For me, I just had mine this weekend. :)
I was entered in five events: 1.) 50 free, 2.) 200 free, 3.) 100 back, 4.) 100 ***, and 5.) 100 free.
old and new PB times:
50fr: the only event I didn't drop time, PB is still 27.53 (Oct '10).
200fr: 2:28.11 (Jul '10)/2:18.99
100 back: 1:23.19 (Oct '10)/1:18.03
100 ***: 1:28.11 (Oct '10)/1:26.73
100 free: 1:02.64 (Oct '10)/1:00.03
FOUR MILLISECONDS AWAY FROM GOING UNDER!!! AAARGH! Still, it was a mega monster 2.5 second drop from my old PB.
This month marks two years since I started swimming, though I didn't start competitively until January '09.
The piano dropped in none of these events. At the end of each, I was ready to get right back in and race again. The 50 free was just a stupid mistake- I didn't warm up properly, else I would've dropped time there, too. There were lessons to be learned and new mistakes to be avoided after my previous meet last month. I learned them and avoided them.
My best meet yet.
What about your best meets?
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I have a new best meet!
Yesterday, I did 100 back, 100 ***, and 50 free. Today, I did 100 fly and 100 free. My times:
100 back: 1:17.38. PB, by a second, previous PB set last month.
100 ***: 1:24.30. PB, by 4 seconds, previous PB set in October.
50 free: 27.86. Not a PB, but still better than last month's 28.05.
100 fly: 1:11.25. PB, by FIFTEEN seconds, previous PB set in July.
100 free: 58.95. PB, by over a second. Previous PB set last month.
YES YES YES I am finally under the minute! I even skipped 59! And I skipped the teens in the 100 fly!
I came in first in my heats in both the 100 fly and 100 free. I was four seconds ahead of second place in the 100 free. This 100 free is the first swim I've ever had where I felt like I was literally flying through the water, or on it, or over it, or whatever. I never even knew such a feeling existed. When I dove in, I didn't waste any time with underwaters, I was so parallel to the water and so, so shallow, that I just popped up and started swimming immediately. It may have been my best dive yet...
I'm not shaved down or tapered at all.
In my 100 ***, I employed a strategy. The dude who was in the lane next to me is on my team. We have very close times. I decided to trail behind him for the first 50, and then I would close in and beat him on the second 50. It worked, by 20 milliseconds.
Man, when I saw my 100 fly time... :bolt: :D
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I have a new best meet!
Yesterday, I did 100 back, 100 ***, and 50 free. Today, I did 100 fly and 100 free. My times:
100 back: 1:17.38. PB, by a second, previous PB set last month.
100 ***: 1:24.30. PB, by 4 seconds, previous PB set in October.
50 free: 27.86. Not a PB, but still better than last month's 28.05.
100 fly: 1:11.25. PB, by FIFTEEN seconds, previous PB set in July.
100 free: 58.95. PB, by over a second. Previous PB set last month.
YES YES YES I am finally under the minute! I even skipped 59! And I skipped the teens in the 100 fly!
I came in first in my heats in both the 100 fly and 100 free. I was four seconds ahead of second place in the 100 free. This 100 free is the first swim I've ever had where I felt like I was literally flying through the water, or on it, or over it, or whatever. I never even knew such a feeling existed. When I dove in, I didn't waste any time with underwaters, I was so parallel to the water and so, so shallow, that I just popped up and started swimming immediately. It may have been my best dive yet...
I'm not shaved down or tapered at all.
In my 100 ***, I employed a strategy. The dude who was in the lane next to me is on my team. We have very close times. I decided to trail behind him for the first 50, and then I would close in and beat him on the second 50. It worked, by 20 milliseconds.
Man, when I saw my 100 fly time... :bolt: :D
