I really nailed the start, turn and finish -- an unusual feat for me.
I'm not sure I've ever had a masters power swim. :eek: I'm like Calamity Jane before swim meets. Allergies, colds from children, no sleep from night owl tendencies. Last March, I fell down a flight of stairs 2 weeks before a meet and further killed my shoulder. But I rallied and limped and somehow (my husband kindly brought me a :coffee: ) went a great 50 meter back where I really nailed the start, turn and finish -- an unusual feat for me.
