Practically had the pool to myself tonight

After a long trip to Charlotte, I headed over to the pool for a loosen up swim.  My first impression was that there are a TON of vendors and sponsors here, perhaps more than I've ever seen before at a meet.  The parking lot was partially taken over by vendor tents from pool manufacturers and merchandise booths.  Since I was at the pool so late, most of them had shut down for the evening already but tomorrow they are sure to be going strong.  Once I entered the pool I was amazed at all the sponsor signage, there are advertising banners on nearly every square inch of open wall space.  There was barely anybody in the pool area when I arrived.  I entirely missed the rush.  I practically had the entire place to myself!  The pool itself looks satisfactory.  I will leave it at that.  From the looks of it, this used to be an outdoor facility which was enclosed at one point.  Lucky for me the ceiling is very low, a great thing for my backstroke lane position issues since I have a tendency to bounce off the lanelines during long course races.  I swam a 1,600 meter warmup and did 4 good starts.  I don't feel great in the water, I'd like to blame it on the trip but I didn't feel all that good before I left on my trip either.  My right shoulder and right knee are both still hurting from a few weeks ago.  I may take a few days off after the meet to let them heal.  They are annoying little injuries, nothing that will affect a race.  I just don't feel very sharp in the water, probably just the result of the additional training we've been doing the last month or so.  On the brighter side of things, the blocks and pads are ideal!  They are both really good which was a pleasant surprise.  Tomorrow I have the 50m back and 100m fly!