SLOW 100 LCM Fly

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SLOW 100 LCM Fly

Posted by Kevin Doak on Thursday at: 11:09am (March 29th, 2012)

1 hour after a lifetime best in my 100m Free, I was ready to swim the 100m Fly.  I thought that with a nice time drop in my 100 Free, I would have a good chance at a solid 100m Fly.  My first 50 meters felt pretty good, I was out in a 25.90 and had my typical slow turn.  My underwater kicking was ok, I could feel my legs falling apart already.  I had a good breakout but the last 35 meters was ugly, I just felt like I was sucking water the entire time.  I know I was catching a wake from the 55.xx swimmer in lane 5 but I must not have been lifting my head far enough out of the water to actually breathe.  I touched in a disapointing 57.44, a full 1.14 seconds slower than London or Minnesota.  I'm nowhere near a trials cut in the event.  At 55.29, I would have to drop a second off my lifetime best and 2 seconds off my time today.  Not looking good.

I'm back in the top 16 this evening so I have one more shot.

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