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  1. Sun Apr 7th: 2013 South Central SCY Zones

    by , April 8th, 2013 at 01:23 PM (Ande's Swimming Blog)
    Sun Apr 7th
    Zones Day 3


    RESULTS

    Event 35 Men 45-49 50 Yard Butterfly
    1 Varozza, Mike J 45 Longhorn Aquatic 25.00 23.84 20
    2 Heber, Scott 46 Dallas Aquatic M 24.75 23.97 17
    3 Rasmussen, Anders M 49 Longhorn Aquatic 24.34 24.27 16


    Event 37 Men 45-49 100 Yard Backstroke
    1 Rasmussen, Anders M 49 Longhorn Aquatic 54.99 55.16 20
    28.12 55.16 (27.04)
    my splits are correct, I cruised the 1st 50 too much, built the 3rd 25 then sprinted the 4th


    Event 43 Men 45-49 200 Yard IM
    1 Rasmussen, Anders M 49 Longhorn Aquatic 2:03.59 2:03.98 20
    27.32 1:00.14 (32.82) 1:35.60 (35.46) 2:03.98 (28.38)
    So so IM OK


    Event 45 Men 45+ 200 Yard Medley Relay
    1 Longhorn Aquatic-43 'A' 1:37.50 1:39.18 40
    1) Rasmussen, Anders M M49 2) Guthrie, David M M52
    3) Varozza, Mike J M45 4) Stinchcombe, Maxwell B M56
    25.35 52.28 (26.93) 1:15.72 (23.44) 1:39.18 (23.46)
    this event happened about 10 minutes after the 200 IM, not much recovery time

    Then the 1000 Free was next shortly after the relay,
    not much time to recover
    I just cruised it and went 10:58.??
    but it still hurt, David Alley went 10:39 & dick worrell went 10:50

    Event 50 Men 45-49 1000 Yard Freestyle

    1 Rasmussen, Anders M 49 TXLA-43 10:58.65
    29.63 1:01.47
    1:34.14 2:07.08
    2:40.02 3:13.22
    3:46.41 4:19.75 2:12.67
    4:53.28 5:26.93
    6:00.68 6:34.55 2:14.80
    7:08.29 7:41.92
    8:15.22 8:48.36 2:13.81
    9:21.51 9:54.43
    10:27.15 10:58.65 2:10.29 5:31.72

    1 Worrel, Dick 59 TXLA-43 10:50.19
    30.92 1:03.58 1:36.55 2:09.71
    2:42.54 3:15.47 3:48.19 4:20.70
    4:53.27 5:25.97 5:58.67 6:31.44
    7:04.02 7:37.05 8:09.67 8:42.09
    9:14.55 9:47.04 10:19.25 10:50.19

    1 Alley, David W 38 TXLA-43 10:31.52
    27.78 57.76 1:28.88 2:00.08
    2:31.94 3:03.84 3:36.23 4:08.48
    4:41.03 5:13.31 5:45.51 6:17.73
    6:50.25 7:22.51 7:54.53 8:26.57
    8:58.61 9:30.54 10:02.07 10:31.52

    Updated April 11th, 2013 at 11:40 AM by ande

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  2. Fri Apr 5th: 2013 South Central SCY Zones

    by , April 6th, 2013 at 08:52 PM (Ande's Swimming Blog)
    Fri Apr 5th
    Zones Day 1


    RESULTS


    Event 1 Men 45-49 400 Yard IM

    I Did not know the heats were mixed & seated fastest to slowest.
    I thought I had 30 min before my race then suddenly found out I had 4 minutes to get my new suit on & show up at the blocks.
    I was tying my suit & putting on my cap as others in my heat were on the blocks.

    2 Rasmussen, Anders M 49 Longhorn Aquatic 4:24.24
    26.87 58.60 (31.73)
    1:32.15 (33.55) 2:05.26 (33.11)
    2:42.48 (37.22) 3:20.97 (38.49)
    3:53.66 (32.69) 4:24.24 (30.58)

    My swim was better than last year, but I kinda wussed out on BR & FR, never really turned on my kick till the last 25 & oh geez did it hurt. Sometime I need to 6 beat kick the whole last 100.
    pretty sure if I was more warmed up or psyched I can go faster. On BR I tried a low stroke count with more gliding.

    I got 2nd, Congrats to Ross Davis, 46 Woodlands Master Who won with a 4:20.00
    26.96 57.36 (30.40)
    1:29.59 (32.23) 2:01.57 (31.98)
    2:38.54 (36.97) 3:17.10 (38.56)
    3:48.94 (31.84) 4:20.00 (31.06

    Also congrats to my training partner Jim Sauer who almost broke Mike Manns 55 - 59 NR
    4:28.69 4/10/2010 MICHAEL MANN
    Mike raced in a faster suit.

    1 Sauer, Jim 55 Longhorn Aquatic 4:29.05 20
    28.39 1:00.25 (31.86)
    1:35.43 (35.18) 2:09.67 (34.24)
    2:47.93 (38.26) 3:27.04 (39.11)
    3:58.58 (31.54) 4:29.05 (30.47)

    For some odd reason I entered both the 400 IM & 1650
    Was fairly certain I was going to scratch the 1650
    But like a dumb a$$ I checked in & decided to swim it

    So I got up to race

    1 Rasmussen, Anders M 49 Longhorn Aquatic 18:19.13 20
    29.74 1:01.63 (31.89)
    1:34.43 (32.80) 2:07.95 (33.52)
    2:41.65 (33.70) 3:15.54 (33.89)
    3:49.69 (34.15) 4:23.64 (33.95)
    4:57.70 (34.06) 5:32.30 (34.60)
    6:06.82 (34.52) 6:41.08 (34.26)
    7:14.85 (33.77) 7:48.68 (33.83)
    8:22.56 (33.88) 8:56.59 (34.03)
    9:30.35 (33.76) 10:04.03 (33.68)
    10:37.90 (33.87) 11:11.34 (33.44) 5:39.04
    11:44.84 (33.50) 12:17.96 (33.12)
    12:51.34 (33.38) 13:24.46 (33.12)
    13:57.63 (33.17) 14:30.62 (32.99)
    15:03.29 (32.67) 15:36.09 (32.80)
    16:09.05 (32.96) 16:41.97 (32.92) 5:30.63
    17:14.77 (32.80) 17:47.38 (32.61) 18:19.13 (31.75)

    I felt fairly fatigued from 4 IM & wanted to get out right away, from the pool not out fast on my race, I swam it safe & steady & picked it up some in the last 5.
    I was in lane 5, David Alley was in lane 4 & went out in 5:11 at the 500, Dick Worrell was in lane 6, I was ahead of him at first then passed me & never caught him. I thought about sprinting the last 150 or 100 or 50 but didn't.pretty sure I coulda gone much faster in either if I just picked one race.

