My Triathlon Quest: December 2015

2015 Highlights

These were my high points.

1. 50 Free 1). Swimming a 32.59 in LCM in the 50 Free, which converted to be a 28.35.
2) Swimming a 28.99 in SCY at Harvard, breaking 29, although I haven't been able to duplicate or best it.

2. Lake Quassy Swim Fest -- Swam all 5 Miles and bested my total time by 9.24.

3. New England Short Course Meters Championships - I went for two of the three days and had a great time with all my teammates,

Recap of 2015 Goals

Here were my goals

1. Qualify for US nationals in at least one event.

This may be a long shot, but my best hope is the 50 Free and then the 50 breast. Did not come close.

2. Swim Multiple Events at the New England Championships and score many points for Connecticut.

Last year I swan 2 events and 1 relay and only earned points in the relay. Didn't do it for the New England, but swam multiple events in NE Short Course Meters

3. Qualify in More Event for the Worlds. Best chances are in the 100 Breast and 200 Free.

I qualified in 3 events last year, 2 before the games and one after. Did but only because they lowered standards.

4. Swim Several Open Water Events.

Last year I swam Lake T, Greenwich, and Lake Quassy Festival. Yes, accomplished, and swam substantially faster.

5. Swim more pool meet events this year.

Last year I swam 8 (25 Free, 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free) (50 breast, 100 Breast, (50 Back), (100 IM) events and was in 3 relays (200 Free, 400 Free, 200 IM) for a total of 11 events.

Added the 400 Free, the 200 IM, 50 Fly

New England Short Course Meters-12-12/13-2015

This year they held the New England Short Course Meters Championships in Worcester instead of Boston, which made it much more convenient. I went up for day 2 and day 3 with my friend Paul. We had 21 members of our CONN club, many of them from Cornerstone.

I swam the 400 Free for the first time and had a great battle with Paul. We both put in the same estimated time, but while we were in the same heat, we were many lanes apart. I tried to just swim easy. I didn't do any flip turns until the last 25. I glanced across the pool and thought i saw Paul a little ahead of me so I put the burners on. I came in at 6:37:18, a few seconds ahead of him.

Later I swam the 50 Breast in 45.03, which was two hundredths of a second faster than I swam it there in June. I saw the 50 fly in 46.75, which is the only time I have done in shorts cource meters, but converted wasn't as fast as my yards time.

I was a little disappointed with my 100 time. But it was one of the later events I swam so my legs were a bit tired, and I need them in the 100 if I am going to have a good time.

The last event of the day, I swam the 50 free at the end of the 200 medley relay. My split was 32.29, and we won our relay.

Sunday Paul and I had another titan battle in the 200 Free. This time we swam side by side, and matched each other stroke for stroke till I pulled away at the end winning by a second.

I scratched from the 100 IM and the 50 Back so i could have strength for my 50 free, and then again in the 50 relay.

I did the individual event in 32.03, which was faster than the 32.06 I swam in June, but slower than my 31.91 SCM record. In the relay I did 32.24, which was upsetting because I thought I had absolutely killed it. I had even bought a compresion suit and my coach Galen had suggested I take a breath on the first lap, which I did, which I felt made my finish much stronger than normal, but maybe I was just tired from the two days.

Anyway, it was a great time.

Here is a team photos of some of us still left around on the last day.