18) Run Like the Wind - San Ramon
March 29, 2009
17) Strawberry Canyon Masters Swim Meet - Berkeley
March 21, 2009
Speiker Pool on the Cal Berkeley Campus.
| Swim |
Pool |
| 500 Yd |
5:46.01 |
| 100 Yd |
57:01 |
| 200 Yd |
No Result |
| 50 Yd. |
No Result |
this meet was going to help me improve my times and seeding for the National championship. It was cold and rainy and the pool was very crowded for warm-ups. The pool was set up for 8 lanes in the 50 meter pool side of the center with a bulkhead at the 25 yd. wall. I had a diffucult time with my turns during warmup. The 500 was my first event and my entry time put me in an outside lane against the wall. When the gun went off, I dove in and started my stroke count heading towards the wall, I made my turn and was too far away from the wall and barely touched. I sprint to catch up and make the next turn, too close, I am jammed at the wall, sprint to catch up. This went on almost every lap. I also lost count and through I had more laps to swim when the guy next too me stopped. It was very frustrating but my time was only 5 seconds from my swim in January. Off to the warm-down pool and practice my turns. I hit everyone. OK now I'm ready for the 100 free. I drew a better lane in the middle of the pool. Felt warmed up and ready to go. The gun goes off and I'm in the water, good start and I miss the first turn AGAIN! I am now behind, the next turn is even worse, i hit both heels on the gutter, blinding pain but i keep going, the last turn was ok but the damage was done, I am dead last in my heat, 2 seconds slower than 2 months earlier.
I limp away from the pool, warmdown for a few minutes and get dried off. As I am waiting for my next event, it starts to rain, so i pack it in and head home. Disappointed with my performance but looking forward to another meet to improve my times before Nationals.