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Donna — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:27:11 GMT

Trusting my training has actually been the hardest thing for me to do. But I am working at it. Thanks, Donna

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Former Member — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:11:58 GMT

Donna, that is a great time, it truly is, you are no slouch!!! And to be so new to distances. I am impressed and whatever you are doing is working. Be proud and here is my motto: ALWAYS TRUST YOUR TRAINING!!! Donna

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jroddin — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:20:22 GMT

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Former Member — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:16:02 GMT

Wow, you people ROCK!! For Donna and Allison: don't forget: some age groups are a lot more rough than others!! And out of curiosity, what was your 1500 time? I don't have the luxury of being able to compete in pools anymore, but I do follow the stats. With the exception of Laura Val, I'd pretty much be in the top 3 on all distances in free and backstroke (55-59 age group). But we all know she is now a machine, a very nice machine as I knew her for years when she swam for Los Altos, but still a machine. When she swam, her turnover rate was just a blur with extremely high elbows, more than others. And you fellows with 0% body fat, just think how much more fast you would swim in saltwater than chlorine. I don't think I would want 0 to even 4% body fat, I wouldn't be able to sit down on a picnic bench for very long without a pillow for my bones. Besides, doesn't fat float? Donna

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Donna — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:45:23 GMT

23:43.55 for a first time doing the 1500 Free ever SCM. I age up this year and that time would not do much in the next age group, but then I am faster than I was in October last year. We will have to see what the up coming year has to hold. I fully intend to break 24 minutes in the 1650 at Nationals but will not swim it until then. I'll do the 1000 next month to see where I am at. Need to get some sleep after 9200 yards today in 2 workouts (had to vent some after work steam in the pool) and another workout at 5:30 am tomorrow. I have learned to love distance, hated it as a kid (couldn't make anything over 100 back then). Donna

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The Fortress — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 01:21:42 GMT

Hymm... a friend told me I should go onto the Forums and do a search for my name. The Fortress: sorry I haven't posted since the summer. I've been too busy drinking my red wine... Actually, I've been too busy printing registration cards for all the fast PV swimmers!! And why can't a guy with low body fat be a stud?! :banana: Rob: I think you've been swimming in that cold channel water a bit too long... It's bad enough Mark Gill makes fun of me weekly. Is this his week off and you needed to cover for him? Aha! I think I might know who that friend was! The same one who appears to think I was a breaststroker as a mere child. I agree -- 0% body fat is stud-like. It's clear that Rob is just jealous. I'm glad to know that you can still have 0% body fat and drink wine. Unlike Paul Smith, I really wasn't planning on giving that up!

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poolraat — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:40:01 GMT

...those 12 ounce curls can be pretty brutal on the arms and shoulders (or lets say ...so I've been told....LOL!!) :dedhorse: Newmastersswimmer It's only brutal when you do too many and run into walls or tip over and land on the shoulder.:joker: .

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Former Member — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:49:06 GMT

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poolraat — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:55:34 GMT

I see Paul Smith is on the list, but not TheGoodSmith. Doesn't he like SCM? Just swims SCY? This sounds a bit like baiting.:joker:

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The Fortress — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:43:39 GMT

Bob, there is one place to report these things and one data base to sort this out. The reasons some times don’t get in are usually because administrative errors by the meet host or the local top 10 chairs. With that said, thousands if not tens of thousands of volunteer hours are expended each year to prepare and publish our Top 10 lists. I applaud all of these hard working folks for their contribution to USMS. This is likely the first time EVER that “Jeff Roddin” and “stud” have been used in the same sentences, except maybe “Who is that stud standing next to Jeff Roddin?” But I will admit he is the fastest rocket scientist I know. Rob: Well, maybe "stud" wasn't quite the right word for Jeff ... He does have about 0% body fat. But he has the most beautiful fly ever. He is also an excellent Top Ten chair and volunteer, and I doubt he made any errors in our LMSC. Other people/posters may have been left off too by small errors in pool measurement, etc. I believe this happened to (S)he-Man, who I will just go ahead and say is a real stud too. :applaud: I see Paul Smith is on the list, but not TheGoodSmith. Doesn't he like SCM? Just swims SCY?

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Muppet — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:33:08 GMT

Big hand for the Dynamic Duo of SwimmieAvsFan and Muppet from my area. :applaud: More like Dynamic AvsFan... she cleaned up this year. :applaud: My big year for SCM was 04 when I was 24. Got top 10 in the 200 back and free, and 400 free - swimming at Colonies Zones in Wheaton, MA with a cast on my arm. I'd say I truly "broke" some records there.... har har har:joker: Congrats to all the posters with a top 10!!

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The Fortress — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:30:49 GMT

Fort blew my and AvsFan's... a little what goes around comes around :thhbbb: ;) Ha, I think you blew your own cover awhile ago, Mr. Distance Freestyler. :thhbbb: All that bragging about aquatic love and whatnot! :eek: Congrats! I think Jim Clemmons, aka supergirl, was really slacking off this year. I'm not sure we should let him post anymore. LOL.

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Muppet — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:28:21 GMT

Sorry to blow your cover,I didn't even think about that.My Bad. Fort blew my and AvsFan's... a little what goes around comes around :thhbbb: ;)

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The Fortress — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:08:54 GMT

Thanks for the tip! I've got a 4th, 5th and 6th posted by Julieopl Congrats Julie!....Thats awesome!! So many fast women around here... Newmastersswimmer Of course she did! Look where she's swimming a lot of the time! Big hand for the Dynamic Duo of SwimmieAvsFan and Muppet from my area. :applaud: Jeff Roddin doesn't post very often, but he's a stud too. SwimStud: I PM'd you. Skip those back-to-back events. Blech. Gotta do a lot of engine building for that.