    It was a dumb double & a hard way to begin a 3 day meet.

    Updated April 11th, 2013 at 11:35 AM by ande

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  3. Monday Dec 31st, 2012 400 KICK for Time

    by , December 31st, 2012 at 11:22 AM (Ande's Swimming Blog)
    Monday Dec 31st, 2012 400 KICK for Time
    Tomorrow I will be a FINA 50!

    Lately I've been preparing for the 400 Kick for Time
    I showed up yesterday for Sunday practice and the pool was set up LCM, and the 400 Kick for time is SCY, so it was a no go. Showed up today for 5:30 am to 7:00 practice & the pool was still LCM, did most of the practice, then got out 15 minutes early, put on a B70 jammer & gave the 400 another shot,
    my 1st 2 tries were 5:32 & 5:24,
    today I went 5:08.11
    050 33 0:33
    100 37 1:10
    150 39 1:49
    200 39 2:28 1:18
    250 40 3:08
    300 40 3:48 1:20
    350 40 4:28
    400 40 5:08.11 1:20 2:40
    went out a bit too hard but it didn't feel like it at the time
    stuck with the NO STROKE RULE which I really wanted to break but didn't
    wore a jammer

    Recently Renewed my 2013 USMS membership
    http://www.usms.org/reg/
    http://www.usms.org/reg/content/benefits

    Don't have a team?
    Consider registering with: Longhorn Masters / TXLA
    especially if you ever swam for Longhorn Aquatics club or Masters, UT or if you are coming to the
    2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships
    April 5, 6 & 7 in Austin at the UT swim Center and you want to do some relays

    Swam: Sun, mainly worked on flutter kick with a board, doing fast 50's & 100's
    Did not swim on Saturday

    Today:
    Whitney Coached
    5:30 - 7:00 dove around 6:40
    LCM UT Swim Center main pool
    Swam with Todd (who hasn't swum in 10 days) & Marcio (who's swum 3 times in the past 2 months) I was very impressed with how they hung in there and did the practice.
    Trained beside David, Larry, Sharon, & Gull


    Warm up
    assigned 800
    dove in late, did 3 or 400

    Main Set

    8 x 150 FR LCM
    2 on 2:15
    2 on 2:10
    2 on 2:05
    2 on 2:00
    Made em leading the lane

    assigned 800
    did 6 x 100 K

    We did 8 x150 same as above but PULL
    Todd went 1st, he's faster when he has oars,
    made em all again, held 1:55's & 6's, 1:52 on last one
    drafting was much easier than leading

    ASSIGNED: another 800 but I got out to prepare for my 400 kick

    thanking about doubling

    Next Meet:

    2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships
    Fri Apr 5 - Sun Apr 7
    UT Austin, TX
  4. Sun Dec 2nd 2012 Meet Day 2

    by , December 2nd, 2012 at 08:04 PM (Ande's Swimming Blog)
    Sun Dec 2nd 2012 Meet Day 2

    400 Medley Relay
    200 - 239 Men
    Going into the meet, My guess times for this relay were
    AR 61.9 DG 66.9 JS 61.9 MV 53.9
    Here's how it turned out

    BK 1:00.40 29.38 31.02 1:00.40 Me
    BR 1:05.60 30.91 34.69 2:06.00 David Guthrie
    FL 1:01.22 28.28 32.94 3:07.22 jim Sauer
    Fr 0:52.46 24.78 27.68 3:59.68 Mike Varozza

    we were shocked & psyched,
    the previous WR was 4:09.2
    here's how things went last year
    http://www.usms.org/forums/blog.php?b=19202


    50 BR 32.40

    200 IM
    29.39
    36.16 1:05.55
    38.15 1:43.70
    31.55 2:15.25
    Pretty good time, think I was 2:14 last year

    50 FL
    27.02
    2 IM & 50 FL were back to back

    800 FR
    Last event did it for the heck of it
    Event 55 Men 45-49 800 SC Meter Freestyle
    Regional: 9:35.13 * 12/2/2012 Anders Rasmussen
    1 Rasmussen, Anders 49 TXLA-ST 9:35.13*
    31.18 34.58
    36.09 36.59

    36.49 36.46
    36.19 36.37

    36.54 36.16
    36.63 36.26

    36.79 36.68
    36.65 35.47

    Updated December 4th, 2012 at 03:19 PM by ande

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  5. Sun Oct 21 2012 Postal 6K

    by , October 21st, 2012 at 04:14 PM (Ande's Swimming Blog)
    Sun Oct 21 2012

    Postal 6k

    Jim & Dick were doing the postal 6k so I decided to join them

    Sun noon practice
    dove in at 12:05.00

    0050 00:30.3
    0100 01:04.3
    0200 02:12.9
    0500 05:40.9
    1000 11:21.6 5:40.7
    (took a little break at 1000)

    1050 12:04.9 43.2
    1500 17:11.1 5:49.5
    1650 18:55.6
    2000 22:56.1 5:44.6 11:34.1
    Took a tiny break at 2k

    2050 23:37.1 41.03
    2500 28:47.6 5:52.0
    3000 34:31.4 5:43.8 11:35.8
    Took a break after 3k

    3300 37:59.3 19:03.7
    3500 40:17.9 5:46.5
    4000 46:00.9 5:43.0 11:19.5
    Took a break after 4k

