02/28/09 - Sweetheart Meet

400 wu
4 x 100 @1:30
200 K
dive sprint

100 br - 1:10.03 - (14.69, 17.97, 18.40, 18.94)
200 IM - 2:13.20 - 29.32, 33.06, 38.89, 31.93
200 br - 2:33.85 - 34.42, 38.85, 40.00, 40.58

I had my best in-season altitude times at this meet and was pretty happy about it. I wore a cap today, which felt nice.

some notes, observations from other coaches and swimmers:
on my 100 br, I was "dolphining" my kick almost too much at the end. The BG coach pointed it out and said that I might want to watch that. I fixed it in the 200 IM and 200 br, though, and kept my legs in more of a streamline position instead. I think that may even be faster (streamline pos'n).

On the IM, my head was wagging around on the first 25 of backstroke. It was straighter on the second 25, but then I was not rolling enough to my right side.
My elbows were slipping on fly and free and not getting nice and high. I'll have to work on that.

200 breast, I was told by Randy, a very good breaststroker, that my form looked good but my amplitude might be a bit too much and I'm probably losing energy up and down instead of using it effectively to go forward.