I swam with Graham when I lived in Houston.He is an incredibly nice guy.Talk about endurance,he doesn't slow down.:banana:.I see that young whippersnapper Rick Colella is driving down I-5 to make my life miserable(but gee it's fun to race fast swimmers,especially Olympians.)
I see that young whippersnapper Rick Colella is driving down I-5 to make my life miserable(but gee it's fun to race fast swimmers,especially Olympians.)
Also a nice guy. I met him in Austin and even swam on a relay with him. It looks like this time Tim Shead won't be there to race him, so we'll be counting on you, Allen, to make things interesting for him!
A 400 is not a good "warm-up" nor a good "ice breaker". At smaller meets I prefer to start with an unimportant event to get the butterflies out of the way.
I agree with you on the first sentence. As for meet order, I think that is a bad idea. I'd rather not start a meet off on the wrong foot then have the rest of the meet hit the crapper. What happens when your favorite event is the very first event at nationals (I know your example was smaller meet)? It is always nice to have a throwaway to get the blood flowing, but there will come a time where you need to get rid of those butterflies the second you walk in the building, and then go swim your ass off right from the start. Why not prepare for it?
Riiiight, old man, I'll be giving you one second after you just went 59.0 unrested. Are you really that hard up for free beer? I'll give you 0.1 sec for each year you give up...if you give me 0.1 sec for each inch I give up.
Jonathan, the videos were recorded and posted by Dave Holland, whom I train with here in Richmond.
Hey Chris,
Were you rested for the 59.3 you went on Friday? Nice swimming by the way. There are some fast times going up at the Virginia Swimming LC Senior Championships.
One of the kids from Lynchburg took second in the 100 *** and some of the local kids have had significant drops in time!
Good luck in your events tomorrow.
Hey Chris,
Were you rested for the 59.3 you went on Friday? Nice swimming by the way. There are some fast times going up at the Virginia Swimming LC Senior Championships.
One of the kids from Lynchburg took second in the 100 *** and some of the local kids have had significant drops in time!
Good luck in your events tomorrow.
Thanks, TJ. No, not rested -- heck, I did 2 OW races 5 days before the meet, not exactly my usual taper plan -- but I did stay off the bike this week to save my legs a little and I have switched weights to maintenance mode.
Yes, the meet's been pretty deep this year, on the boy's side anyway. The top guys aren't completely rested, though at nationals I'll have to tell Jeff Utsch that his 24-year-old meet record in the 400 free was broken tonight.
I am also trying out the B70 for the first time. I was actually much less pleased with how it felt on fly than on the long-axis strokes. I was happy with the 200 free and 100 back. 200 back is tomorrow but I am exhausted. This trials/finals stuff is for the young, for me it is like I've had 4 meets in two days, with two more to go. I'm basically looking at it like training; 3 days at nationals is nothing by comparison.
Yes, the meet's been pretty deep this year, on the boy's side anyway. The top guys aren't completely rested, though at nationals I'll have to tell Jeff Utsch that his 24-year-old meet record in the 400 free was broken tonight.
Wow, 4:02 is pretty quick. It's amazing that the record stood for 24 years.
I am also trying out the B70 for the first time. I was actually much less pleased with how it felt on fly than on the long-axis strokes. I was happy with the 200 free and 100 back. 200 back is tomorrow but I am exhausted. This trials/finals stuff is for the young, for me it is like I've had 4 meets in two days, with two more to go. I'm basically looking at it like training; 3 days at nationals is nothing by comparison.
Did the B70 give you that extra 2%?;) Good luck today in your 200 back. I also saw that you swam the fly leg in the 400 MR, which finished in 2nd place. Enjoy the rest of your meet.
T.J.
