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That Guy — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:05:27 GMT

Was the Kirkland meet well attended? I was thinking about going, then realized I missed the entry deadline... Hopefully the meet went well. It's good to see a lot of meets on the schedule this season. It wasn't a big meet but it was reasonably well-attended. The 50 and 100 frees each had 11 heats. The 400 IM and 200 fly each had 1 heat. The 500 free ended up with 4 heats after the checkin deadline. Swimming so many SCY meets has been odd. I've done every event this season at least once except the distance frees. And I'm entering the 500 in the next meet. No checkoff challenge here though; I really have no interest in swimming the 1000 or 1650, having done more than my share back in the day.

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knelson — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:17:57 GMT

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That Guy — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:11:51 GMT

Geez. I need to let someone else answer up. Hmmm, I don't know if I can go 4:59? That'll be tough right now. If I can take my fly out a little faster that would probably help. I go WAY too easy on my first 100. If I go 1:08-1:16-1:28 ('cause my br sucks at the moment)-1:07 that would be 4:59. How come these things always looks do-able written down?! All I can do is try :agree: I'm pretty sure I can go 1:06 in the back though. I went 30.8 a couple of weeks ago and I was training hard going into that meet :agree: Great job by the way! I'll let you know. :bliss: Thanks! Don't worry about the calculations, just get in there and swim fast!

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Karen Duggan — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:55:12 GMT

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That Guy — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:26:53 GMT

OK, this is just strange. When I typed last week that I had gone 1:01.64 earlier in the season, well that was a typo or a brain fart... or something. I actually went 1:01.91. But then I did swim 1:01.64 today. Psychic premonition? Alternate timeline? Parallel universe? More importantly, have I outgridged myself? I need to sit down again...

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That Guy — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:10:21 GMT

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.

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That Guy — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:09:52 GMT

Sounds good on the gridge. I will not be at Nats in Atlanta. On that same weekend, I might go to the Canadian Nats in Nanaimo BC though. From where I live, it's only a three hour drive and then a ferry ride to get there.

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Karen Duggan — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:38:37 GMT

OK- I've done the 400 IM time before, before kids!!! And I'm close on the 100 back. Let's see. How about if I'm within 10 seconds on the 400IM and 5 on the 100 back? Unless someone gets sick (besides me, I'm just getting over bronchitis), I am definitely swimming on the 28th. What say you? And are you going to nats? We could settle up there :agree:

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That Guy — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:44:38 GMT

Dare I do another one? I'm hoping to swim a 400 IM and 100 back the following week, on the 28th. Times? Earlier this season I went 4:53.00 and 1:01.64. Hoping to improve on those times.

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Karen Duggan — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:54:37 GMT

Dare I do another one? I'm hoping to swim a 400 IM and 100 back the following week, on the 28th. Times?

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That Guy — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:33:11 GMT

OK next up, who's going to Kirkland on the 21st? www.swimpna.org/.../2010_02_21_lake washington.pdf I entered the 400 IM, 50 free, 50 fly, 50 back, and 100 back. I'm utterly craptacular in the 50 free, if anyone's looking for an easy W.

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Karen Duggan — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:49:16 GMT

I like the giant asterisk. Nice touch :agree:

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That Guy — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:38:59 GMT

:banana::banana::banana:I WIN!!!* :banana::banana::banana: *by default

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Karen Duggan — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:25:46 GMT

Sounds like your meet was a lot of fun :applaud: OMG, she is absolutely amazing. 100 IM holy cow!!! My best 100 free is 56. WOW!!! My meet was fun until my hubby pulled his groin, in his first lap of his first race in five years. :badday: He's 6'4" and known for his phenomenal walls. It was during the 200 br. He dove in and went well past 15m (wearing a B70 for the first time). Either on the dive, or on the first kick, his groin "popped" as he described. He did 3 strokes on the first lap with no power in his kick. Lap 2 he went past 15m again and took 4 strokes. Lap 3 he went 15m took one stroke, did free to the other end and got out. His first 50 with little effort and no kick was 32 low (at least that part was good!) Fortunately for me I entered my first 3 events back to back. So while he was trying to figure out if he could swim, I raced. He waited for me another 45 min so I could swim 200 back. I didn't want to ask him to wait for the last event, 200IM, so we left. My 200 back was 2:25. And while I didn't do 200 IM, I suspect that it would have been 2:25 or faster, as my back and IM are almost always the same. I'm sorry I didn't follow through on our bet. I'll let you know before I swim it next time? (And this time I won't bring the old man with me!) :lmao:

