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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:
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  • This breaststroke sprinter took Geek's advice ( :afraid:) and crossed over to the dark side and tried some distance events in Dixie Zone LC Championships. Like Ande suggested (thanks Ande!), "swim anything and everything". So, I did: Saturday: #3 50 free #4 100 *** #6 Mixed free relay #9 50 back #10 100 fly (new event; took 14 seconds off my practice time from push-off) #12 400 Women's Medley Relay (100 ***) #15 400 free (new event; took 22 seconds off my practice time from push-off). The meet ran so long, my heat didn't go off until 7:30 PM! :bed:And, there were still heats after mine! Sunday: Back in the pool at 8am for warm-ups #16 50 ***. Ran back to the start just in time for my next event... #17 200 fly (new event; took 7+ seconds off my practice time from push-off) #22 50 fly #28 400 IM (new event; .34 slower than practice from a push-off :cane:) #29 800 fr (new event; took 1:15 off my practice time from a push-off :ohyeah:) My swim happy? I HAD A BLAST! :bliss:And, in 400 IM, 400fr and 800fr, I place between a BB-A on the Motivational Times Chart; better than I thought for my first time out. (As for my fly, uhhhh, I barely made it for the 200. :blush: I have endurance fly down, but I need to improve my speed!) Call me crazy, but I loved racing those new events- even the 400 IM and 200 fly. :banana: So, it's 1:30am and I'm still wired from the weekend. A crash and burn is in my not too distant future... :snore:
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  • This breaststroke sprinter took Geek's advice ( :afraid:) and crossed over to the dark side and tried some distance events in Dixie Zone LC Championships. Like Ande suggested (thanks Ande!), "swim anything and everything". So, I did: Saturday: #3 50 free #4 100 *** #6 Mixed free relay #9 50 back #10 100 fly (new event; took 14 seconds off my practice time from push-off) #12 400 Women's Medley Relay (100 ***) #15 400 free (new event; took 22 seconds off my practice time from push-off). The meet ran so long, my heat didn't go off until 7:30 PM! :bed:And, there were still heats after mine! Sunday: Back in the pool at 8am for warm-ups #16 50 ***. Ran back to the start just in time for my next event... #17 200 fly (new event; took 7+ seconds off my practice time from push-off) #22 50 fly #28 400 IM (new event; .34 slower than practice from a push-off :cane:) #29 800 fr (new event; took 1:15 off my practice time from a push-off :ohyeah:) My swim happy? I HAD A BLAST! :bliss:And, in 400 IM, 400fr and 800fr, I place between a BB-A on the Motivational Times Chart; better than I thought for my first time out. (As for my fly, uhhhh, I barely made it for the 200. :blush: I have endurance fly down, but I need to improve my speed!) Call me crazy, but I loved racing those new events- even the 400 IM and 200 fly. :banana: So, it's 1:30am and I'm still wired from the weekend. A crash and burn is in my not too distant future... :snore:
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