    4500 51:55.8 5:54.9
    4950 56:58.3 18:59.6
    5000 57:33.4 5:37.6 11:32.5
    Took a break after 5k

    5200 59:58.9 (hr swim comparison)
    5500 63:19.0 5:45.6
    6000 68:49.56 5:30.5 11:16.1

    Felt pretty good
    Took small breaks at each 1000
    Picked up the pace on the last 1000

    Updated October 22nd, 2012 at 09:33 AM by ande

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  6. Day 1 LCM Nats Fri July 6th 2012

    by , July 8th, 2012 at 08:28 AM (Ande's Swimming Blog)
    2012 LCM Nats in Omaha

    Fri Jul 6th 2012



    400 IM 5:08.19 2nd to Patrick Brundage

    Rasmussen, Anders M 49 TXLA
    5:08.19
    r:+0.82
    0:31.40 (31.40) 1:08.49 (37.09)
    1:50.06 (41.57) 2:30.45 (40.39)
    3:13.79 (43.34) 3:59.11 (45.32)
    4:35.28 (36.17) 5:08.19 (32.91)
    Went 5:01 last year so this was disappointing
    Last year I was more psyched & ready
    Plus I shaved my head & in last years race my 1at Br 50 split was 40.5


    50 Fr 8th 26.14
    Event 10 Men 45-49 50 LC Meter Freestyle
    =======================================
    USMS: N 24.29 8/10/2006 PAUL SMITH
    WORLD: W 24.26 7/19/2004 BRENT BARNES, JPN
    Name Age Club Seed Finals
    ==================================

    1 Fulbeck, Kip 47 WMAC 25.67 25.07
    r:+0.76
    2 Decker, Nicholas W 45 CAQM 26.30 25.17
    r:+0.74
    3 Novinski, Dan E 45 NEBR 29.50 25.39
    r:+0.75
    4 Davis, Ross C 46 WMST 25.15 25.47
    r:+0.82
    5 Tatterson, Bryan R 48 SFTL 25.69 25.66
    r:+0.81
    6 Mehok, George K 45 SYSM 26.50 25.98
    r:+0.76
    7 Nieuwenhuis, Mark 46 SFTL 25.00 26.11
    r:+0.85
    8 Rasmussen, Anders M 49 TXLA 26.03 26.14 r:+0.88
    This was disappointing too
    Think I went 25.6 last yr
    Slow start
    Swam a 4 IM before it
    Felt weak & slow
    But I'm pissed off & determined to improve at zones
    From now till then I'm focused on speed & strength


    2012 South Central Zones

    Days Till

    Updated July 10th, 2012 at 12:28 PM by ande

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  7. Wed Nov 2nd, 2011 3K Postal Day

    by , November 2nd, 2011 at 04:27 PM (Ande's Swimming Blog)
    Wed Nov 2nd, 2011

    Sun Oct 30 did not train

    Mon Oct 31st Trained at noon with whitney
    COLD 73 or 4 degree water
    cut 50's out of todays sets to turn aerobic sets into easy sprint

    Tue Nov 1st Trained 6:30
    IM day
    changed last 1000 set to
    25 SDK fast on :30
    25 easy on 2:00

    in Orlando this Fri - Wed, will train on my own, hopefully a couple times at typhoon lagoon
    back Thu Nov 10,

    Upcoming Meet

    Sat Dec 3rd & Sun Dec 4th
    2011 South Central SCM Regional Invitational
    San Antonio, TX
    DAYS TILL


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    whitney Coached
    scy
    UT Swim Center: main pool
    7:30 - 9:00
    wore B70 jammer
    trained with Larry Jim

    WARM UP
    500 to 700 easy

    Main SET: scy

    I write I wanna be a sprinter again then I go and do crap like this, I really do want to improve my speed

    3000 Postal Swim
    Tyler counted and timed using his cool Iphone App
    it might be available for the 2012 Hr swim

    Pool: Texas Swim Center, Austin TX
    Swimmer: Ande Rasmussen
    USMS Number: 431D-02XXX
    Start: 2011/11/02 @ 08:01:47 CDT
    Stop: 2011/11/02 @ 08:38:43 CDT

    Distance Laps Splits

    0050 :29.35 00:29.35
    0100 :32.00 01:01.34
    0150 :32.23 01:33.57
    0200 :32.97 02:06.55
    0250 :32.63 02:39.17
    0300 :32.90 03:12.07
    0350 :33.00 03:45.07
    0400 :33.11 04:18.19
    0450 :33.11 04:51.30
    0500 :33.32 05:24.61 05:24.61
    0550 :33.37 05:57.99
    0600 :33.32 06:31.31
    0650 :33.35 07:04.65
    0700 :33.26 07:37.91
    0750 :33.28 08:11.19
    0800 :33.03 08:44.23
    0850 :33.24 09:17.47
    0900 :33.12 09:50.59
    0950 :33.18 10:23.77
    1000 :33.17 10:56.94 05:32.22
    1050 :32.73 11:29.67
    1100 :33.09 12:02.75
    1150 :33.42 12:36.17
    1200 :33.31 13:09.48
    1250 :33.30 13:42.78
    1300 :33.19 14:15.97
    1350 :33.09 14:49.07
    1400 :33.45 15:22.51
    1450 :33.31 15:55.83
    1500 :33.50 16:29.33 05:32.59
    1550 :33.60 17:02.93
    1600 :33.54 17:36.47
    1650 :33.63 18:10.09 OK 1650 not awesome
    1700 :33.79 18:43.89
    1750 :33.63 19:17.52
    1800 :33.38 19:50.90
    1850 :33.97 20:24.86
    1900 :33.82 20:58.69
    1950 :33.56 21:32.24
    2000 :33.90 22:06.14 05:37.81
    2050 :33.85 22:40.00
    2100 :34.04 23:14.04
    2150 :33.77 23:47.80 took 10 sec break
    2200 :44.40 24:32.21
    2250 :33.95 25:06.16
    2300 :33.49 25:39.65
    2350 :34.15 26:13.79
    2400 :34.28 26:48.08
    2450 :33.73 27:21.81
    2500 :34.57 27:56.37 05:50.23
    2550 :33.95 28:30.32
    2600 :33.89 29:04.21
    2650 :34.14 29:38.36
    2700 :34.15 30:12.50
    2750 :33.51 30:46.01
    2800 :34.20 31:20.21
    2850 :33.85 31:54.06
    2900 :33.77 32:27.83
    2950 :34.29 33:02.13
    3000 :33.63 33:35.76 05:39.39

