How fit would I have to be...

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Former Member — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:19:37 GMT

Okay lol you are not mean LOL but I am still sick :violin: Katie Hehe I'm just getting over a bad sniffling runny cold too. I think the adrenalin of trying to beat Paul over the weekend helped me hold back the onset of the cold...thus I got hit hard after the meet. I guess the brewing cold hampered my swims and affected my times!

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Former Member — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:16:33 GMT

Okay lol you are not mean LOL but I am still sick :violin: Katie

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Former Member — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:54:00 GMT

Hey I am sick. So I thought you had done the meet but then you posted that YOU ARE MEAN:sad: LOL Katie I am so the most non-mean person I know... I'm a wise ass, will verbalise at folks, will be catty but I'm not mean. Though I could be... ;)

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Former Member — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:43:29 GMT

Hey I am sick. So I thought you had done the meet but then you posted that YOU ARE MEAN:sad: LOL Katie

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Former Member — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:31:14 GMT

Isn't it our responsibility to remind you of things like this periodically? Like I'm sure you guys will remind me when I do something similar? Fortress? Swimmy? SwimStud? Am I right? Paul Now, now we don't go for that kind of mocking. Besides I have "zero" swimming faux pas for anyone to mock... Swimstud Do the meet and have fun. I still do not know when I will do my first one. I am still not swimming this week and I feel yucky. Back to the pool Monday. As for flip turns have fun lol. It is the backstroke flipturns that kill me. Oh I can do them but boy does my nose get full of water. I am sure you are ready for a meet Katie Hehe Katie I did the meet, several in fact. This was kind of an anniversary notice and thank you for my friends and encouragers. :) Good luck in your whenever you decide to go!!

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Former Member — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:17:46 GMT

Swimstud Do the meet and have fun. I still do not know when I will do my first one. I am still not swimming this week and I feel yucky. Back to the pool Monday. As for flip turns have fun lol. It is the backstroke flipturns that kill me. Oh I can do them but boy does my nose get full of water. I am sure you are read for a meet Katie

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swimmieAvsFan — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:13:45 GMT

What's next?? The sun was in your eyes? Paul that excuse only works if one is driving on the beltway... ;)

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pwolf66 — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:28:38 GMT

I guess the brewing cold hampered my swims and affected my times! What's next?? The sun was in your eyes? Paul

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pwolf66 — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:19:31 GMT

Now, now we don't go for that kind of mocking. Besides I have "zero" swimming faux pas for anyone to mock... Could I get some documentation that outlines exactly WHAT kind of mocking is allowed??? :thhbbb: Paul

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pwolf66 — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:13:05 GMT

I am so the most non-mean person I know... I'm a wise ass, will verbalise at folks, will be catty but I'm not mean. Though I could be... ;) I will second that. :drink: Paul

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FindingMyInnerFish — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:40:48 GMT

Oh and here I was encouraging you to do a meet and then needing some myself! But I had to encourage you so everyone would see your adonis-like body and blow second whistles! :D And now I get to go see the very same. What goes around comes around, I guess... or something....

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swimshark — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:41:16 GMT

I'm a wise ass, will verbalise at folks, will be catty but I'm not mean. Though I could be... ;) I'll 2nd Paul's 2nd. Alison

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Former Member — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:42:43 GMT

Figured I'd celebrate coming up on a year of me deciding to compete. Look at all the names of who encouraged me...the ususal suspects...even Geek was encouraging...I guess he wanted my swim times for smack material ;) Thanks again to all.

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Former Member — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:28:38 GMT

Yeah, just not in a pool with a bulkhead :thhbbb: Paul Smarty pants. I'm never going to live that down, am I?

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pwolf66 — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:35:13 GMT

Smarty pants. I'm never going to live that down, am I? Polly not. What made it funnier was how it went down. 1) I was looking right at you when it happened. 2) I made the comment 'wow, I think she hit her head on the wall' 3) I had no idea who that swimmer was 4) I realized who it was when you walked up after the race Isn't it our responsibility to remind you of things like this periodically? Like I'm sure you guys will remind me when I do something similar? Fortress? Swimmy? SwimStud? Am I right? Guys? Um, Guys? :thhbbb: Paul

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Former Member — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:45:55 GMT

Like he needs anymore encouragement...puh-leaze!:bouncing:

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Former Member — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:26:54 GMT

This was a wonderful thread. It was one of the factors that got me to go and check a local meet out as an observer to see what master's meets were like, and I walked away thinking, you know, I think I might like to try that someday...

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swimshark — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:30:38 GMT

Sniff * Rich I didn't get to encourage you way back when. I'm sorry. But I'm :cheerleader: for you now! Alison

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pwolf66 — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:43:46 GMT

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Former Member — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:30:28 GMT

I agree, no shaving. After all, I need seconds and minutes to come off my swim times and I don't have enough hair on my body to cause the kind of drag that shaving would help (LOL). Donna Wow even now that you backstroke nekkid you still gotta get time off?? :rofl: ;)

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Former Member — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:58:59 GMT

I agree, no shaving. After all, I need seconds and minutes to come off my swim times and I don't have enough hair on my body to cause the kind of drag that shaving would help (LOL). Donna

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poolraat — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 02:10:09 GMT

My first swim meet experience was at the local Senior Games last year and I was hooked. While my times doing the 50 and 100 free all out were others' easy pace, they were way better than I expected.. Our city started the Senior Games the year I turned 50 and I've done them every year since. It's a lot of fun. I went to the State Games and then the National Games in Pittsgurgh in 2005 and had a blast. Even got some ribbons and swam PB's in every event I entered. As for turns, after getting to the point where I could do flip turns (nervously), I lost the art when one of my flip turns had me twisted into a knot and suffering from a leg cramp and struggling to resurface. It took me about a year to get to where I could do the turn proficiently. Keep practicing....it will get easier.

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Former Member — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:11:51 GMT

Not very....take it from me... I still am not very fit, but the thing is no one seems to notice. I have now swam in 3 meets, usually the slowest one there, but have only felt love before, during and after. As long as a life guard rescue is not needed, I say "go for it!":wave:

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Former Member — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:35:37 GMT

I meant to say i did my whole mile in that 200/100 fashion if it didn't make sense before it was 6 sets of twelve laps... The woman in the lane must have though I was being a typical male when I'd suddenly start "catching up" and/or trying to "beat" her lol I wanted to tell her what I was doing when I had done my mile but she was stilll swimming... I just have to find a meet nearby...not wanting to travel just yet... Now....Silver or Yellow Speedos?? LOL

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Former Member — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:57:19 GMT

Wow you guys are great cheerleaders. :woot: I think I'll look for something in the new year...so much happening with the holidays etc so it will be tough to fit something in before. I did a mile tonight of Breaststroke moderate pace for 200yds then sprint 100yds. Just to see if I could still make the mile. I did ok. I guess I can do the 50 or 100 if there is an event...and gear my training around that. I'm not shaving though!!:rofl: Thank you all again.