Seems like odd lane assignments if you've got the same seed times, unless there are several others with the same seed times in lanes 3, 5 and 6.

Doesn't seeding usually go 4-5-3-6-2 and so on.... There are other seed orders of course, like championship/circle seeding, but again that wouldn't ordinarily put two swimmers with identical times in lanes 2 and 4 of the same heat.

Am I missing something?

Either way, good luck to you both.

6 lane pool. top seed is in lane 3, we're seeded 2 and 3, so lanes 4 and 2

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Can we think you're a smug asshole AND go with Team inHalifax?

Good luck & have fun

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You are missing the guy in lane 3 that is going to beat us both by at least a body length. :)

Where's the link to the live feed?

Ah, that makes sense. Must be a Canadian thing ... 6 lane pools. I'm not sure I've ever raced in one apart from summer league as a kid 30+ years ago. Ever since it's always been 8 lane or occasionally 10 lane pools.

It's the exchange rate.

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It's also an American thing - or at least California. I swam in plenty of 4 and 6 lane pools.
My college pool was 6 lanes SCY and too narrow of lanes for timing pads from 1965 to 2000.

Too funny

Eight lane pool, but two lanes will still be iced over until May

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Does that mean it's also only 18m long? ...gotta be weird ending just after a flip turn...

Zenmaster FTW

The person in lane 3.

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Everything in Canada seems 75% the awesomeoness of the USA.

Good luck to both of you. Will there be video to dissect?

I'll try to get some

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Hey, you're supposed to be on my side!!!

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Good luck and have fun!

For the record, ST, right now, is NOT in need of a smackdown.

I know a guy who knows a guy who does maintenance at that pool. We can make anyone win. Just let me know which lane you want to win and we'll tweak the filtration system accordingly. :D Edit: pink.

Au contraire, now is the perfect time

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Awww, I am. I do think you'll beat zenmaster.

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I think any sporting smackdown would be good. These smackdowns that are a combo of trial by internet and lawyers get involved are no fun for anyone!

Win one for us scrawny guys.

Well I am a duel Canadian/US citizen and I have been to the Dartmouth pool, so I can't pick sides.

Second. The indoor pool at Dartmouth has only 2 or 3 LC lanes, so lane assignment is weird.

However, I can't get too excited about a 28.50 time because my daughter has swum a 24.90 as a D2 freshman In the 50 fly SCY at a nerdy engineering school,... and she didn't get recruited by Dartmouth (though we tried and it is their loss).

Good luck to both of you :-)

Wrong Dartmouth :-)

Still awake cuz I've been looking for a camera that takes video in the house. Finally found one. I think.

Found one earlier, but it doesn't work

Edit. Neither does this one.

Might be having to use the phone.

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Just so everyone has all the info when making their wagers (and in case I need an excuse!)

- these are the conditions I train in (from this past monday's swim) "Some interesting conditions - at one point there were 6 of us sharing 2 lanes but there was no lane rope between them (lazy guards), no one was circle swimming and I was trying to squeeze in some fly here and there when I wouldn't be smashing into anyone. Good times... "

- Jason has been training here


- I have a 3.5 hour drive to get to the meet location
- Jason has to drive across the bridge from Halifax to Dartmouth (maybe)
- I will already have completed the grueling 50 breast prior to this race
- Jason will be fully rested as it's his first event
- I have a blister between two of my toes <-- this may be my undoing!

and I'm still going to win!

Excuses already?? You haven't even lost yet.

While your relaxing on your leisurely 3.5 hour drive, I'll have been chasing a toddler for about 8 hours straight. You'll feel a million times better just leaving that hellscape you call PEI and coming to our Nova Scotian Paradise

You'll have a warm-up event under your belt to hone your start and turn. I'll be going in cold.

I'm older, but experience and guile does count for something ;-)

You've already stated that you're swimming the best you have in a while. I've been training for a month.

I will still crush your dreams despite all the advantages you have going into this.

#winning

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Just like a Canadian to make a big deal about racing for second place.

28.5 for the 50 fly? If I was in that race swimming free, you'd beat me by about 15-20M. FML.

Sorry.

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Me too.

This part may hurt but I'm totally blaming the blister if you win.

I love Canadian trash talk! It makes Minnesotan trash talk look like an MMA fight!

Pistols? At 50m? This is not going to end well.

Go Jason.

Win one for the fat guys!

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Someone say "Pistols?"

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>>> I'm older, but experience and guile does count for something ;-)

youth and enthusiasm are no match for age and treachery. Go Jason.

by pure coincidence, today i am wearing a t-shirt from the 2007 NS masters meet in the Dartmouth sportsplex pool.

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Every good swimmer always has their excuses preloaded and ready. And backup excuses on well.
As a kid we all had the excuse T-shirt with about 20 excuses written on it. I think it was from Speedo.

Don't really have a horse in this race; but I'll through my 2 cents in on Jason. (That's what? About 1.6 cents in real money? How many loonies is that? 1 egg?)

