So we have a "swim rant" thread, but I wanted to post my "swim happy" moment today, probably brought on by being out of the water for over a week.
Pool reopened after maintenance + clear, fresh perfect temp water + 6 lap lanes between 4 lap swimmers = 4200yd :bliss:
Good times were had by all the flyers in Seattle today. Cheakamus smashed his entry time in the 100, Jaadams1 went 58-low to win our gridge in the final heat of the 100, I tied for second in that race with a guy from Hawaii, Larsoda was in a close race with Ryan from the Orca team in the 200, and I had a good 200 with a new race strategy (75 cruise, 75 hard, 50 AFAP) that worked out ok. I went about 2 seconds slower than I did in the same meet last year, but in that meet I had jaadams1 to chase down on the second 100, whereas for this meet he was standing at the end of my lane, yelling at me at the 75, the 125, and the 175. Since I was swimming, it was hard to tell what he was saying. I think he said "Breakfast! Kitchen! POOOORRRRK!" I took that to mean that someone had bacon somewhere on the pool deck, and it was imperative that I finish as quickly as possible so that I could have some too. By the time I finished though, it was all gone apparently. :badday:
Nice 100 fly race! I'm not sure how you pulled off the tie - you must have had a great lunge to the wall!
I'm pretty sure you didn't lap me on the 200fly, so I guess my day was OK.:banana: Next time I sign up for something "fun," I'll probably stick to a 50, though...
Good times were had by all the flyers in Seattle today. Cheakamus smashed his entry time in the 100, Jaadams1 went 58-low to win our gridge in the final heat of the 100, I tied for second in that race with a guy from Hawaii, Larsoda was in a close race with Ryan from the Orca team in the 200, and I had a good 200 with a new race strategy (75 cruise, 75 hard, 50 AFAP) that worked out ok. I went about 2 seconds slower than I did in the same meet last year, but in that meet I had jaadams1 to chase down on the second 100, whereas for this meet he was standing at the end of my lane, yelling at me at the 75, the 125, and the 175. Since I was swimming, it was hard to tell what he was saying. I think he said "Breakfast! Kitchen! POOOORRRRK!" I took that to mean that someone had bacon somewhere on the pool deck, and it was imperative that I finish as quickly as possible so that I could have some too. By the time I finished though, it was all gone apparently. :badday:
Nice 100 fly race! I'm not sure how you pulled off the tie - you must have had a great lunge to the wall!
I'm pretty sure you didn't lap me on the 200fly, so I guess my day was OK.:banana: Next time I sign up for something "fun," I'll probably stick to a 50, though...
