Brought my kid up the mountain and drove the hour with dan to the sat lap swim. Wasn't sure if I was feeling it, but since this was going to be the only time I get to actually swim in a pool with lane lines and a starting block, figured I better put up some numbers regardless.

Did a good 1k warm up set then did my 4x50s preceded by a 200p@4;00. Just enough to catch my breath and dissipate some lactate, although the 200's were all 2;37 to 2;39, so not that easy.

50 Fly(all SCY) 29.7
50 Back from blocks 39, then when it was all over had dan time me from a push in 36.55
50 Breast 37.5
50 Free. 28.03

When I did the first back from the blocks I quickly remembered 7 years earlier when I did that in a meet and did a horrendous back flop, no legs in the water to dolphin, and basically doing a water polo start. I got dan to time me from a push, as I then recalled that same mistake 7 years earlier. Amazing that I took off 2.5 seconds by doing that, go figure..

Pretty happy my fly broke 30 and was very surprised at the 28 flat for free, I was a bit gassed by then. No fuel left for a 100 IM, but looking at the times it should be sub 1;10 I would guess.

Not going to make it to the real pentathlon meet tomorrow, so it will be fun to extrapolate from these swims how I would have done. Figure 1/2 to maybe 1 second per 50 with a proper race suit and a lot more rest.

All swims in old work out jammers, from the blocks(except back of course) hand timed by Slowman himself. Male 62 (for real now too!)

OK OK...congrats on your awesome swim, but when is Slowman posting his times? can you go beat up on him to join in? //

I did badger him to get up and swim at least a 50 free, but no go. But he did agree to do a push off 200 if I paced him in the next lane. So this was at the end of his workout of 6x200's@3;10(3;00 to 3;05) and some warm up stuff


200SCY free from a push with workout jammers 2;51(1;24+/1;26+)
62 year old man, AOS(well kind of if you don't count JR. lifeguards) His goal was 2;55, so we picked off that one and put up a decent # for him..

WHAT?!??
First off. Happy birthday.
Second. Hate say I told ya so, but... well. I told ya so! Broke 30 for the fly! That’s awesome. Too bad slowman didn’t have cajones to post some times but you and Dev can work on him.
Super swims monty. And that backstroke start stuff is for the birds. Never mastered it either. The stroke or the start. I mean. I did coach and work w gold medalist and world record holders in backstroke ... but personally can’t seem to get the body to do what the mind knows it should. Motivation is lacking too.
Anyways. Great swims!! Great job getting it done and fun to see all the activity on this thread. It’s good for Tri

Daved

A 5 sec fade for your 200 fly is pretty good. No-one negative splits that race.

Feels like youre manipulating Monty into some events that only you are going to do!
Dont give in monty.. please.
Actually I would rather do ALL of those events, than one 200bk for time.
--DAMN YOU BACKSTROKE!

Good work Dev.
Tomorrow is IM day so maybe ill post another time.
then again.. maybe i wont

daved