Results of Utah State Swim Meet

Swam three events: 500 Free, 1650 Free, and 200 Free.
Here are my results:

• 500 Free: 5:42.75 - New PR by 5 seconds


• 1650 Free: 20:39.24 - New PR by 20 seconds


• 200 Free: 2:02.46 - two seconds away from PR

I'm definitely happy with the 1650 and 500 times although I was hoping to break my record by a bigger margin, but at least I got PR's right?

Here's video of the 500.
Splits:

	Split time	Average 100 split	Total
50	29.02	0:58.04	0:29.02
100	32.68	1:01.70	1:01.70
150	34.21	1:03.94	1:35.91
200	34.56	1:05.23	2:10.47
250	35.50	1:06.39	2:45.97
300	34.95	1:06.97	3:20.92
350	35.27	1:07.48	3:56.19
400	35.90	1:08.02	4:32.09
450	36.00	1:08.46	5:08.09
500	34.66	1:08.55	5:42.75

I took second place overall. I swam next to the 19 year old USU male team captain who beat my by a good margin, but never did lap me. I kept telling myself, when I was his age, he was still crapping his diaper.

Here's video of the 1650 (Really just posting it for JGal's stroke analysis, I don't expect anyone to sit there for twenty minutes watching boring lap after lap!)
Splits:

	Split time	Average 100 split	Total
50	32.10	1:04.20	00:32.10
100	35.49	1:07.59	01:07.59
150	36.55	1:09.43	01:44.14
200	36.89	1:10.52	02:21.03
250	37.23	1:11.30	02:58.26
300	37.81	1:12.02	03:36.07
350	37.78	1:12.53	04:13.85
400	38.03	1:12.97	04:51.88
450	38.29	1:13.37	05:30.17
500	38.12	1:13.66	06:08.29
550	38.11	1:13.89	06:46.40
600	38.16	1:14.09	07:24.56
650	38.14	1:14.26	08:02.70
700	38.39	1:14.44	08:41.09
750	38.57	1:14.62	09:19.66
800	38.17	1:14.73	09:57.83
850	38.19	1:14.83	10:36.02
900	38.77	1:14.98	11:14.79
950	38.50	1:15.08	11:53.29
1000	38.83	1:15.21	12:32.12
1050	38.78	1:15.32	13:10.90
1100	38.30	1:15.38	13:49.20
1150	38.85	1:15.48	14:28.05
1200	38.68	1:15.56	15:06.73
1250	38.54	1:15.62	15:45.27
1300	38.65	1:15.69	16:23.92
1350	37.96	1:15.69	17:01.88
1400	37.84	1:15.69	17:39.72
1450	37.21	1:15.65	18:16.93
1500	36.46	1:15.56	18:53.39
1550	36.45	1:15.47	19:29.84
1600	34.49	1:15.27	20:04.33
1650	34.91	1:15.11	20:39.24

From the looks of this table 38 seconds is my base race pace. If I could just pick that up to just under 38 seconds each time, I could lose another 10-20 seconds. Pretty consistent except for a quick adrenaline rush pace at the start and end.

Again, took second place overall. I ALMOST got lapped by James Jonsson on this one. He did his 1650 a split second after I did my 1600. Afterwards he commented that I cut 20 seconds since last time. HOW THE HECK DID HE REMEMBER THAT! What a cool guy.

After my 1650, my triceps felt worn, but not wasted. I knew I could do a 200 in decent time, but my goal of getting under 2:00 appeared to be too much to expect. I ended up getting 2:02.46. Here's video.

Felt great about my 1650, OK about the 500, and a little let down on the 200. Now to gear up for a great open water season, and start running/biking a little. But not too much. I have the 19 mile Bear Lake Swim on July 3rd! If that goes well, I'm thinking about bumping my Channel swim to August of 2011! I also have some ideas about cold water acclimation. But that's a different post.