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Former Member — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:21:47 GMT

Definitely a good time! Masters swimmers know how to enjoy a swim meet :applaud:

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knelson — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:16:31 GMT

I haven't looked it up but Megan probably set 5 national records in W25-29: 27 in the 50 ***, 59 in the 100, 2:09 in the 200, 54 in the 100 IM, 1:59 in the 200 IM, and signed dozens of autographs. Wow. Even though all those times are stunning something about that 54 in the 100 IM is really impressive!

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That Guy — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:57:30 GMT

A good time was had by all in Olympia today. I haven't looked it up but Megan probably set 5 national records in W25-29: 27 in the 50 ***, 59 in the 100, 2:09 in the 200, 54 in the 100 IM, 1:59 in the 200 IM, and signed dozens of autographs. The 200 IM was the last individual event of the day. When I saw her 2:05 seed time I thought "maybe I'll be near her feet after the backstroke before she obliterates me on the breaststroke" but after watching her post that 54 in the 100, I revised my thinking to "I suppose we'll be relatively even until the dive...." For the 200 IM gridge, I posted a 2:16.26 in my 7th swim of the day. Along with my 5 events, I joined two Unattached relays that were organized on the fly. Upon request, I swam the 50 *** in a medley relay. That has never happened before. I mean, someone actually requesting that I race breaststroke. Nathan swam fast too. I think he went 34 in the 50 ***, 1:10 in the 100 IM, and 27 in the 50 free. On the heat sheet, he was correctly listed as M25 and suddenly had seed times, which he smashed. I applaud your stealthy gridgework, sir!

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Allen Stark — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:39:25 GMT

World Record (s), I'd wager, especially with a tech suit. You can't set WRs in a SCY meet,unfortunately.I don't know how she can get a Jaked or Arena in time,but she should try.

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Speedo — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:45:44 GMT

Nathan- If you swim with Megan . . . My wife doesn't let me play her sport (volleyball) with her- says I look like a flailing albatross.

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Karen Duggan — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:26:33 GMT

You're right, forgot that little fact : ) You can see how often I have to worry about it ! :D

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Former Member — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:44:14 GMT

Mr. Guy- So to confirm, I need to be within 10 seconds of your time, correct? Let me know. Have fun and swim fast :agree: And do tell what suit Megan wears! She's thinking about trying out one of the tech suits since she didn't have that opportunity before January 1, but it will depend on if we can get one before the meet.

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Karen Duggan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:39:50 GMT

I'd say she'll probably break the Masters NR. World Record (s), I'd wager, especially with a tech suit.

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Karen Duggan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:37:56 GMT

Mr. T. Guy- I think we said the same thing. I win the clear, coherent sentence part of the groundhog gridge! Good luck. :cheerleader: Nathan- If you swim with Megan you might want to tell her that B70 suits are really cheap right now, $100. And b/c you're close you could probably get it pretty quick. My guess is she probably has some USS connections. I'm told the Jaked is the best suit out there, if she can get one. :bliss:

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That Guy — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:24:54 GMT

Mr. Guy- So to confirm, I need to be within 10 seconds of your time, correct? Let me know. Have fun and swim fast :agree: And do tell what suit Megan wears! Yes, the lesser of my time plus 10 seconds and your time minus 10 seconds will determine the final resting place of a great many smilies. Even after editing that sentence a couple times, it still sounds really odd...

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Karen Duggan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:18:24 GMT

Mr. Guy- So to confirm, I need to be within 10 seconds of your time, correct? Let me know. Have fun and swim fast :agree: And do tell what suit Megan wears!