    wasn't sure where I was and flipped at 3000 & did extra 50

    Pool was pretty warm, it was really cold Mon

    didn't wear a cap

    Stayed steady

    didn't tie suit tight enough
    back of my suit filled up on each turn

    breathed last stroke into each turn and 1st 2 strokes off each turn
  8. Sat Aug 20th, 2011 Postal 10k

    by , August 20th, 2011 at 12:58 PM (Ande's Swimming Blog)
    Sat Aug 20th, 2011

    Just swam a Postal 10k

    I felt I was in pretty good shape this summer with all the doubles I've done. Larry and a few of the swimmers on Longhorn wanted to do the postal 5k's & 10ks. So a while back I looked at the distance records
    The NR for M45-49 was
    10K Postal James Stewart 2004 2:13:47.24
    so I did the math, that time is averaging 1:20.27 per 100. I thought I might be able to go faster. So a few weeks ago I decided to give it a shot. I picked up my training, did several doubles then rested Th & Fr. I shaved & even shaved my head, plus asked the swim center to drop to pool temp a few degrees. they usually keep it around 80 and think it was 76 or 77 on Sat.


    Today I went 2:13:43.48! & barely broke the NR in my age group.

    there's a pic of my split sheet in my FB photo album called "swimming"

    My Splits Were:

    00100 0:01:13.4
    00400 0:05:08.0
    00800 0:10:16.1
    01000 0:12.48.2

    01500 0:19:09.9
    01600 0:20:25.8 10:09.7

    02000 0:25:28.1 12:39.9
    02400 0:30:31.1 10:05.3

    03000 0:38:05.0 12:39.2 18:55.1
    03200 0:40:35.0 10:03.9

    04000 0:50:45.9 12:40.9 10:10.9
    04500 0:57:10.3 19:05.3
    04800 1:01:00.1 10:14.2

    05000 1:03:36.4 12:50.5
    05100 1:04:54.5

    05600 1:12:02.4 11:02.3

    06000 1:17:21.0 13:44.6 20:10.70
    06400 1:22.49.8 10:47.4

    07000 1:30:57.2 13:36.2
    07200 1:33:37.5 10:47.7
    07500 1:37:34.5 20:13.5

    08000 1:44:53.3 13:56.1 11:15.8
    08800 1:56:07.0 11:13.7

    09000 1:59:01.0 14:07.7 21:26.5
    09600 2:07.58.8 11:51.8

    10000 2:13:43.48 14:42.4

    Splits by 800, 1000, & 1500:

    800
    10:16.1 10:09.7 10:05.3 10:03.9 10:10.9 10:14.2
    11:02.3 10:47.4 10:47.7 11:15.8 11:13.7 11:51.8

    1000
    12.48.2 12:39.9 12:39.2 12:40.9 12:50.5
    13:44.6 13:36.2 13:56.1 14:07.7 14:42.4

    1500
    19:09.9 18:55.1 19:05.3
    20:10.7 20:13.5 21:26.5


    I spent around 2 minutes & 30 seconds on breaks.

    I dove in at 7:00 am and swam long smooth and easy. I went 5100 before taking my first break at around 65 minutes, in hind sight, I swam the 1st 5k too hard and waited to long before taking my first break to hydrade and fuel up. I rested around 30 seconds then took off attempting to do 400's on 5:20, think I made 2 or 3 then fell off the pace.

    I tried to stay steady and stay on pace but felt pretty certain I started off too strong. I started struggling around 7k, Thinking, I swam a really good 5k, why not get out and be done?
    Around 9k I started getting calf cramps.
    That last 1k really hurt and my last 100 was horrible. I kept my eye on the clock the whole way, knew I was close, and sloppily sprinted my last 25 touching the wall in 2 hours 13 minutes & 43 seconds, just under the record.

    When I finished I was truly exhausted.
    I hugged the wall for around 5 minutes.
    Swam an easy 100.
    hugged the wall longer.
    Swam another easy 100.
    Around 15 minutes later I crawled out of the pool, feeling exhausted and sore. My calves kept cramping, I could barely walk. So I sat down. Ed brought me a my vitamin water and a gu, Whitney gave me a powdered drink. I felt so terrible and for a while thought I needed to go the the hospital but after 45 minutes felt a little better. I needed to get home, we were driving my daughter to to Lubbock. I thought I'd get home by 10 but really underestimated how awful I'd feel after the swim.

    I felt terrible, was exhausted, sweating & shaking, my calves and biceps started cramping at 9k and were still cramping hrs later. My calves hurt Saturday, Sunday & Monday. I forgot to shave my face before the swim and my stubble tore up the skin on my right delt. I had blister on base on my left index finger where my thumb kept hitting it. My left bicep had a rub spot from streamlining against my stubbly head.

    I was thrilled to break the 10k record, especially since I also broke a 50 free record in Mens 45 - 49. I'm not a D man. The 10k was a crazy diversion for me, a personal challenge, and at this point, I am done with D and back to training for 50s to 400s.

    Looking back, I'd:
    1) shave my face just before the swim,
    2) start out at an easier pace
    3) take my first break sooner & then follow a preplanned schedule, like:
    Maybe at 2.5, 3, or 4k then every 1k after that and
    4) figure out what the ideal liquids and fuel are.

    10k is a loooooong way and I doubt I'll do another one anytime soon.

