Monday, March 2, 2009

Station One, Murphy's Law

Hi, this morning I was in the water before 0515 and I swam at least 800-900 yards warm up before the workout started.
10x50 kick/swim-odds, drill/swim-evens
100IM
100IM/200back/100IM
100IM/200back/300kick/200back/100IM
100IM/200back/300kick/400free/200back/100M
that is all I had time for before the 0630 group was finished totaling 3200 yards plus 800 yards warm up for 4000 total.

I was at the meet at Contra Costa College yesterday, Sunday. It was cold and rainy all day and there was not very much space where it was dry. The locker rooms were also spartan and the showers were minimal and not too warm. The meet started about 30 minutes late and there was a bit of a problem getting the heat and lane assignments right for a while. I bet there were more than a few no shows. The pool was not certifiable either, apparently when it was resurfaced recently, it turned out to be 5/8" too short. Lots of shivering swimmers, and I had a near miss when I slipped on the starting block at the start of the 50 free, my final event. I swam all my events in a speedo brief, no fastskin today. Besides the 350 yards of competitive swimming I warmed up about 400 yards, swam down about 300 yards between events and swam about 1500 yards at the end of my 50 free, mostly back/breast. i guesstimate that I swam a total of 3000 yards during the day. My times were slow, due to several factors including a cold, wet and rainy day, my being cold and wet and no speedsuit. 2:37 200IM, 34.57 50 breast, 29.5 50 fly and a ripping 26.99 for the 50 free. the meet was over at around 12:30.

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