How did we wind up this way? Watching our mouths for the words that we say

I am back from the 2009 USMS Short Course Nationals, which were this past weekend in Fresno, California. The meet went about as well as I could expect, given that my training the past month and a half or so has been rather non-existent (swimming once per week not really ideal). However, my event sign-up strategy seemed to work out alright (I entered the meet in the middle of the aforementioned non-training spree, so I tried to pick things I could be ready for).

Anyways, times from the meet:

Thursday (5/7):

• 1000 free--10:37.18 (5:13/5:24)
  
  
• 1650 free--18:08.79 (5:21/5:33/5:36; 10:54 at 1000)--I'm not sure how much swimming the 1000 a few hours earlier, or the lunch I had between the 2 events, really played... but it was interesting.

Friday (5/8):

• 50 fly--24.92
  
  
• 200 free--1:58.41 (27.11/29.83/30.79/30.68; 56.94/1:01.47)
  
  
• 100 back--59.92
  
  
• 50 free (relay)--23.83

Saturday (5/9): Yosemite!


Sunday (5/10):
I needed to fly back to FL, which took most of the day, so I only entered the first event so I could get to the airport after it....

• 500 free--5:02.36 (Out faster at the 100 (56.82) and 200 (1:57.76) than what I went in the 200....)
  

All in all, not completely terrible, though not quite on par with last year's meet... will need to do some things differently moving forward.


Well your clothes never wear as well the next day
And your hair never falls in quite the same way
But you never seem to run out of things to say...