Ahh, the joys of a indoor swim meet! This weekend was the TCNJ Frenzy meet at...TCNJ! It was a fine day for swimming. I'm not sure when official results will be posted online but here is what I took away from the meet:
500 Freestyle: 6:05:21! The electronic timer ate it during my swim and I don't know if the watch timer grabbed splits, but that 6:05 works out to around 1:13s. Not too shabby. I was swimming next to Steve who set a very good pace and had just edged me out last meet. This time I was a little smarter and held back a tad on that first 100. In fact, I was in 3rd place until the last 75. At that point, I dropped it into the next gear. I'm always telling people to finish strong.... and I did! Passed Steve and other guy to win my heat by 5-6 seconds. Got to be happy with that. Next stop: 6:00.
100 Freestyle: 59.38! Hell yea! First time swimming the 100 in about 18 years. I was very happy to get in just under a minute. That time included a huge breath off the wall before the final 25. I'll try to not do that (or swim the 500 + 32.47 50 Back in the MR relay) before swimming the next 100.
200 Freestyle: 2:15.30! Man, was my tank empty for this one. The first 50 was on pace at 30 seconds. By the 100 mark I was at 1:05. 150 pushed me to 1:45, but in this meet we finish strong. That last 50 brought me to 2:15! It is all about the finish. I'll take it. At the OCY meet my goggle blew off on the start and I limped in to a 2:24. Yuk. This was much better.
Clearly, I need to pick up that 500 pace a smidge to get to my 6-minute goal. Over the longer hall I think I'm close to my goal of completing the 2.4 Iron-swim in under an hour. (In case you missed it the goal is a 12-hour Ironman: 1 hour swim, 6 bike, 5 for the marathon.) Bring on the open water this summer! I am very ready for it.