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Former Member — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:01:06 GMT

One of my favorite sets to do in fly to help improve bringing that last 100 home at a decent clip is. Either 5x200's, 75fly,25free,75fly,25free. The 200 is swum continuous however I work on making the 2nd 75 faster than the first 75, also with that I will decend 1 thru 5 so the 5th is also faster than the first. If you get really motivated do same set concept but 5x300's, 75fly,25free,75fly,25free,75fly and 25 free. On these I would also go faster on each 75 in the 300 and decend the 300s. Maybe doing this set is why I am now sitting at home eating bon bons and doing 12 ounce curls lol, seriously,it was the weights not the swimming. On another note, I am also a fly kicker. I do just about all my kicking without board and love to streamline and kick the fly underwater. Work the pushoffs on the turns and keep that streamline. I will also kick fly on the back with arms down at side. Do a 200 for me lol greg

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The Fortress — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:54:06 GMT

Just reading that made me exhausted. Congrats Greg! Now get that shoulder all better while you're working on your curls. posted by Fortress I don't know Fort...those 12 ounce curls can be pretty brutal on the arms and shoulders (or lets say ...so I've been told....LOL!!) Newmastersswimmer Somehow I think Greg can take it, Jim. He's doing the 50 free and the 200 fly in a super tough age group. That's pretty diverse. He's obviously multi-talented. It doesn't hurt my shoulders. :drink: Now, hunching over the computer, that's a totally different thing ... Uh, why is a math geek shoveling coal?

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Former Member — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:39:21 GMT

Always important to be able to bring that race home. Its all in the 3rd 50, or so I have been told lol. I dont know what splits u saw but 1:00 for last 100 seems little brisk. Here is link to my personal bests with splits. These meets are from my USS swim team. www.sports-tek.com/.../a...ATHLETE=G reg posted by Born2fly Thanks for the link....You have excellent even splitting in that race too! Looks like your PB is about a second or so faster than mine (when I was a senior in college)....only I probably went out a little faster and died more coming home than you did. The splits I saw were from a race you did about a year or so ago ...I just typed your name into the individual results link here on this website....You went out in a 58.3 I think, and then held 30. something on each of the remaining 3 50's....so I guess your last 1 hundred could have been a low 1:01....but same difference really....very nice splitting though! newmastersswimmer

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Former Member — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:35:34 GMT

opps, sorry about that last link, call it operator error. www.sports-tek.com/.../aATHRESULTSWithPSMR.ASP

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Former Member — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:32:53 GMT

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Rob Copeland — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:31:10 GMT

There should be ONE place to report these things, and a database that sorts this out. Bob, there is one place to report these things and one data base to sort this out. The reasons some times don’t get in are usually because administrative errors by the meet host or the local top 10 chairs. With that said, thousands if not tens of thousands of volunteer hours are expended each year to prepare and publish our Top 10 lists. I applaud all of these hard working folks for their contribution to USMS. Jeff Roddin doesn't post very often, but he's a stud too. This is likely the first time EVER that “Jeff Roddin” and “stud” have been used in the same sentences, except maybe “Who is that stud standing next to Jeff Roddin?” But I will admit he is the fastest rocket scientist I know.

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Former Member — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:25:44 GMT

Cool, I didnt even know the one 25meter I did was submitted. Got in on the premlim list on the 50, 100 free, 100fly and 2nd in the 200fly for the 40-44 group. posted by born2fly Congrats Greg! If I only I had swam that 200 fly, you would have ended up third instead of 2nd....(Only j/k of course!!!...:rofl: ) I looked up your splits for one of your sub 2 minute 200 flies (in yards of course)....I was really impressed by how evenly you split your last 3 50's!.....I went out at around the same pace as you did at the 100 mark in my last attempt at a 200 fly....only I came back in a 1:07 and you came back in a 1:00. I guess I still might need just a tad more conditioning then...LOL!! :rofl: newmastersswimmer

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Former Member — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:09:53 GMT

Cool, I didnt even know the one 25meter I did was submitted. Got in on the premlim list on the 50, 100 free, 100fly and 2nd in the 200fly for the 40-44 group.

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Former Member — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:08:04 GMT

I just missed top ten in the 1500 by 2 seconds. That bites! 30 seconds would be easier to swallow. Donna posted by Donna I'm very sorry to hear that Donna...I guess that is like missing it by something like a tenth of a second in a 100.....At least you were right up there with the cream of the crop though! You'll make it next season for sure! WAY TO GO ALLISON! That's a very big accomplishment with a baby in the house. Keep up the good work! posted by Miss Scaaaaalat I'll second that as well....Congrats fom me too Allison!! Newmastersswimmer

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TRYM_Swimmer — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:33:16 GMT

Beware of missing times! Two years ago, I swam in a meet that was not "reported to the top ten people" on time, so my times were not included, which would have been my first top ten in over 20 years. I sent the link to the official results, which were available on the web and included the sanction number, but was basically told, too bad, the time was up. The irony is when I brought up my individual results on this web site, the times were there! There should be ONE place to report these things, and a database that sorts this out. Happy ending, as last year I made it in both 100 SCM *** and 400 SCM IM. Congrats to all those making it this year!

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The Fortress — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:05:53 GMT

I hope the results in the 200 *** don't change too much. I made #9. That makes 4 out of the 6 years as a master swimmer that I've made Top 10. My goal in 2006 was to get back onto the list after having a baby in 2005. Alison Way to go Potomac Valley swimming Mom!! Greg and Jim: Just reading that made me exhausted. Congrats Greg! Now get that shoulder all better while you're working on your curls.