Who goes to Nationals to put forth 80% effort?
Paul isn't swimming the 400 at Nationals. I believe he's talking about another meet before Nats where he entered the 400.
And I have to race
Graham Johnston, I have raced him before. He swam in the 1954 Commonwealth games and the 1956 Olympics when I competed. I beat him in a 2 mile race in Lake Ontario, he looks pretty fast right now.
Yeah, pretty fast...! He was in our neck of the woods for the cable OW national championships. He swam the 1-mile race at 8am and took almost EIGHT MINUTES off the existing national record (he went 27:13).
Then he swam the 2-mile race at 9am. He must have been a little tired because he ONLY took 4 1/2 minutes off the national record (with 56:24).
That's who I want to be in 30+ years, what a stud. :bow:
I'm up for a race. Pwolf, it looks like our 400 free times aren't too far apart.
my actual LCM times (in 110 degree heat)
200 free 2:25.15
400 free 5:20.12
100 fly 1:13.09
my converted from SCY times
100 free 1:02.03
1500 free 21:03.75
And I have to race
Graham Johnston, I have raced him before. He swam in the 1954 Commonwealth games and the 1956 Olympics when I competed. I beat him in a 2 mile race in Lake Ontario, he looks pretty fast right now.
Yoshi Oyakawa, met him at a beach party in Hawaii on the way to the 1956 Olympics
John Grave raced him in 1998.
It'd going to be a big, long meet with only 5 events each..but look at it this way..it's Portland, its a great facility, lots of fun people there (thankfully not Geek)....and on a personal note Chris & Hulk will have to buy me beer and I get to trash Swimmer Bill's house!
And getting to meet me, Paul, should be reason enough to go :)
Paul isn't swimming the 400 at Nationals. I believe he's talking about another meet before Nats where he entered the 400.
4Free LCM at NATS?? Yeah, I want to humiliate myself in front of 1129 other swimmers (not to mention thier friends, the officials, anyone in a plane flying over, spy satellites, etc.)
/Mr Hand
What are you people? on DOPE?
/Mr Hand
No, this is in a local LCM meet this Sunday. My desire was to swim the 50 Free and Fly for sure and preferably either the 1Back or 1Free but the event order was truely bad. So I'm doing the 4Free as a 'warm up', it's the 1st event of the day. I don't plan on actually getting in the pool before it. My goal is to be under 5:30. So here's my plan:
First 100 1:24 - this past Monday I easily cruised a 1:20.
2nd: 1:22
3rd: 1:20
4th: 1:20
Puts me in at right about 5:26. That puts me at about 70% effort with regards to a sprint 100.
Nice thing about my plan is that with only 50s to go after than, walls don't matter.
4Free LCM at NATS?? Yeah, I want to humiliate myself in front of 1129 other swimmers (not to mention thier friends, the officials, anyone in a plane flying over, spy satellites, etc.)
/Mr Hand
What are you people? on DOPE?
/Mr Hand
No, this is in a local LCM meet this Sunday. My desire was to swim the 50 Free and Fly for sure and preferably either the 1Back or 1Free but the event order was truely bad. So I'm doing the 4Free as a 'warm up', it's the 1st event of the day. I don't plan on actually getting in the pool before it. My goal is to be under 5:30. So here's my plan:
First 100 1:24 - this past Monday I easily cruised a 1:20.
2nd: 1:22
3rd: 1:20
4th: 1:20
Puts me in at right about 5:26. That puts me at about 70% effort with regards to a sprint 100.
Nice thing about my plan is that with only 50s to go after than, walls don't matter.
No such thing as swimming a 400 in a meet as a warm-up (thats what warm ups are for before the meet)....Dreamer! Call me and let me know how great your kick was the last 5m of both your 50's.
No such thing as swimming a 400 in a meet as a warm-up (thats what warm ups are for before the meet)....Dreamer! Call me and let me know how great your kick was the last 5m of both your 50's.
Paul, I never said it was a GOOD plan. This isn't a very good pool so I doubt I'll be doing any really fast swimming anyway. Everyone I talk to talks about warm water, hot pool deck, hairballs and shallow water.
