What is your best meet yet?

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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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    Wow, way to go, Orca! Living up to your username. :) I have not yet done the 200 fly. You are a braver soul than I. I'm happy to report that the second half of my meet was just as good as yesterday. This morning, though, I was nervous. I was like, "What if I left nothing in the tank?!" I allowed myself 5 long-second freakouts, where I slowly count down to 5 and imagine characters from movies going hysterical and panicking. Then at 0, I went to my happy place- which is a cockpit view of a runway, little red lights lining the way on both sides to the vanishing point on the horizon. And then... take-off. :) So, PBs going in: 200 free: 2:12.44 200 back: 3:08.41 (50m) 100 ***: 1:24.30 50 free: 26.35 new PBs: 200 free: 1:59.75 200 back: 2:31.72 100 ***: 1:20.20 50 free: 24.50 8 races, 8 new PBs. I've been trying to go 8 for 8 for a while. Back in February, I got 5 out of 8, but ran out of gas halfway through the second day. Even today, after those two 200s, I could feel myself starting to get tired. Otherwise, I might've gotten that 100 *** under 1:20. Oh, well. Gotta respect that stroke! In the 200 back, I employed a strategy I got from Ahelee- don't be afraid to go all out on the first 100, like doing a 100 back, then go hard on the second 100. I killed it. Meanwhile, I killed myself. My 100 *** might've suffered for that. Wouldn't have changed that race, though! Pretty happy with my times, but eager to get even faster. Looking to the future now. A new season is imminent.
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    Wow, way to go, Orca! Living up to your username. :) I have not yet done the 200 fly. You are a braver soul than I. I'm happy to report that the second half of my meet was just as good as yesterday. This morning, though, I was nervous. I was like, "What if I left nothing in the tank?!" I allowed myself 5 long-second freakouts, where I slowly count down to 5 and imagine characters from movies going hysterical and panicking. Then at 0, I went to my happy place- which is a cockpit view of a runway, little red lights lining the way on both sides to the vanishing point on the horizon. And then... take-off. :) So, PBs going in: 200 free: 2:12.44 200 back: 3:08.41 (50m) 100 ***: 1:24.30 50 free: 26.35 new PBs: 200 free: 1:59.75 200 back: 2:31.72 100 ***: 1:20.20 50 free: 24.50 8 races, 8 new PBs. I've been trying to go 8 for 8 for a while. Back in February, I got 5 out of 8, but ran out of gas halfway through the second day. Even today, after those two 200s, I could feel myself starting to get tired. Otherwise, I might've gotten that 100 *** under 1:20. Oh, well. Gotta respect that stroke! In the 200 back, I employed a strategy I got from Ahelee- don't be afraid to go all out on the first 100, like doing a 100 back, then go hard on the second 100. I killed it. Meanwhile, I killed myself. My 100 *** might've suffered for that. Wouldn't have changed that race, though! Pretty happy with my times, but eager to get even faster. Looking to the future now. A new season is imminent.
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