I call it how I see it, and THAT was ugly

Mar
20

I call it how I see it, and THAT was ugly

Posted by Kevin Doak on Sunday at: 10:48pm (March 20th, 2011)

Against proper judgement I attended the Milford Masters meet today.  Based on how much sleep I've been getting and feeling a bit under the weather, I probably should have skipped the meet.  I only got a few hours of sleep leading up to the meet and it really showed.  At no point during the morning, the warmup or any of my races did I feel "fast".  I kinda felt like passing out most of the day.  It was quite a long meet as well.  It started at 10:30am and I left around 4pm after my five events.

50 Fly: 25.91 SCM
(actually not too bad, my best of a 25.05 wasn't TOO far off.  I was thrilled to be within a second based on how I was feeling.)

100 Back: 1:02.63 SCM
(only about 10 minutes after the fly but there is NO excuse for adding that much time.  Two years ago I set a national record in the same pool at a 55.26.  This race was an embarrassment as I'm sure anybody would agree if they added 7.5 seconds to their 100 meter race.)

50 Back: 27.03 SCM
(I tried my best to get pumped up for this race.  I was feeling very lethargic and had waited around for over an hour to swim.  I even had time to hit the hot tub for a while... not a great idea.  The race was the best performance I could have hoped for.  A bit long in the finish, this was certainly a 26 second race.  Slow, but not horrible)

100 Free: 55.21 SCM
(I just wasn't fast on this entire race.  Took it out too slow, brought it home too slow.  A month ago I was a 52.75 SCM)

50 Free: 23.96 SCM
(Not too bad of a 50 Free. I breathed too much, even one right off the turn?!  Glad to see a 23.xx on the boards though.)

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