    Updated August 24th, 2011 at 03:20 PM by ande

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  9. Zones Day 3 Sun July 24th

    by , July 24th, 2011 at 09:20 PM (Ande's Swimming Blog)
    LCM Zones Day 3
    Sunday July 24th, 2011

    Arrived late, (packing up our hotel room)
    No warm up at all

    100 fl
    Dove in dry, Cruised the 1st 50 easy speed, barely kicked like I was taking out a 2 IM
    went 1:01.85
    split 29.75 32.10
    Got 2nd
    1st Ross Davis 1:01.60 29.01 32.59

    50 Br
    right after the fly, warmed down from fly & up for Br
    Went 34.00

    Got decent rest before the

    200 Br
    2:49.45

    38.77 43.92 43.48 43.28
    stayed smooth & easy for first 3 lengths,
    Tried pick up last 50
    My Stroke counts for each length were: 12, 14.5, 16, & 19
    Think I'm better off staying long & gliding, maybe add more power to each pull & kick

    50 fr
    26.03
    it hurt
    Korey, the new guy on TXLA, went 25.3

    800 fr
    Swam it because I thought I could break Larry Wood's 9:52.28 zone record
    got plenty of rest & warm up, (relays & 4 800 heats before mine)
    swam it steady then 6 beat kicked the last 50
    Splits:

    1:08.36 32.81 35.55 1:08.36
    2:21.35 36.35 36.64 1:12.99 2:21.35
    3:35.08 36.70 36.98 1:13.68
    4:48.83 36.93 36.87 1:13.80 2:27.48 4:48.83
    6:02.35 36.91 36.87 1:13.78
    7:16.01 36.83 36.83 1:13.66 2:27.44
    8:29.55 36.67 36.87 1:13.54
    9:40.00 36.96 33.49 1:10.45 2:23.99 4:51.17

    4:51.17 - 4:48.83 = 2.34 diff between 1st & 2nd 400's

    Updated July 25th, 2011 at 04:45 PM by ande

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  10. Nats Day 2 Sat Apr 30, 2011

    by , May 2nd, 2011 at 10:39 PM (Ande's Swimming Blog)
    Nats Day 2 Sat Apr 30, 2011

    Event 19 Men 45-49 100 Yard IM
    NATL: N 52.14 5/23/2010 RICHARD HUGHEY

    1 Rasmussen, Anders M 47 TXLA 54.41 54.78
    24.77 54.78 (30.01)

    2 McCool, Chris 46 UNAT 56.53 56.23
    25.96 56.23 (30.27)
    3 De Biase, Terry A 46 ARIZ 58.50 56.93
    26.19 56.93 (30.74)
    4 Beatty, Dan C 45 GAJA 56.02 56.97
    26.08 56.97 (30.89)
    5 Jones, Brian A 45 NAM 57.00 57.03
    25.99 57.03 (31.04)
    6 Jimenez, Carlos A 46 RICE 57.52 57.54
    26.77 57.54 (30.77)
    7 Unger, Michael S 46 BLU 1:03.00 57.97
    27.46 57.97 (30.51)
    8 Stewart, Henry D 47 NCMS 59.51 58.14
    25.87 58.14 (32.27)
    9 Jaegers, Al 48 ARIZ 59.50 58.56
    26.74 58.56 (31.82)
    10 Ponthier, Chuck 48 LAPS 58.63 59.02
    26.76 59.02 (32.26)

    had a good race,
    tried to breathe more on fly,
    Tuchler missed the meet
    hoped to have my 2nd 50 under 30


    Event 25 Men 45-49 50 Yard Breaststroke
    1 Corbeau, James L 46 OREG 27.09 26.91
    2 Marx, Jeff 46 NITR 30.01 28.27
    3 Helgason, Tryggvi 47 LVM 29.50 28.78
    4 Rasmussen, Anders M 47 TXLA 28.66 28.80
    5 Unger, Michael S 46 BLU 31.00 28.99
    6 Cooper, Christopher E 46 VCM 30.12 29.00
    7 Condon, Doug 48 TVM 30.59 29.10
    8 Jimenez, Carlos A 46 RICE 29.92 29.12
    9 McCool, Chris 46 UNAT 29.59 29.22
    10 Alexander, Jeff 47 WMAC 29.00 29.93

    swam next to corbeau, he whooped me on the start


    Event 31 Men 45+ 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

    1 BLU 'A' 1:28.20 1:29.49
    1) Gaines, Ambrose M52 2) Switzer, Keith M M48
    3) Middleton, Marc D M59 4) Weiss, Scot H M46
    21.49 44.10 (22.61)
    1:07.07 (22.97) 1:29.49 (22.42)
    2 ARIZ 'A' 1:30.99 1:31.35
    1) Smith, Paul L M51 2) Jaegers, Al M48
    3) Hafner, Paul A M50 4) De Biase, Terry A M46
    23.65 47.06 (23.41)
    1:09.63 (22.57) 1:31.35 (21.72)
    3 RICE 'A' 1:32.50 1:31.69
    1) Kammerer, Richard F M53 2) Kone, Bruce C M53
    3) Williams, Bruce F M57 4) Jimenez, Carlos A M46
    22.40 45.77 (23.37)
    1:09.58 (23.81) 1:31.69 (22.11)
    4 BLU 'B' 1:34.00 1:33.04
    1) Bank, Holden J M51 2) Unger, Michael S M46
    3) Lydecker, Charles H M47 4) Bohlken, Ross P M56
    23.52 46.41 (22.89)
    1:09.66 (23.25) 1:33.04 (23.38)

    5 TXLA 'A' 1:33.00 1:34.48
    1) 24.23 Guthrie, David M M50
    2) 25.63 Coates, Ed M M45 49.86
    3) 23.05 Breazeale, Nathan M M47 1:12.91
    4) 21.57 Rasmussen, Anders M M47 1:34.48


