200 Challenge: Goal time, roadmap and status updates

Status Update: I turned 53 last week and had the 200 SCY race today. The pool was a small high school pool, 5 lanes, not a particularly fast pool. My goal was to break 2:04. I had worked hard all summer, so I actually tapered for this meet. The result was a 2:02.80. I dropped 6 seconds from the March New England Championships -- (2 of those seconds you can attribute to the Blue70 I wore this time rather than the TYR Aquapel bodysuit in March). Unfortunately it was the first race, and the bugs weren't worked out with the electronic touch pads, so I don't have splits, but I've got some guesses and am pretty good at gauging my relative pace throughout the race. My fastest 50 SCY is 26.19, and I'm betting the splits were pretty close to 28.5, 31.0 31.8 and 31.5. My second 50 felt strong, and I managed to stay close to that zen state Mike Ross suggests for it. I know I slowed a little on the third, and tried to build my kick into it. I could only really let loose the kick in the last 25. I was nauseous at the end, as I expected. Overall I'm really happy with the result. :) Next goal is to break 2:00 with the Blue70 if I can do it before they are banned. If not, then the goal is to break 2:02 without it.

Status Update: I turned 53 last week and had the 200 SCY race today. The pool was a small high school pool, 5 lanes, not a particularly fast pool. My goal was to break 2:04. I had worked hard all summer, so I actually tapered for this meet. The result was a 2:02.80. I dropped 6 seconds from the March New England Championships -- (2 of those seconds you can attribute to the Blue70 I wore this time rather than the TYR Aquapel bodysuit in March). Unfortunately it was the first race, and the bugs weren't worked out with the electronic touch pads, so I don't have splits, but I've got some guesses and am pretty good at gauging my relative pace throughout the race. My fastest 50 SCY is 26.19, and I'm betting the splits were pretty close to 28.5, 31.0 31.8 and 31.5. My second 50 felt strong, and I managed to stay close to that zen state Mike Ross suggests for it. I know I slowed a little on the third, and tried to build my kick into it. I could only really let loose the kick in the last 25. I was nauseous at the end, as I expected. Overall I'm really happy with the result. :) Next goal is to break 2:00 with the Blue70 if I can do it before they are banned. If not, then the goal is to break 2:02 without it.