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.
It is hard to think of 10 things that I didn't like about Atlanta, but, here goes (see my list of 10 things I liked about Atlanta -- much easier to come up with):
1) Putting on my new speedo kneeskin -- never worn one of those things, reminded me of the old paper suits we wore in college, but, just more of it. Very exhausting putting it on.
2) The ugly bruise that I have on my arm from a breaststroke kick that got me in the diving well.
3) That stairwell going up the side of the bleachers.
4) Hospitality. I was fine with the food that they had in there, but, there just wasn't much of it to go around -- they ran out of simple snacks way to often.
5) While it didn't effect me, it was bad to see some folks have trouble with the starting commands/beep. Not sure why they couldn't remedy that throughout course of the meet.
6) That one starter on Saturday, yikes!
7) It ended!!
7, that's all I've got.
It is hard to think of 10 things that I didn't like about Atlanta, but, here goes (see my list of 10 things I liked about Atlanta -- much easier to come up with):
1) Putting on my new speedo kneeskin -- never worn one of those things, reminded me of the old paper suits we wore in college, but, just more of it. Very exhausting putting it on.
2) The ugly bruise that I have on my arm from a breaststroke kick that got me in the diving well.
3) That stairwell going up the side of the bleachers.
4) Hospitality. I was fine with the food that they had in there, but, there just wasn't much of it to go around -- they ran out of simple snacks way to often.
5) While it didn't effect me, it was bad to see some folks have trouble with the starting commands/beep. Not sure why they couldn't remedy that throughout course of the meet.
6) That one starter on Saturday, yikes!
7) It ended!!
7, that's all I've got.
