2012 USMS Summer Nationals Day 1 Recap

Two for Two! I swam twice today and tagged dual lifetime bests!  

First up was my 100m Butterfly.  I took it out in a relaxed 25.07.  It actually felt a little too relaxed, borderline slow with a slow turn.  I cranked it up off the wall, probably kicked a solid 11m and brought it home strong to touch in a National Record time of 54.83.  I was a half a second away from the world record of 54.19.  Although it doesn't matter, I was faster than the non-body era world record set in 2007 of 56.14.  I'd say the chances of the current world record holder not wearing a body suit in 2009 is slim but I can't count it out.  My time today was 0.40 seconds faster than my time of 55.23 at the 2012 Olympic Trials!  I'm very proud of my performance today.

Next was my 50m Freestyle.  I've never liked the event, mostly because it requires absolute race perfection and I simply don't swim that flawless.  I was aiming at my body suit time from 2008 of 23.78.  I had a good race but must have breathed about 4 times... really quite sloppy.  I touched in a lifetime best time of 23.73!

Today was a great day.