T minus 11 days until I race the long distance pentathlon (200 LCM back, 200 LCM free, 200 LCM ***, 200 LCM fly, and 400 LCM IM) against an unknown challenger. I have it on good authority that this mystery swimmer will be wearing a Mexican wrestling mask and will not remove it between events. There are also unsubstantiated rumors that this person uses performance enhancing carbohydrates and caffeine, and may have even considered sandbagging once before chickening out. I'm told that our gridge hinges upon our total pentathlon time, but the stakes of this gridge have not yet been revealed even to me. Who is this enigmatic maverick, and why has he never been photographed with Gotham's caped crusader Bat Guy?
I stumbled upon a blog entry somewhere that said that someone went 18:52 in the 1500 LCM. Good job, whoever may or may not have done that! :applaud:
I am planning to swim the 800 LCM next month, but I have no plans for the 1500. If I did swim it, I'd probably use it as a training swim like you did. That's why I entered the 800 SCM free last month, to force myself to do some freestyle training for a change.
My entering the 1500 over a month ago, it did in fact force me to get right back on track after my poor showing at USMS Nationals. The 1500 was definitely a kick in the backside though. Not an event to enter unless you're really ready for it! I was on the tip of the iceberg as far as ready or not! Luckily I didn't fall apart. My mind was trying to go negative on me during the race but I pushed away the urge to quit.
I stumbled upon a blog entry somewhere that said that someone went 18:52 in the 1500 LCM. Good job, whoever may or may not have done that! :applaud:
I am planning to swim the 800 LCM next month, but I have no plans for the 1500. If I did swim it, I'd probably use it as a training swim like you did. That's why I entered the 800 SCM free last month, to force myself to do some freestyle training for a change.
My entering the 1500 over a month ago, it did in fact force me to get right back on track after my poor showing at USMS Nationals. The 1500 was definitely a kick in the backside though. Not an event to enter unless you're really ready for it! I was on the tip of the iceberg as far as ready or not! Luckily I didn't fall apart. My mind was trying to go negative on me during the race but I pushed away the urge to quit.
