Geek vs. Gull II, or why I now idolize the Geek and have embraced TI
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The Geek and I swam head to head this weekend, matching up in the 200 and 500 (in adjacent lanes for both, believe it or not). The Geek won both, beating me by about a second in the 200 and I believe 3 or 4 seconds in the 500. He'd shed 20 pounds since we last raced and shaved (as I did), but he was not wearing a Fastskin. I did swim a personal (Masters) best in the 500, nearly 5 seconds faster than last year, and split it extremely well, but alas it wasn't enough. As the winner, he walked off with a Starbucks gift card and of course this thread.
See you in Austin in 2008, Geek.
We were in the same heat along with you. The first heat is funny in the 500 because you might have pretty significant time variations before the subsequent heats sort of even times out. For instance, you got me by 13 seconds, congrats. I think I heard your bell as I was coming off the 425 turn, which was somewhat discouraging.
I cruised the 100 knowing it was right before the 500. No way was I gonna blow it out with Starbucks on the line!
We were in the same heat along with you. The first heat is funny in the 500 because you might have pretty significant time variations before the subsequent heats sort of even times out. For instance, you got me by 13 seconds, congrats. I think I heard your bell as I was coming off the 425 turn, which was somewhat discouraging.
I cruised the 100 knowing it was right before the 500. No way was I gonna blow it out with Starbucks on the line!
