- Long flight...but had the pleasure of seeing Phil Whitten trapped in a middle seat with the lovely (yet incredibly talkative) Evie Lynch next to him...I offered him my bose headphones but it appeared he just tried to pretend he was sleeping for 3 hours.
- Kurt (cracker) Dickson may be a brilliant doctor but can't seem to figure out how to open his folding chair which he finally got figured out as we sat and waited 40 minutes for luggage.
- Portland is as beautiful as I recall from my last visit 12 years ago...by the way what other state can have have half the population being hardcore tree hugging liberals and the other half 4x4 driving, shotgun in the rear window, dead animal in the back and conferderate flag bumper sticker red necks...and not break into civil war....must be the microbreweries and drive thru coffee stads on every corner....kinda like having Fort and Geek to dinner.
- Claudia Poll swimming masters nationals...great....another chick that can kick all the guys asses.
- The college is stunning with incredible views of Mt. Hood...the competition pool is incredible...the warm up pool is going to require "vertical" warm ups as its the size of a jacuzzi.
- Mark Gill is weeny...so is Baker for scratching...but he gets a pass at least for having such an incredible layout of the facilities and swimming so incredible the last few months...Mark is just a weeny with a girlfriend thats way to good for him.
- Rob Copeland throws elbows in war-ups...nice Mr. Prez!
- Is there anyone nicer than Laura Val? So nice I had to sneak up on her in warm ups and pull a water polo full leg wrap sinker move...thought she was going to lose some of that niceness and kick my ass but thankfully my taper appears to be working as I got away.
- By the way...ever been to a meet where you got two bottles of red wine as part of the gold medal sponsorship? Laura stomped on my foot grabbed them both and ran into the women's locker room...any good Lawyers out there? I think I have a domestic violence case.
- Did I mention Gill is a weenie?
- I'm going to take a WAG and say that there will be at least one swimmer in every heat wearing a B70...rumor has it Nike is going to by the company by the way.
- Can't believe that Scotty resigned as coach of the Olympic Club!
- Rob Copeland after 3 days has the "best" average reaction time off the blocks; 1.87....were going to bring him a newspaper and roll of TP tomorrow so he can hang out there a little while longer.Hey, let’s see you get 230 pounds off the blocks quicker, without blowing out your suit. And besides, I was just hanging around to hear Mark announce the race.
- Rob Copeland throws elbows in war-ups...nice Mr. Prez!.I’m having a tough time adjusting from open water to pool swimming.
- Rob Copeland wins the award for fewest strokes taken in a 50 fly by taking only 12 in the first 50 of his 400 IM.
It was either 12 down 15 back or I would have needed a lifeguard.
Rob, I'm just getting back into the water. What team do you swim for in GA? I'm up Cherokee and may end up with Cobb Stingrays as its the best fit for my route to/from work.
Jeff,
I'm down in peachtree City. Welcome back!
Thanks, this coming Monday will be my "offical" Day 1. We'll see how I like it (the team, coach, etc). If not, then I may do my own thing or look to start a group up in Canton at the YMCA.