This post has much funny in it...

Aren't they in a 25 Meter pool, so they would in essence be about 10 feet apart? And with 1 guy in the lane between them, one of them might actually have a chance to win?

Through him in the pool, too; he just might win

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You guys are ruining this very serious matter. This is no time for jokes. A SMACKDOWN IS HAPPENING TOMORROW NIGHT!

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That's pretty funny.
I also find it funny that someone goes with the horse reference and not the devalued money or bird references.

What's with the little punk that snuck in late with the 28:00 seed time?

I'm calling shenanigans. Colin swims / coaches for the host club.

Not sure what kind of shape he's in, but he could give Josh a run

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I'm rooting for the Canadian.

But whoever gets the same lane as the guy at 1:25 of this video is screwed:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/WUlcD3IKAhc

Alright, I know Zen's time. Who won???

Are the results in yet? Did this event happen or is it in ST fiction folklore and these guys are drinking in a bar in Halifax right now?

It's over I hear per FB. I'll let the gladiators report the outcome But they are probably drinking. At least Zen

I'm in lane 3, blue cap / black and red suit. zen master is lane 6. Lane 1 is closest to the camera

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Thanks for sharing. You guys looked awesome. Are you guys taking ~10 strokes per length on the second 25? I am not sure what my fly stroke count should be. At 5'6" it tends to be more like 12-14 depending on how tired. But my wingspan is more like 70 inches, so I don't think I can use my height as an excuse!

I can't wait to hear all the post event smacktalk!

I didn't stick around to see the official results but the timers told me 28.3

I had to glide a bit into the turn, that's the best excuse I've got. Really though, Jason just plain kicked my butt! Bragging rights for him!

I've got a video to post when I can steal my wife's phone for a bit

Stroke count. I guess so, it's not something I think about in s race. In the 50 I'm just trying to keep my head down and turnover as fast as I can.

And yeah, I completely crushed zenmaster28!!!! I haven't seen the official results, but I was a 28.1 according to the timers.

Other results, 26.7 in the 50 free and 1:09 mid in the 100IM

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I missed the turn and the finish. It's a tough pool to nail the turns in, it's so dark under the water slides.

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Nice job, boys. You didn't see me out there in lane 9, but I just finished.

I'm picking Josh... posted b4 I saw the video

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Just for context Josh in 4 was one of my team mates at the UofC :)

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Went out for beer after the meet. Josh did 100im followed immediately by 50 back.

Said after the 50 back that he just went into the corner, curled up in fetal position and tried not to puke.

Another teammate (mike) did the same double and then capped it off with a lead off leg in the 4x50 free. (Right after 50 back). Mike went 30.9 for the relay (individual 50 free was 26.5 or so)

That's for anyone who thinks sprinting is easy.

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It is "tomorrow morning" and finally this participant in virtual lane 10 is coming in!!!! You know I can watch a world class sprinter and I can see how to do that, and I can feel how to do it, and frankly I was half decent at sprinting in my young days. But I can't watch you guys swim fast and figure out how this is remotely in the realm of human motion.

Watching these guys do fly, I can't tell if the stroke rate is in better and more powerful catch, more powerful control of the core at a higher rate, or the kick....I realize it is all of the above. How much weight training are you guys doing? At a 28 second event, that's a decent amount of anaerobic system. If you guys can get Lionel's swim start into this range, I think he is set. I really think his 50m speed is a limiter in triathlon pack swimming. The dude has plenty of endurance.

In the weight room, I'm doing nothing. I have a membership and started going a bit last year, but that fell by the wayside back in September. Keep meaning to go, but I have to get my pass replaced, which means going during hours when someone is at the desk.

Josh (lane 4, he won it) is swimming 1-2x per week, ultimate frisbee once a week, and weights once a week.

Colin (lane 5) not sure what he's doing but hes only 25 or so.

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You are correct. He is also a former team mate of mine.

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Weirdest combo of fast twitch and slow twich in the same family... Jarrod in the 10k OW and Josh in 50/100 Fly.

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Zero weight training for me. I swim 4-5x/week, bike 2-3x and do yoga. Someday I will run again...

Like my new sig line?

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I'm not quite as fast as these guys, but close (28.9 and 29.1 the last two times I swam the 50 fly). I do zero weight lifting. I do swim 3-4 times a week, occasionally more. I do swim lots of hard 25's, although not that many butterfly because the quality drops off fast. When I have a meet coming up where I'm swimming the 50 fly, I'll start, about a month out, to do 25's fly on 2:00 at the end of my workout, trying to hold as close to 14.50 on every repeat as I can. When my times start going over 14.80, I quit. Usually can get to about 8.

I very occasionally do something similar for freestyle, trying to hold under 13.75. More frequently, I do 25's free on :30, with a hard target of 14.50 or better. When I miss, I rest a minute, then go again. Go until I miss 3x total, or 2x in a row. Can get into the low 20's on that set.

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Bahahaha!

I would have done the same. :)

Congrats! Nice race.

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