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I was planning on hopping in the pool today for a bit however I figured I would call ahead since the university is between semester. The well informed Rec/IM phone attendant mentioned that both pools were drained and had no idea when they would reopen. I'm really hoping its sometime this decade.

I've enjoyed my week off swimming but I'm eager to at least start some aerobic workouts next week at fuller. I've done a small amount of dryland in the past few days and I'm surprised how quickly I lost strength in these areas!

Alright, 3 days is about as much as I can handle. I'll probably hop in the pool or do a dryland workout tomorrow. The last 3 days have been really interesting from many angles:

• I eat like a normal person, perhaps as little as 3 meals a day
• I'm able to stay awake the entire day
• I think about working out more than a few times a day, partially guilt, partially just missing it
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Just a picture I snapped about an hour before we set the world record on Saturday in the 200 Medley Relay and my personal world record in the 50 Back.

Thanks to Nadine Day and Patrick Saucedo for giving me the heads up on this article!

http://usaswimming.org/usasweb/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=1267&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en&ItemId=2582&mid=4153

The swimmers in the final heat of the 200 IM at the U.S. Open made a pact to wear low tech suits to even the playing field, I LOVED this article (and idea!)

I've posted the videos from this past week on the Video Page

I had a great meet, achieving 4 personal lifetime best times. Checking my progress on my 12 month goal, I'm very proud of what I've accomplished. I've swam faster than EVER before 14 times in 10 months! I still have 9 lifetime bests to accomplish in 2 months. It's a bit unrealistic for a few reasons... availability of meets and current swimming ability. Here are the swims I still need to achieve:

50 Back SCY - 22.22

Thank you to everbody who helped me achieve this past week:

Dan Doak
Barb Gray
Kristen Gray
Nikhil Borkhetaria
Alec Mull
Patrick Saucedo
Camron Mull
Skip Thomson
Sally Guthrie
Derek Weaver
Jim Pogue
Jeff
Corrin Popps
Mark Gill

I had a great day today! I woke up, shaved and took a 30 minute power nap and relaxed a bit before heading to the pool. Everything went really well preparation wise. I prepared for my 50 Free and had a great swim! My race was as flawless as can be expected. I fell apart at the end but the time didn't really show it. I swam my lifetime best without a tech suit! My best is a 23.76 with a Speedo LZR and I swam a 23.96! I was VERY happy with that! My first time under 24 seconds without a tech suit!

I got a good night's rest and I'm ready for the last day of the USMS Long Course National Championship meet! Up until yesterday it's been a mixed bag in regard to my performances. I started out with a good 50 Fly on Thursday but Friday was a disappointing 100 Free and 100 Back. Saturday started out bad with the 800 Free Relay and 400 Medley Relay but ended great with the 400 Free Relay and 200 Medley relay which earned us a World Record and me a Personal World Record in the 50 Backstroke.