we will see on May 19

I am thinking about going. I would like to do the 100 IM, 200 IM, 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 fly, 800m free and 1500m free. Other than the free, I am going to be last place in everything and by doing 2 long free events, I am certain to at least finish those and not have my bad leg do stupid things that gets my DQ'd. I'll also be doing 4 relays if I go (probably mainly fly legs in the older age group teams).

Sorry I have not yet posted a full report from the Ontario Masters. It was my first swim meet ever, but it was also the first time in 6 months that I took more than half day off of work (I generally work 7 days per week on my startup, but it does not feel like work.....so I had a work backlog).

I totally enjoyed the process and I am hooked. My results were either stupid DQ's in half my events of last place in the other half of my events:

50 fly = 43 DQ, because my first dolphin kick legs were not aligned after my wall push off start
100 fly = 1:39 DQ because of a leg spasm at my first wall touch resulting in assymmetrical body and left hand touching wall before right (in training, I will slow down left hand when this happens again)
200 IM = 3:50 DQ because on my second back stroke turn I flipped early and did no realize I can do a free stroke before my open turn....coasted to the wall and DQ

400 IM = 7:58....what a disaster, my goggles got logged with water during 100 fly, when I flipped to back got the water in my eyes and reacted and gulped a ton of water and choked till the next wall....came to a standstill coughed it out and resumed....no DQ.....6th in my age group in Ontario.....I am taking my last place

100 IM = 1:46....no mishaps, bad leg was not behaving and had zero power for breast....9th, and last place

200 fly = 3:42...no mishaps, perfect symmetry which was all I was focused on. I knew if I just finished, I'd get 5th and get points for my club and I did.

As I mentioned in general for the 200 events I was 10-15 seconds slower than training, in the 400 IM was 22 seconds slower. Going from starting at zero to full throttle really affects me after 75 meters and I had difficult with the lactate build up (I always had this problem in triathlon mass starts too).

I did two 50m fly legs in the relays at 43 seconds and two 50m free legs (same time or a second faster).

So anyway, for a guy who swept last place in his age group, or otherwise got DQ'd from half of his other events, I probably should win the hypermotivation award.

I am seriously interested in going to Nationals. The co founder of my startup (http://www.bluwave-ai.com) is based in Calgary and I have a free place to stay and I can cash in some points for the trip.

Day three would be 400 IM first event, then 200 fly second last event....pause and then 1500m free as last event. I know I can get through a 1500m free no matter how tired I am. I have to find out if I can get into the 1500m free with no seed time. There seems to be something about seed times on the website. While the above may seem silly to real swimmers, I think when you are slow, you need to find self generated challenges, because you get no intrinsic reward from finishing in last place!

Dev

JasoninHalifax wrote:

I "believe" that its a time from a meet, but don't quote me on that. It should be in the race package.

Oh, and good job on the meet! As you've found out, it's a lot of fun, and nerve wracking. Best feeling in the world is the butterflies about 30 seconds before you get up on the blocks.

devashish_paul wrote:

I do like the pressure of having to be "tested"/"perform". Even when I was a student, I would get off on exam time and trying to cram in entire semesters and step up and see what I could score. I like getting in a morning workout and leaving my final presentation prep to the last minute and cleaning it up over breakfast and have the pressure to whip it off in from of 1000 people right afterwards (generally I'll be visualizing it in my head during my workout). So yes, that feeling of being on the start line, I am into which is probably why when I raced triathlon it was often, because it was a fun process. The cool thing about a swim meet is you get to do it many times at once. Very much like a track meet which is what I grew up with.

Dev

I did a one-day meet last Saturday. I've got a long ways to go by May...

50 fly: 24.92
50br: 29.58
100im: 59.33
200im: 2:11.75

Nice times! When you say you have a long way to go, what would your targets be? The breast stroke 50m world record is Adam Peaty's 25.95 and fly is 22.43 by Rafael Munoz....you're almost there!!!! (OK I realize that 2.5 to 4 seconds is a world away, but your times are awesome man)!!!

Nice times! When you say you have a long way to go, what would your targets be? The breast stroke 50m world record is Adam Peaty's 25.95 and fly is 22.43 by Rafael Munoz....you're almost there!!!! (OK I realize that 2.5 to 4 seconds is a world away, but your times are awesome man)!!!