I know I can't be the only person who is not at Nationals who is nevertheless keeping track of how many people in my age group are beating my best times of the season.
I am happy to report in this inaugural edition of Beat Watch 2009, that in the 400 IM, two guys have beaten my time--
1 Gilchrist, Donald 55 NCMS 4:55.00 4:41.09
29.32 1:01.98 (32.66)
1:39.57 (37.59) 2:16.63 (37.06)
2:56.44 (39.81) 3:36.93 (40.49)
4:09.45 (32.52) 4:41.09 (31.64)
2 Clemmons, Jim 59 MAM 4:44.50 4:43.38
29.59 1:02.58 (32.99)
1:41.09 (38.51) 2:18.06 (36.97)
2:58.68 (40.62) 3:40.31 (41.63)
4:12.70 (32.39) 4:43.38 (30.68)
The good news: both these fellows had ALREADY beaten me with swims earlier in the season, so nobody new at Nationals has thus far dislodged my precarious hold on a possible top 10 in this event...
I invite anyone to post their own "Beat Watch" results as they filter in...
tom is really improving--amazing changes as he's been getting into great distance shape.
rest, I think, does make a difference, especially on something like the 200 fly.
Tom, what did you swim before last year's 200 fly? It seems like you are often doing the kind of combos that would kill us mortals:
As I remember, it was the annual pentathlon meet(2008) in my LMSC where I did the 400IM, 200 ***, and 200 back before the 200 fly. The 200 *** and 200 back weren't that bad at that meet but I had issues with the 400IM and 200 fly because I was in awful butterfly shape at the time. My main goal for that meet was to finish the race!
tom is really improving--amazing changes as he's been getting into great distance shape.
rest, I think, does make a difference, especially on something like the 200 fly.
Tom, what did you swim before last year's 200 fly? It seems like you are often doing the kind of combos that would kill us mortals:
As I remember, it was the annual pentathlon meet(2008) in my LMSC where I did the 400IM, 200 ***, and 200 back before the 200 fly. The 200 *** and 200 back weren't that bad at that meet but I had issues with the 400IM and 200 fly because I was in awful butterfly shape at the time. My main goal for that meet was to finish the race!
