I'm sure each of us has one race (or maybe more) that has some special :groovy: :applaud: :wave: :banana: :laugh2:
meaning to us and it could be for any one of many reasons. (I'm not talking about embarrassing moments; this has been addressed elsewhere.)
I'm talking about swims/races, some moments of which live with incredible clarity and details in our memories and minds (in colour -or B&W, with sounds and possibly smells -chlorine, of course.)
I won't tell about mine (I have three about which I'm very proud) for a while. Not until regulars have told their stories and some would-be-posters (a.k.a. lurkers) have also shared.
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My most memorable swim was, without doubt, taking 0.7 off my 50m back PB on the opening leg of our medley relay at the masters nationals in 2001.
Somehow everyone else took off equally large amounts and we won in a new masters national record time. For everyone on the team to do so well for each other was a huge buzz.
And in Stanford I went 57.6 for 100 free LC, which was a total shock as I usually die on my *** for the second 50 but somehow managed to keep it together. I was very happy with that.
Both of those meant far more to me than anything I did in the pool pre-masters.
Wow your fast Ivor! If your backstroke is as good as your freestyle, then I must humbly pay homage!
Newmastersswimmer
p.s. I just read the the first page of the UK website you have posted as your signature Ivor....And the article about Beckham kind of slams American soccer (AKA futbol) just a bit now don't you think??....LOL!! We did make it to the quarter finals in the 2002 World Cup now didn't we? Germany got a way with a hand ball in the second half (just ask Beckenbaur) otherwise the U.S. team might have made it all the way....right! But still the MLS has some pretty good talent (even without the addition of Beckham)...so that article wasn't really all that nice now was it?...LOL!
My most memorable swim was, without doubt, taking 0.7 off my 50m back PB on the opening leg of our medley relay at the masters nationals in 2001.
Somehow everyone else took off equally large amounts and we won in a new masters national record time. For everyone on the team to do so well for each other was a huge buzz.
And in Stanford I went 57.6 for 100 free LC, which was a total shock as I usually die on my *** for the second 50 but somehow managed to keep it together. I was very happy with that.
Both of those meant far more to me than anything I did in the pool pre-masters.
Wow your fast Ivor! If your backstroke is as good as your freestyle, then I must humbly pay homage!
Newmastersswimmer
p.s. I just read the the first page of the UK website you have posted as your signature Ivor....And the article about Beckham kind of slams American soccer (AKA futbol) just a bit now don't you think??....LOL!! We did make it to the quarter finals in the 2002 World Cup now didn't we? Germany got a way with a hand ball in the second half (just ask Beckenbaur) otherwise the U.S. team might have made it all the way....right! But still the MLS has some pretty good talent (even without the addition of Beckham)...so that article wasn't really all that nice now was it?...LOL!
