Let me first say that I had a blast in Atlanta and enjoyed every minute of it (even the last minute of the 1000), so this list is somewhat tongue in cheek:
10. No Starbucks within walking distance of the Hampton Inn.
9. The taste of an Italian soda called "Beverly" at the Coca Cola Museum; it reminded me of viscous lidocaine--what is with that?
8. The stairway access to the pool deck from the stands.
7. Missing out on a medal in the 200 free relay because eight of the teams finishing ahead of us were from "regional" clubs representing entire states.
6. Two swimmers from TXLA trying to recruit my 87 year old father to join their team instead of swimming for Nitro.
5. No Starbucks within walkiing distance of the pool.
4. Turning at the bulkhead, although I nailed all of mine.
3. That one starter who shall remain nameless.
2. Not getting to meet Rich Abrahams, among others.
1. It ended.
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I actually did pretty well in the main pool for warmups, but I was there before the distance events due to sleeping issues. Most mornings I only shared the lane with 3 or 4 other folks.
Hey what do you know...I got my ass out of bed each day at 6 and made it to the pool by 7am for a warm up too...I managed on broken swims in the mosh pit before and after every event after that.
My gripes -
3) hospitality running out of fruit and water and other food by the last day. I ended up buying food at the cafe just to be able to get a healthy snack.
This also is clearly the fault of the slower swimmers who only had 3 events to swim and therefore were first in line to the food and able to eat with much longer periods of downtime...
I actually did pretty well in the main pool for warmups, but I was there before the distance events due to sleeping issues. Most mornings I only shared the lane with 3 or 4 other folks.
Hey what do you know...I got my ass out of bed each day at 6 and made it to the pool by 7am for a warm up too...I managed on broken swims in the mosh pit before and after every event after that.
My gripes -
3) hospitality running out of fruit and water and other food by the last day. I ended up buying food at the cafe just to be able to get a healthy snack.
This also is clearly the fault of the slower swimmers who only had 3 events to swim and therefore were first in line to the food and able to eat with much longer periods of downtime...
