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100 Fly SCY: (50.88)

Overall I had a good first day of the Michigan Masters State Meet.

200 Backstroke SCY: (1:55.05)

Each time before a big meet I choose to help somebody with a mechanical project of some sort. Like clockwork, I sustain some sort of bodily harm. This time it was fixing a computer, a sharp edge sliced my finger open. It might need a stitch but its one of those injuries that if you actually went to the emergency room the doctor would give you a look like "you're kidding me, right? I have a patient in the next room whose arm just fell off."

I'm sure I'll survive, hope my finger stays attached while racing tomorrow!

Following some great advice from a valued parent, I've modified my sleep schedule to match what I'll need to be used to for this weekend's meet. This weekend the warmup starts at 8am and the meet begins at 9am with the second session beginning at 1-2pm (estimated). Since I normally swim in the middle of the day, this is very different from swimming at 8am. Add a 1.25 hour drive to Lake Orion and that puts me at a 6:30am wake up time. This morning I was in the water at 7:40am and got in a relaxed 3,800 yards before they shut the pool down at 9am.

I did 4,500 yards today after taking Sunday off to rest. I still felt pretty worn down in the water during practice. I also did a brief dryland and weight set this evening, the last one before the meet. I'm confident most swimmers don't do weights this close to a big meet. I just feel like trying out a very short taper. I descended some 100's backstroke today down to a :56. Nothing spectacular but it felt pretty smooth. I also did some test freestyle and butterfly starts.

I was in the pool both yesterday and today. I did 3,300 both days which is 900 yards less than I normally do. I'm feeling run down in the pool. I'm going to take Sunday off to recover before a week of taper to prepare for the Masters State Meet starting Saturday morning.

I feel prepared to swim fast, but in the back of my mind I know there is SO much more I can do to improve. This will be a great benchmarking meet. I believe I'll have some good time drops which approach or exceed my college times!

WOW...

I was short on time on time ton