First day yesterday back in the local long course pool. That first LC swim is always a rude awakening. You get to concentrate on your swimming a great deal more, which is a plus, but wow, where is that wall???
Does anybody else feel like crap on that first day, or am I just a big wuss? (Yes, I know, these are not mutually exclusive statements; the "or" isn't really warranted. Humor me.)
Have never swum a LC meet in my life, but plan to do several this summer. Anybody got any magic spells to shorten the pool?
True dat. I've got an LCM 400 IM coming up next week. I'm hoping that the improvements I've made in breaststroke add up to a tangible time drop. I've been working on distance per stroke for 10 months, and I think I'm close to a breakthrough on the whip kick. (Allen Stark, thank you for your detailed descriptions - they made me realize that I was never actually taught the whip kick properly; I've basically been frog kicking my whole life. I've tried to do what you described, and it seems to be working.) Anyway the alternative is a very long 100 meters of breaststroke during which I get to watch other people's feet get smaller. That wasn't much fun last summer...
Anyone else going to Tualatin Hills? www.swimoregon.org/.../09THBentry.pdf
I entered 100 back, 50 fly, 200 free, 200 back, 400 IM. Haven't done the 50 fly LCM since I was 12!
I'll be there - not doing any of your events, though. I think I am doing all the breaststroke events and the 100 fly. I did my first open water swim today - 2K and it was fun. Hope to see you at t-hills.
--mj
True dat. I've got an LCM 400 IM coming up next week. I'm hoping that the improvements I've made in breaststroke add up to a tangible time drop. I've been working on distance per stroke for 10 months, and I think I'm close to a breakthrough on the whip kick. (Allen Stark, thank you for your detailed descriptions - they made me realize that I was never actually taught the whip kick properly; I've basically been frog kicking my whole life. I've tried to do what you described, and it seems to be working.) Anyway the alternative is a very long 100 meters of breaststroke during which I get to watch other people's feet get smaller. That wasn't much fun last summer...
Anyone else going to Tualatin Hills? www.swimoregon.org/.../09THBentry.pdf
I entered 100 back, 50 fly, 200 free, 200 back, 400 IM. Haven't done the 50 fly LCM since I was 12!
I'll be there - not doing any of your events, though. I think I am doing all the breaststroke events and the 100 fly. I did my first open water swim today - 2K and it was fun. Hope to see you at t-hills.
--mj
