Good luck to everyone that is competing this weekend! Swim fast and have fun! I know that this sounds a bit crazy but I am really looking forward to my 800 free. Plus, with the pool going from 8 feet deep and higher, I will really be able to utilize my SDK in my 200 fly and the shorter freestyle events. You can't do the Phelps SDK when one side of the pool is 4 feet deep.
Any tips about what kind of lunch should I eat before the meet or should I? On Saturday, warmup start at noon and the meet starts at 1PM. My last event might not be til 6PM. I have powerbars to hold me over throughout the meet. Should I get a light sandwich or salad before warmup.
University of Maryland was a fast pool even though that pool felt like it was more than 50 meters.
Question, what is with hotel's not putting fridges in the room? I guess that I have to stay at the cheap hotels to get a small fridge in the room.
I can answer both of those!
1 - Our Aquatic Facilities director Carrie, who ran the computers for the meet, has this really neato lazer tape measure thing. After the meet, I watched her measure a couple lanes - one was 50.000M and the other was 50.002M.
2 - this, from work... It's all about money. On one hand, it is one more appliance to plug in & service, one more job for housekeeping. Also, if the facility has a restaurant, its a way of encouraging the patrons to eat there, rather than bring their own food either from the store, or leftovers from another place.
University of Maryland was a fast pool even though that pool felt like it was more than 50 meters.
Question, what is with hotel's not putting fridges in the room? I guess that I have to stay at the cheap hotels to get a small fridge in the room.
I can answer both of those!
1 - Our Aquatic Facilities director Carrie, who ran the computers for the meet, has this really neato lazer tape measure thing. After the meet, I watched her measure a couple lanes - one was 50.000M and the other was 50.002M.
2 - this, from work... It's all about money. On one hand, it is one more appliance to plug in & service, one more job for housekeeping. Also, if the facility has a restaurant, its a way of encouraging the patrons to eat there, rather than bring their own food either from the store, or leftovers from another place.
