So new to this...

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I don't even know what questions to ask, or what to tell you about me. I swam senior year in high shool and my first year at a small liberal arts university. I loved it. Wished I had started younger and wished health issues hadn't led me to quit. I got back in the pool May 2010 (20 years later) just to do something productive with my time (improve my fitness) while I was at the Y for my daughter's swim lessons. "Everyone" I knew started saying to me, "Oh, you swim? You should do triathlons." Even though I can't run, I have been giving triathlons a shot and having fun. I just came across a masters swim meet in Cedar Falls, IA on March 5th. The organizer responded to my e-mail with, "Yes, it is as simple as filling out the registration form and mailing it in with payment!" So I'm definately going to do this. Uh, now what?!?!?!? What should I expect at this meet? What do I need to do to get ready in about a month's time? Oh, and I'm worried I'll do something "stupid" and get DQ'd. More about me, if you want to know... I train with the local tri club 1 hr/day, 4 day/week: 2 of indoor cycling, 2 of swimming. I do 2-3 other general fitness workouts each week. Starting Feb 13th, I'll be able to get to the pool for about 40 minutes of swimming. My 10 year old daughter (who has graduated from swim lessons to swim team) is teaching me backstroke flip turns and having fun coaching me. :blah:
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    I found the rulebook. It wasn't that hard once I actually looked: http://www.usms.org/rules/ So I'm less worried about getting DQ'd now. Arthur, thank you for the link. I like the way they showed the right and the wrong. Michael, thank you for the welcome. I did check the Iowa masters website many times last year and never found a single meet. I concluded that they just didn't exist! I was really excited when I found out about the Cedar Fall meet on the website of a local running store (Fitness Sports). Five meets a year might be enough for me, but right now I can only find two: Saturday, March 5, 2011: 2011 Panther Masters Swim Meet, Cedar Falls, Iowa Saturday, May 7, 2011: Simpson STORM Masters (SC-25-Meters) Swim Meet, Indianola, Iowa If you know of any others I would love to know. If you do head to any, let me know that too. It's fun to know someone when you go somewhere, even if you don't know them.
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    I found the rulebook. It wasn't that hard once I actually looked: http://www.usms.org/rules/ So I'm less worried about getting DQ'd now. Arthur, thank you for the link. I like the way they showed the right and the wrong. Michael, thank you for the welcome. I did check the Iowa masters website many times last year and never found a single meet. I concluded that they just didn't exist! I was really excited when I found out about the Cedar Fall meet on the website of a local running store (Fitness Sports). Five meets a year might be enough for me, but right now I can only find two: Saturday, March 5, 2011: 2011 Panther Masters Swim Meet, Cedar Falls, Iowa Saturday, May 7, 2011: Simpson STORM Masters (SC-25-Meters) Swim Meet, Indianola, Iowa If you know of any others I would love to know. If you do head to any, let me know that too. It's fun to know someone when you go somewhere, even if you don't know them.
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