I had a swim meet last weekend where I wanted to break the 9 minute barrier in the 800. It seemed like a reasonable goal and all of my training was going well. I felt like I was in the best swimming shape I've ever been in (I was and still am for that matter!), but I had been training extremely hard and although it seemed like I was resting for the meet my body had been pushed so hard for so long that I still wasn't ready to go when the race came.
I started my weekend with a 100 free, I went a 58.78 which I thought was pretty good considering I've been doing mostly distance swimming. That night I swam a 400 free and went a 4:26. I wasn't pleased with the time but because it was a timed final it was as fast as I could go, I really needed a prelim swim to get under 4:24. Sunday, I came in to warmup in the morning just so I could get a good feel for the water. I felt really fast and was going well under pace when I warmed up. I felt ready. Then I went home and rested for the big race. I warmed up again before finals and felt even better. The 800 was last and the field was better than ever. I dove in and felt good, felt on pace for the first while but I could tell from the signals Brian was sending me that I was a little off. I swam a 9:07.25, which was a PB. But I'm not going to lie I was really disappointed that I didn't break nine.
I got right back into the pool Monday morning at 6 to start training hard again. With all hard swims and runs this week I'm a little tired and sore. But I am felling ready for the big camp and looking forward to rooming with Yorke, John and Taylor. It's going to be fun, hot and fast.
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| Here's me going up Mt. Lemmon in February. Looking to kill it this time. |