    6 NCMS 'A' 1:31.00 1:35.20
    1) Stewart, Henry D M47 2) Gilchrist, Donald B M57
    3) Hollett, Peter G M51 4) Klein, Jonathan E M53
    23.68 48.47 (24.79)
    1:12.13 (23.66) 1:35.20 (23.07)
    7 CRUZ 'A' 1:36.20 1:35.83
    1) Wilson, Kurt E M51 2) Smith, David M M53
    3) Tallman, Karl G M52 4) Reed, Clay F M54
    23.75 48.16 (24.41)
    1:11.88 (23.72) 1:35.83 (23.95)
    8 IM 'A' 1:33.00 1:36.31
    1) Sims, David E M48 2) Hoyne, Ron M55
    3) Gibson, Dave M50 4) Seibt, Andreas K M53
    22.13 45.30 (23.17)
    1:11.97 (26.67) 1:36.31 (24.34)
    9 NOVA 'C' 1:37.64 1:37.34
    1) Von Hoffmann, Gerard M55 2) Shumate, Tim P M49
    3) Wagner, Thomas R M48 4) Benner, Tord E M51
    24.30 47.69 (23.39)
    1:12.15 (24.46) 1:37.34 (25.19)
    10 SCA 'A' 1:43.00 1:37.38
    1) Sidenberg, Phil M54 2) Eickhoff, Randy M M45
    3) Dajnowicz, Mark A M45 4) Davis, Stephen M M52
    25.20 49.64 (24.44)
    1:13.87 (24.23) 1:37.38 (23.51)

    happy with my split
    we were pretty far behind when I dove in
    the pool was super wavy,
    turn was challenging, race started in the late afternoon the far end was in the shade so the wall was darker than mid pool

    hoped to watch more races and talk with more friends but opted to lay low and rest for events

    Updated May 2nd, 2011 at 10:52 PM by ande

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  11. Sun Apr 3rd, 2011 South Central Zones Day 3

    by , April 3rd, 2011 at 10:35 PM (Ande's Swimming Blog)
    Sun Apr 3rd, 2011 South Central Zones Day 3

    25 days til Nats

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    Entered:
    Sun 1000 fr, 50 fr, 200 IM, 50 fl

    I wanted to have a good 200 IM & sprints so yesterday I scratched the 1000 free


    50 fr
    Went 22.23
    Really good swim I'm happy with it
    went 22.2 last year in a full b70

    200 im
    Went 1:59.81
    0.81 25.85 31.37 34.54 28.05
    last year I was 2:00.5 at this meet in a full B70

    I selected events to get as much rest as possible, but the 200 IM and 50 fly were back to back. I entered the IM with NT & got 3 heats of rest, so I was done warming down when heat 4 finished had a little time to rest for the ...

    50 fl
    screwed up and swam in wrong heat
    wrote heat 8 lane 5 on the back of my hand
    Heat 7 was up, no one was in my lane
    I asked the timer how many heats are there,
    she said 7 so i hoped up, put on my cap and raced
    went 23.91
    [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwCxUJB5c9w"]YouTube - Ande Rasmussen 50 butterfly Lane 5 2011 South Central SCY c[/nomedia]


    4 x 50 medley relay 1:41.09
    Longhorn Masters 45 plus men
    Bk 24.94 Ande Rasmussen happy with
    Br 27.98 52.92 David Guthrie
    Fl 25.29 1:18.21 Jim Sauer
    Fr 22.88 1:41.09 Max Stinchcombe
    [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ww2r3pWVbM"]YouTube - 2011 longhorn masters medley relay[/nomedia]


    Next meets are:

    Thu Apr 28 - Sun May 1, 2011
    2011 USMS SCY Spring Nationals
    Kino Aquatic Complex, Mesa, AZ
    Order of Events
    Days till
    entries:

    Fri Apr 29, 2011 400 IM 6th Event, 50 FL
    Sat Apr 30, 2011 100 IM, 50 Br
    Sun May 1, 2011 500 Fr, 200 IM
  12. Sat Apr 2nd, 2011 Zones Day 2

    by , April 2nd, 2011 at 11:17 PM (Ande's Swimming Blog)
    Sat Apr 2nd, 2011 Zones Day 2

    26 days til Nats

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    Entered:
    Fri 1650 fr, 400 IM
    Sat 500 fr, 200 bk, 100 fr, 200 br
    Sun 1000 fr, 50 fr, 200 IM, 50 fl

    considered not swimming the 500 fr
    but went for it

    500 fr 5:03.62
    56.8
    1:58.12
    2:29.42
    3:00.53
    3:31.69
    4:03.15 (kept 2 beat kicking, should have started 6 beat kick here)
    4:34.72
    5:03.62


    200 bk
    swam next to Tyler and he spanked me
    went 2:03.21
    29.49 31.29 31.48 30.95


    100 fr 49.91
    RT 0.76
    23.86 26.05
    Lane 2 White Cap
    [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTH7I8XCqH4"]YouTube - 2011 South Central Zone Championships 100 freestyle[/nomedia]


    200 Br 2:22.95
    31.78 36.32 37.21 37.64
    [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsKs6EYpB5k"]YouTube - 2011 South Central Zone scy Champs 200 breastroke lane 4 An[/nomedia]

    Lane 4 Me in White Cap
    Lane 5 David Guthrie

    Opted to not swim the 1000 free tomorrow
    racing the 50 fr, 200 IM, & 50 fl, maybe some relays


    Next meets are:

    Fri Apr 1 - Sun 3, 2011
    2011 South Central Zone SCY Championships
    Josh Davis Natatorium, San Antonio, TX
    Days Till
    Entered:
    Fri 1650 fr, 400 IM
    Sat 500 fr, 200 bk, 100 fr, 200 br
    Sun 1000 fr, 50 fr, 200 IM, 50 fl


    Thu Apr 28 - Sun May 1, 2011
    2011 USMS SCY Spring Nationals
    Kino Aquatic Complex, Mesa, AZ
    Order of Events
    Days till
    entries:

    Fri Apr 29, 2011 400 IM 6th Event, 50 FL
    Sat Apr 30, 2011 100 IM, 50 Br
    Sun May 1, 2011 500 Fr, 200 IM
  13. Fast Friday Apr 1st & 2011 south cen scy zones champs D1

    by , April 2nd, 2011 at 12:28 AM (Ande's Swimming Blog)
    Fast Fri Apr 1st, 2011

    Zones started today
    27 days til Nats

    2011 South Central Zone Championships Psych Sheet
    219 Athletes from 38 Teams

    Friday warm-ups @ 1500
    Check-in for the 1650 @ 1530
    Check-in for the 400 IM @ 1630
    Meet begins at 1600

