I am annoyed at myself for something. I forgot to mention the fun little dual meet that my team had against the men’s water polo team right after I got back from Mexico. I’m pretty sure that they won but it was fun anyway. They definitely claimed all the sprints, relays and the backstroke (they also won the IM but that was with a former college swimmer). We won the fly, breast, and distance free. I was happy with myself because I went 1:00.3. Pretty good for being out of shape and recovering from vacation indulgence – I guess I still have it after all. I think that I definitely had an advantage against the guys though since we were swimming high school order and my event was the last individual. The water polo team was pretty tired by then. Plus we were running the meet a little fast because we knew that was their weakness (hehe).

In other news, I had a great workout today. That is good because I was getting a little annoyed at myself for, what I would consider, less than stellar performances at practice. Well, I have decided that that is all behind me now and I am looking forward to swimming fast in practice some more. I am fairly certain that the key to swimming fast in practice is convincing myself to go hard. After tapering and having some time off I can forget how hard it actually is to go fast during hard sets. For me, training is not just physical but also mental – in this case, figuring out how to convince myself to try at a higher level. Coming up… a possible red and white meet with the men’s swim team.

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