Anybody going to the SCY meet in Olympia this weekend? If I recall correctly, I entered the 100-200 free, 50-100 ***, and 200 IM, so I'm easy pickings for any gridgers out there. I might need a running start for the 50 ***...:bed:
Earlier this season I went 4:53.00 and 1:01.64. Hoping to improve on those times.
Another fun meet in Kirkland today. Megan was there and swam all the 50's as well as the 100 free. I was in the same heat in the 50 back and 50 fly; she beat me by 2+ seconds in each. She went 23.1 in the 50 free, 49.7 in the 100, 26-something in the back, 27.1 in the ***, and 24-something in the fly. I don't know if those are records or not, but that's pretty fast.
Nathan was there too, or was he? Someone named Xlathan Jendrick was entered in the meet. Is he Nathan's evil twin, or is Nathan Xlathan's evil twin? And how does Megan feel about all this??? Or was this just another excellent display of gridgemanship by Nathan, entering the meet under an alias to confuse his foes? Well, consider me confused! I need to sit down. I'm already sitting down!!! :afraid:
Anyway, for Karen's gridge, I went 4:49.11 in the 400 IM and then strangely enough, I repeated my earlier time of 1:01.64 in the 100 back. I need to train more backstroke since I haven't been practicing it much and I'm much slower at it than I was last year. In the 400 IM I experimented with a lunging breaststroke hand recovery as suggested in Ande's thread, after messing around with it in practice for a couple days. I haven't seen my splits yet, so I don't know whether my breaststroke leg was faster than usual or not, but the lunging recovery seemed faster so I think I'll keep at it.
Earlier this season I went 4:53.00 and 1:01.64. Hoping to improve on those times.
Another fun meet in Kirkland today. Megan was there and swam all the 50's as well as the 100 free. I was in the same heat in the 50 back and 50 fly; she beat me by 2+ seconds in each. She went 23.1 in the 50 free, 49.7 in the 100, 26-something in the back, 27.1 in the ***, and 24-something in the fly. I don't know if those are records or not, but that's pretty fast.
Nathan was there too, or was he? Someone named Xlathan Jendrick was entered in the meet. Is he Nathan's evil twin, or is Nathan Xlathan's evil twin? And how does Megan feel about all this??? Or was this just another excellent display of gridgemanship by Nathan, entering the meet under an alias to confuse his foes? Well, consider me confused! I need to sit down. I'm already sitting down!!! :afraid:
Anyway, for Karen's gridge, I went 4:49.11 in the 400 IM and then strangely enough, I repeated my earlier time of 1:01.64 in the 100 back. I need to train more backstroke since I haven't been practicing it much and I'm much slower at it than I was last year. In the 400 IM I experimented with a lunging breaststroke hand recovery as suggested in Ande's thread, after messing around with it in practice for a couple days. I haven't seen my splits yet, so I don't know whether my breaststroke leg was faster than usual or not, but the lunging recovery seemed faster so I think I'll keep at it.