    Entries:
    Fri 1650 fr, 400 IM
    Sat 500 fr, 200 bk, 100 fr, 200 br
    Sun 1000 fr, 50 fr, 200 IM, 50 fl


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    thighs feel better, didn't hurt

    Zones
    Had a nice workout this morning (details below)
    Just as I was leaving my house
    my mail box contained the new suit & caps I ordered
    drove to SA with beth
    Told larry to scratch me from 1650 so icoul focus on 4 im, he checked me and Tyler in 4im
    Took a wrong turn on way to Josh Davis pool
    got to see many old and new swimming friends
    Warmed up 3x before 4 im
    Had to wait through 6 heats of 1650s

    Raced in H1 L4
    Beside Tyler In 3, Ross Davis 2,
    Phil sundahl in 6 & Beau Gilbert lane 5

    Race strategy was same

    FL easy speed, barely k, breathe often, few SDKs

    BK easy speed, save legs, not many SDKs, take extra breaths just before the 200

    FAST bk to Br turn

    BR work it, great push offs, streamlines & pull outs, fast insweep & thrust, great kick and long streamline glides after each kick

    FR 6 beat kick the whole way & sprint home, leave it all in the pool

    Wore new FS pro
    Last yr I went 4:22 at zones in a full B70
    today's splits were:

    26.42
    31.03 0:57.45

    33.63 1:31.08
    32.90 2:03.98 66.53

    36.30 2:40.28
    37.76 3:18.04 1:14.06

    31.53 3:49.57
    28.91 4:18.48 60.44



    Good race,
    got 3rd in heat behind Tyler & Ross,
    they went 4:17, think Ross was 8/100ths faster than Tyler
    I saw them on Br
    both went out faster than me
    Really hurt at end,
    On fr 2 beat kicked first 50 of fr,
    should gave been more aggressive there & 6 beat kicked the whole 100, very pleased swim & time

    Had a nice dinner with my beth, max, & his beth
    Spending night in sa tonight
    Tomorrow I've got:

    500 fr & I checked in,
    might go for 200 split
    might swim race,
    might skip, been 5:04 in practice

    200 bk, tough painful race
    Want go out smooth & bring it home well

    100 fr
    Race

    200 Br,
    next to David Guthrie
    Hope to have great turns & walls &

    maybe a relay or 2


    Fri morn practice
    Whitney Coached
    UT, scy main pool
    6:30 - 8:00
    dove in on time
    trained with mike Tyler & Marcio
    beside Nate,
    wore worn out b70 pro legs
    Stayed in Austin last night got to sleep in till 6:00ish

    WARM UP
    15 min chioce swam easy till 6:45

    Main SET:

    assigned 8 rounds of
    100 fr on 2:00 500 pace
    100 fr on 2:00 200 pace
    050 fr on 1:00 050 pace
    150 easy
    Did
    R1 100 fr 500P went 62, 100 fr skip, 50 fr 100P went 24 150 easy

    R2 skip 100, 100 fr strong 55, 50 skip, 150 easy

    R3 100 fr 500P went 60, 100 fr skip, 50 fr 100P went 24, 150 easy

    R4 skip 100, 100 fr strong 55, 50 skip, 150 easy

    R5 100 @ 500P went 59 skipped rest

    R6 skipped all

    R7 skipped 100, did 100 @ 200P went 55, skipped 50

    R8 skipped 100's, 50 @ 100p went 24


    Next meets are:

    Fri Apr 1 - Sun 3, 2011
    2011 South Central Zone SCY Championships
    Josh Davis Natatorium, San Antonio, TX
    Days Till
    Entered:
    Fri 1650 fr, 400 IM
    Sat 500 fr, 200 bk, 100 fr, 200 br
    Sun 1000 fr, 50 fr, 200 IM, 50 fl


    Thu Apr 28 - Sun May 1, 2011
    2011 USMS SCY Spring Nationals
    Kino Aquatic Complex, Mesa, AZ
    Order of Events
    Days till
    entries:

    Fri Apr 29, 2011 400 IM 6th Event, 50 FL
    Sat Apr 30, 2011 100 IM, 50 Br
    Sun May 1, 2011 500 Fr, 200 IM

    Updated December 14th, 2011 at 10:44 AM by ande

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  14. Sun Jan 30th 2011 HR Postal Swim take 2

    by , January 30th, 2011 at 07:27 PM (Ande's Swimming Blog)
    Sun Jan 30th 2011

    UT Swim Center
    Mary Coached
    noon to 1:15

    HR Postal Swim take 2
    last week I went 5,130 in my 1 hr postal swim
    I felt like I went out too hard, inconsistent
    I over heated
    wore an old FS Pro
    stopped too often and too long
    swam in a lane where I couldn't see the pace clock
    didn't shave and
    started 2 minutes after the main group

    Today I wanted to take another crack at it so see if I could improve
    here's some of the corrections I attempted:
    went out easier, stay steady,& no stopping
    wore a new FS pro
    shaved
    swam in a lane where I could see the pace clock
    asked my counter to signal each 500 &
    even wore my goggle straps over the top of my ears &
    don't over heat

    my counter Beth Rasmussen used tyler blessings new hour swim Iphone app.
    it's really cool

    warm up
    swam easy 50's on 45 for 8 minutes
    got out with 2 minutes to go
    cleaned my gogs and got ready
    my goal was to do 10 x 500 on 5:40

    here's how it went

    0500 05:37

    1000 11:13 5:36

    1500 16:48 5:35

    2000 22:24 5:36 11:11

    2500 28:00 5:36

    3000 33:37 5:37 11:13

    3500 39:22 5:45 (this might not be correct)

    4000 44:48 5:26 11:11

    4500 50:18 5:30

    5000 55:46 5:28 10:58

    went 5,390 yards in an hour
    pleased with this swim,
    improved 260 yards from last week.

