It's not going to be as interesting as Ande's but I realized when I was powerlifting 10 years ago that this is the best way for me to track and evaluate my progress so here it is.
OMG that is not good. I'm sorry you're sick! Are you still going to go up to Rutgers for the meet?????
Here now. Staying in Somerset. Doing the NYC thingy with the family tomorrow and Friday. Hopefully I won't feel like roadkill tomorrow.
Paul
good thing you're away from here; the 3-4" of snow have brought the region to a halt. only thing is that I hear we're supposed to get more up at Rutgers this weekend. could make for a long week. not weekend... week.
see you then!
OK, even with all the negativity, illness and walking, I'm still pretty happy with my swims today. Except for the start of 50 Back. Once again my feet slipped at the start. Still won the heat with a decent time. This was very annoying as I practiced about 10 starts during warmup and my feet never slipped. The pad in my lane (Lane 5) was pretty slick.
100 Free: 1:01.37 - First sign that I was in trouble was that off the thrid turn my pecs were burning. Now, shoulders, triceps, etc I can understand but my PECS???
100 ***: 1:21.72 - After the 100 Free experience, I was going to scratch, even as the event started I was going to scratch but I swam it. Went too deep on the start and was riding the line on my second stroke. Last turn was a train wreck. Gotta work on that.
50 Back: 35.65. Nothing like slipping at the start. Only put me a full body length behind everyone. But still came home pretty strong and won my heat.
50 Fly: 30.29. Gridge race with BP. And I was on the outside lane next to him. Swam a solid 25 but I think I was short stroking myself as my stroke count at the turn I used in warm ups left me 2 feet short at the turn so had to kick in. Ugh. Gotta work on that too. Won my heat and beat BP by a body length.
All in all, happy with the results. Nabbed best times in every event and snagged 2 of my teams records :-)
Paul
So it's day 2 and I'm pretty sore and my right trap is hurting. And I get to start with 100 IM. Warming up, my stroke was suffering for Fly but I thought that I could muscle thru it.
So I get on the block and for some reason I start to pull myself forward then realize that the starting signal hasn't gone off. I _thought_ that I had gotten myself back to a resting position but apparently I was wrong. I just wish they had recalled the heat and told me I was DQ'ed rather than making me struggle thru that length of Fly. That HURT.
100 IM: 1:10.71 was my time but I DQed.
50 Free: 27.25. Another funny thing. I could not find my goggles so I went to my spare set. Well, the one thing that I didn't do was tighten them up. So off the blocks they roll down, not a huge problem, except they roll down RIGHT ACROSS MY MOUTH!!!!!!! As soon as I realize this I immediately decide to no breathe the first 25. Flipped a little too early at the wall and got almost no push. The first breath I take is 75/25 air/water, so now I'm choking slightly. But still a good swim and I'm certain I could have gone sub-27 if the goggles hadn't turned into a racing bit.
50 ***: 37.28 - I thought that this was a good swim until I touched and saw my time. I split a 37.9 on my 100 *** on Sat. I haven't taken a good look at the video my wife took so not sure what went wrong.
All in all some good times considering the strep throat and the walking around NYC on Thursday and Friday.
Lessons learned:
1) Sightsee AFTER the meet
2) If you have to change goggles, make sure they are adjusted correctly
3) HOT TUB, HOT TUB, HOT TUB!!!!!!
Paul
Sounds like you had a good meet, even with the things going against you. Congrats!!
When is the next meet for you?
Alison
Thanks.
I was thinking about going 50 Free in the PVS January Open. Still not sure. Would like to do both the 50 and 100 in that meet but they seem to realize that 100 on one day, 50 and 200 on the other. Unlike some Masters meets.
Other than that, I haven't really thought about it.
Paul
