Would you scratch?

You did great, Dave and I were in the stands watching. You were strong throughout, just like I thought you'd be! :applaud: Thanks, Jeff. I'm glad I swam one event well today -- it was nice to end the day on a positive note!

Your 400 IM was great!!! If you loafed the fly like you said and split it at 1:22, maybe you should consider taking up the 100 Fly as well!! It was fun to watch and cheer you on. Marianne, the fly did feel easy and was over before I knew it! Not sure how much faster I could take it, though, as I am not a very strong butterflier... Your 200 fly looked great -- so strong! I cannot even imagine going another 100!

:applaud: Well done! To those of you who are debating swimming this race, do it at least once. The feeling of the last 50 is amazing! I guess there's a real sense of achievement as you get into the 100 free. I am going to do the 400IM one day, not this year, but before I'm 40 :afraid:

I'll join the "great job" club,great job:cheerleader::cheerleader::cheerleader:

:applaud: I guess there's a real sense of achievement as you get into the 100 free. I am going to do the 400IM one day, not this year, but before I'm 40 :afraid: Definitely! Once I got to freestyle, I felt like I was home free. Actually, I thought that the breaststroke was the hardest part. Don't be afraid to do this race, especially since you're a strong butterflier. You have plenty of time, though... I'm 45. :) Congrats! I knew you'd be much faster than your seed time! Sleep well and we'll try to take that 500 under 6 together! (I went 5:59 last weekend). Thanks, Heidi! Great job on the 500! I've yet to break 6:00 without the old B70. Not sure this is the meet for it, though, as my freestyle isn't where I want it to be right now. The 6:04 at Auburn just about killed me. Stranger things have happened, though! Great job! Sounds like you need to be giving me tips. Thanks! That's the great thing about reading this forum, though... we all have tips for each other. There's always something to learn, and new perspectives to examine. Great swim & thanks for the thread! If I hadn't already sent in my registration for my final meet of the year, I would have entered the 400IM because of your story and the responses. And I had that thought YESTERDAY! Dan Glad it helped more people than just me! Can you late enter? Kristin, I was with your friends behind the blocks cheering you on and I can assure you they weren't "sympathetic". They were saying great things about you and how well you were doing! It was all good! :cheerleader: Congratulations for doing such a great job. Good luck tomorrow; I'll see you there! Cheers! :chug: Thanks, Elaine! It was great to see you! Tomorrow I will be more talkative, as I won't be stressing about the 400 IM anymore. :-) See you in the morning!

Definitely! Once I got to freestyle, I felt like I was home free. Actually, I thought that the breaststroke was the hardest part. Don't be afraid to do this race, especially since you're a strong butterflier. You have plenty of time, though... I'm 45. :) Thanks, Heidi! Great job on the 500! I've yet to break 6:00 without the old B70. Not sure this is the meet for it, though, as my freestyle isn't where I want it to be right now. The 6:04 at Auburn just about killed me. Stranger things have happened, though! Good luck in the 500! - my aim is to break the 6.00 too (or re-break according to my fastest converted 400m), but not sure when I'll get the opportunity to swim it again - and I ought to train a bit more for it too. Also despite being a good flyer, my back has historically been awful and my *** only slightly better - acceptable for 200IMs, but I need to put in some work there for the 400. Keep us updated on how you do:)

Congratulations, Kristin! You did great this weekend ! You ROCKED! Congrats. to Marianne, as well, for winning high points in the 45-49 age group. Marianne you were AWESOME to watch, this weekend, beating all your seed times! You keep improving like this and we'll be seeing you in the Top Ten someday soon! :cheerleader: Heidi, you rocked as always. You are fast! Great job! :applaud: Celestial and Swimcat, it was great meeting you two this weekend and putting faces to the Forumite avatars. :D Joyce, if you are out there lurking and happen to see this, congatulations to you, too! You're getting better all the time! I'm looking forward to swimming relays with you on our new team, later this year! I hope I didn't miss any of our gals. If so, sorry about that! I still haven't matched up all the swimmers I have met to their avatars. :cheerleader:You GO Girls!!! :cheerleader:

You did great this weekend ! And you did too! Let the record show that Elainiak won ALL the breaststroke events in her age group! A couple of PBs too! Well done! Results --> www.clubassistant.com/.../st_pats_2011_results.pdf

And you did too! Let the record show that Elainiak won ALL the breaststroke events in her age group! A couple of PBs too! Well done! Results --> www.clubassistant.com/.../st_pats_2011_results.pdf :smooch:Thanks, Swimosaur! But, I'll be honest with ya here. I used my Auburn times as my seed times; not my PB's. Although I was close to hitting my PB on the 200 breaststroke and 100IM, I was way off on the 50 and 100. I had too deep of a start on the 50 and thought I was never going to surface; I thought I would DQ for not breaking the surface before my insweep! So, I missed my PB of 38.90 by 3.03 seconds. Ouch! Then, on the 100, today, I was 5 seconds off my PB! :badday: The lactic acid (or whatever you want to call it...) flooded me at the 75 mark and I was basically treading water to keep from :drown: on the last 25. I didn't have that problem yesterday on the 200 or 50, but the 100 breaststroke was my first event of the day, following a lousy warm up in the 88-90(?) degree kiddie pool that knocked me out. Oh well, the 100 breaststroke served as a good warm up for my 100IM, once I got rid of the lactic acid build up and got a second wind! :D It was a fun meet and I enjoyed watching and :cheerleader: for the other Forumites and my non-Forumite buddies! Swimosaur, I didn't get to meet you at Auburn, so I hope to meet you at Nationals; either SCY or LCM! :)

Congrats on your swim! What pretty splits! I'm not sure yet if I'm going to Auburn nats, but if I do I'll be sure to look you up. Maybe we can even swim the 4IM together! Thanks! But 4IM long course? Not sure I'm ready for that! Maybe the LCM 2IM though... :) Great job! After reading this thread, I'm now looking forward to doing it, instead of wondering what the heck I was thinking and debating, like you, whether or not I should scratch. Fortunately, in my case it's the very first event, so if it goes well, I should be pumped for everything else. Thanks again for starting this thread. :) Awesome! I'm so glad the thread is helping others! I am a lurker for most of the time, and have been helped by others' threads. Glad this one is giving back. Good luck, and please be sure to post how it goes! Great job!! See, I told you you'd love the feeling after. I'll join the "great job" club,great job:cheerleader::cheerleader::cheerleader: Thanks!! :) Good luck in the 500! - my aim is to break the 6.00 too (or re-break according to my fastest converted 400m), but not sure when I'll get the opportunity to swim it again - and I ought to train a bit more for it too. Also despite being a good flyer, my back has historically been awful and my *** only slightly better - acceptable for 200IMs, but I need to put in some work there for the 400. Keep us updated on how you do:) My strokes are mediocre, but my backstroke is getting better. I think the 400IM is almost more about endurance than it is having a perfect stroke. Go for it! And good luck in the 500!