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?
Yep, James had some good swims. I beat him in the 200 back but he won the rest. More importantly however, we're both officially stupid for entering the long-distance pentathlon in long course meters at a meet with only ~40 people in it. (And in my case, also factor in ZERO LONG COURSE TRAINING) Until the 400 IM, for which we did get decent rest, it was swim-a-200-then-warmdown-now-repeat-15-minutes-later. I did post a best time in the 200 free so I've got that going for me. :bed:
I had basically the same thing as That Guy, though I think it may have been more like 16 or 17 minutes rest(quit exaggerating...) :afraid: I also had one best time in the same event - 200 Free :banana:
Yep, James had some good swims. I beat him in the 200 back but he won the rest. More importantly however, we're both officially stupid for entering the long-distance pentathlon in long course meters at a meet with only ~40 people in it. (And in my case, also factor in ZERO LONG COURSE TRAINING) Until the 400 IM, for which we did get decent rest, it was swim-a-200-then-warmdown-now-repeat-15-minutes-later. I did post a best time in the 200 free so I've got that going for me. :bed:
I had basically the same thing as That Guy, though I think it may have been more like 16 or 17 minutes rest(quit exaggerating...) :afraid: I also had one best time in the same event - 200 Free :banana:
