Six months ago I decided to take a shot at a top ten time (my first) for the 400 free. Historically, a 4:48 has always been fast enough in my new age group (50-54), but my best time in Masters was a 4:59 from three years ago. So I decided to focus on that one event. I trained hard, bought a Blue 70, and hit my taper just right. In the end I swam what I thought was a perfect race and finished in 4:47.73, beating one of my training partners by seven seconds. And then I waited to see if the time would hold up.
As it turns out, it didn't. With the results from Long Beach, I will end the season ranked no higher than 11th. As the saying goes, the journey is the destination. But I really wanted one of those patches.
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Make the top ten or not, that is still a damn respectable time. Yeah, and with the new Bond moving coming out soon you will have all the chicks. So no sympathies for you.
Make the top ten or not, that is still a damn respectable time. Yeah, and with the new Bond moving coming out soon you will have all the chicks. So no sympathies for you.
