I survived. Although my nerves almost got the best of me. Swimming in front of those kids was very nerve wracking to me. I was there all day. Arrived at 6:45 to time. Rested and cheered from noon until 3 and then warmed-up. I took 3 sec off my 400 IM time. I was pleased with that but it didn't feel as smooth as I wanted. I blame that on the long day. :cry:
The blocks at this pool were horrible. Imagine the platform being half size of normal front to back. They were normal width but only about 6 inches deep. You couldn't even get a good track start. Luckily with the 400 the start doesn't matter as much. As I was on the block for the dive-over start the touch pad came off. Nothing like a delay while on this time platform.
Went to workout today and we did a nice long 4400. Stretched everything out and now I feel good.
Alison
Kudos, Alison on the great 400 IM! Sorry about the blocks. I survived my first USA meet too. I didn't even scratch the 100 fly because I didn't want to embarass my kid. I'm not swimming 4400 to stretch out though. :rolleyes:
Kudos, Alison on the great 400 IM! Sorry about the blocks. I survived my first USA meet too. I didn't even scratch the 100 fly because I didn't want to embarass my kid. I'm not swimming 4400 to stretch out though. :rolleyes:
