State Meet Day 2

They postponed the start of the meet by an hour to allow people more time to get to the pool. My coach drove down from Duluth and said the road were ok. The roads around the hotel had all been plowed, so it was a much easier drive back to the pool this morning, once I had dug my car out of the parking lot.

I was pretty tired this morning, so I wasn't sure how well I would do in the meet. I had 4 events today. I started with the 200 free. My goal was to break 3:00 and I came up just short at 3:02, but that was a PR! My arms felt like lead during that swim.

I had a couple of short swims with a 50 back and a 50 free and I had a PR in the 50 free which surprised me. 

Then I had the 1650. I have never swam this far non-stop. Ever. I have never done that many flip turns. Ever. I was nervous for sure. I had put down a time of 27:00, but as the day got closer I think I may have miscalculated. It probably should have been closer to 28 or 29 minutes.

I did make it through the 1650. I did all flip turns except for one because honestly I just forgot and ended up too close to the wall. My result was a 28:36. So I shouldn't be disappointed, but I was.

So overall this weekend, I was disappointed in my longer distances, especially the 500. I really thought I was going to do well in that, but just not my day. I wasn't that far off of my PR in any of my events, and did set 3 new PR's. 

I also need to remember, that back in October 2016, I couldn't swim more than 25 yards without stopping, and just 8 months ago I didn't know if I could flip turn for an entire 500. Now today I just swam a mile for the first time! So looking at it that way, I have come a long way. So I think I just need to keep it all in perspective.

Now I gotta change gears mentally and get ready for the triathlon season. I am very excited for that!