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I had a very full day of work and it I was relieved to have a relaxed workout pace. I took a nap after working, hopped in the car, drove to the pool which I park about a 1/2 mile away from, quickly stretched and sprinted to the pool. I did some weights (mostly arms), did a warmup swim and did a solid kick set mixing up free/fly kick 100's LCM on the 2:00. I warmed down and walked back to my car while enjoying the great sunset. I decided to get a potbelly sandwich and spend some time reading at Borders.

I just returned from the Dearborn meet, it turned out to be a beautiful day after some slight showers during warmup. I had a few solid performances, but I was there to have fun and be social. It was great to see everyone! Below are a few of my times (from what I can remember). These are approximated because the meet was a "time your own meet" style and my official times will be an average of three hand times.

50 Back LCM: 27.5
50 Fly LCM: 25.8
50 Corkscrew LCM: 28.9 (I've always wanted to try this!)
100 Free: 55.7
50 Free: 24.4

I'm driving to Dearborn for the meet, hope I can swim!

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Its midnight and raining pretty hard in Ann Arbor. Weather report says possible thunderstorms in dearborn tomorrow morning. I was really hoping to swim this meet and see some friends. I'll wake up and check the weather but at this point an outdoor meet seems unlikely :(

If the Dearborn meet doesn't happen I might do a quick 100 Free LCM time trial at EMU if they let me in.

I met some swimmers at Fuller Pool today, Kent, a former Individual Medley swimmer from U of M who graduated in 1994 swam under Jon Urbanchek. Also a triathlete training for the Hawaii Ironman named Anthony. Anthony has done some masters meets in the past. I think they would both be great masters swimmers, hopefully I can convince them to swim a meet sometime soon!

I carved out some time in my day today to swim outdoors at Fuller Pool. I ran into some University of Michigan swimmers Emily Brunemann and Kelli Stein. I met Emily at the Mutual of Omaha Swimvitational, she swam the 200, 400 and 800 Free at the Olympic Trials. Kelli Stein used to be the Assistant Coach for EMU, I recruited her for the Masters State Meet in 2007. It's only a matter of time till I convince her it's in her best interest to attend another one (or else). Kelli also swam in the 2000 Olympic Trials in the 100 and 200 Breaststroke and did very well.

Dryland training, swimming each day, lots of work plus some weights tonight rendered me close to useless in the pool. I've started running to swim practice again when I'm not in work clothes, it's a good cross training exercise and a great warmup for the pool. I'm looking forward to the masters meet this weekend in Dearborn for the social aspect but I don't expect to swim very fast. It's been a while since I've gotten to see some of my masters friends so it will be nice to catch up :)

The Olympic Team has had some interesting news lately, if you follow swimming, I'm sure you've heard most of this already:

Eric Shanteau - Placed 2nd in the 200 Breaststroke was diagnosed with testicular cancer a week prior to the trials, is postponing treatment till after the Beijing Olympics. Article Here

I had a good practice at Jones Natatorium today and ran into Derick Roe and some of the Club Wolverine guys. I did some fast underwater work with 15 meter breakouts which was a recommendation from my friend and former EMU swimmer John Bartlet. The rest of my practice was filled with some aerobic kicking and fast kicking. I have the Dearborn Masters Meet this Sunday!