    1650 splits
    1650 18:29
    3300 36:58 18:29
    4950 55:13 18:15

    Start: 2011/01/30 @ 12:11:43 CST
    Stop: 2011/01/30 @ 13:11:43 CST

    Splits for swimmer1
    0050 :30.14 00:30.14
    0100 :32.09 01:02.23
    0150 :34.07 01:36.30
    0200 :33.99 02:10.29 1:08.06
    0250 :33.46 02:43.75
    0300 :33.94 03:17.69 1:07.40
    0350 :34.45 03:52.14
    0400 :33.82 04:25.96 1:08.27
    0450 :33.91 04:59.87
    0500 :34.18 05:34.05 1:08.09
    0550 :33.51 06:07.56
    0600 :34.15 06:41.71 1:07.66
    0650 :33.50 07:15.21
    0700 :33.87 07:49.08 1:07.37
    0750 :33.75 08:22.83
    0800 :33.86 08:56.69 1:07.61
    0850 :33.68 09:30.37
    0900 :33.85 10:04.22 1:07.53
    0950 :34.08 10:38.30
    1000 :33.68 11:11.98 1:07.76
    1050 :33.17 11:45.15
    1100 :33.03 12:18.18 1:06.20
    1150 :33.83 12:52.01
    1200 :33.77 13:25.78 1:07.60
    1250 :33.32 13:59.10
    1300 :33.65 14:32.75 1:06.97
    1350 :33.98 15:06.73
    1400 :33.48 15:40.21 1:07.46
    1450 :34.03 16:14.24
    1500 :33.12 16:47.36 1:07.15
    1550 :33.55 17:20.91
    1600 :33.53 17:54.44 1:06.08
    1650 :33.67 18:28.11
    1700 :33.17 19:01.28 1:06.84
    1750 :32.95 19:34.23
    1800 :34.30 20:08.53 1:07.25
    1850 :33.75 20:42.28
    1900 :33.89 21:16.17 1:07.64
    1950 :33.75 21:49.92
    2000 :33.85 22:23.77 1:07.60
    2050 :33.48 22:57.25
    2100 :32.74 23:29.99 1:06.22
    2150 :34.03 24:04.02
    2200 :33.58 24:37.60 1:07.61
    2250 :34.09 25:11.69
    2300 :33.26 25:44.95 1:07.35
    2350 :34.29 26:19.24
    2400 :33.53 26:52.77 1:07.82
    2450 :33.27 27:26.04
    2500 :33.53 27:59.57 1:06.80
    2550 :33.35 28:32.92
    2600 :34.16 29:07.08 1:07.51
    2650 :34.03 29:41.11
    2700 :34.67 30:15.78 1:08.70
    2750 :33.47 30:49.25
    2800 :32.48 31:21.73 1:05.95
    2850 :34.09 31:55.82
    2900 :33.65 32:29.47 1:07.74
    2950 :33.97 33:03.44
    3000 :33.16 33:36.60 1:07.13
    3050 :33.60 34:10.20
    3100 :33.38 34:43.58 1:06.98
    3150 :33.14 35:16.72
    3200 :33.41 35:50.13 1:06.55
    3250 :33.94 36:24.07
    3300 :33.56 36:57.63 1:07.50
    3350 :33.52 37:31.15
    3400 :33.55 38:04.70 1:07.07
    3450 :33.76 38:38.46
    3500 :33.26 39:11.72 1:07.02
    3550 :33.49 39:45.21
    3600 :34.24 40:19.45 1:07.73
    3650 :33.21 40:52.66
    3700 :33.73 41:26.39 1:06.94
    3750 :33.13 41:59.52
    3800 :33.43 42:32.95 1:06.56
    3850 :33.64 43:06.59
    3900 :33.15 43:39.74 1:06.79
    3950 :33.75 44:13.49
    4000 :33.56 44:47.05 1:07.33
    4050 :33.03 45:20.08
    4100 :33.27 45:53.35 1:06.30
    4150 :33.48 46:26.83
    4200 :32.86 46:59.69 1:06.34
    4250 :33.01 47:32.70
    4300 :32.93 48:05.63 1:05.94
    4350 :32.70 48:38.33
    4400 :33.46 49:11.79 1:06.16
    4450 :32.97 49:44.76
    4500 :33.34 50:18.10 1:06.31
    4550 :32.91 50:51.01
    4600 :32.88 51.23.89 1:05.79
    4650 :32.90 51:56.79
    4700 :32.82 52:29.61 1:05.72
    4750 :32.71 53:02.32
    4800 :32.76 53:35.08 1:05.47
    4850 :33.02 54:08.10
    4900 :32.91 54:41.01 1:05.93
    4950 :32.72 55:13.73
    5000 :32.89 55:46.62 1:05.61
    5050 :32.10 56:18.72
    5100 :32.79 56:51.51 1:04.89
    5150 :32.93 57:24.44
    5200 :32.64 57:57.08 1:05.57
    5250 :32.56 58:29.64
    5300 :32.71 59:02.35 1:05.27
    5350 :32.35 59:34.70
    + ~ 38 yds
    5390 total (estimated)

    Updated February 1st, 2011 at 11:54 AM by ande

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  15. Sun Jan 23rd, 2010 Went Postal

    by , January 24th, 2011 at 12:50 PM (Ande's Swimming Blog)
    Sun Jan 23rd, 2010 Went Postal

    Did the hour swim today

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    Whitney Coached
    UT Swim Center, main pool, bulkheads up, east side
    noon to 1:15 dove in on time
    trained in my own lane beside larry, beth, Kelly, & Brad Bailey
    WORE FS PRO jammer

    WARM UP
    did easy 50's for 7 minutes

    HOUR SWIM
    everyone started at 12:10 but I dove in at 12:12, Beth, my wife counted for me.
    my goal was to do 10 x 500 on 5:30
    I went 5,130
    pool was 81

    splits
    0100 01:02
    0500 05:31
    1000 11:06
    1500 16:31
    1650 18:12
    2000 22:14
    2500 27:59
    3000 33:57
    3300 37:22
    3500 39:46
    4000 45:49
    4500 52:33
    4950 59:59
    5000 58:29
    5100 59:38

    went 5,130

    went out way to hard on the first 2000, tried to hang with tyler

    got too hot, pool was a touch warm at 81

    trained too hard thu, fri, & sat

    didn't sleep well the night before

    dove in 2:00 after the main group I should have dove in on time and stayed with Larry & Kelly

    stopped too many times

    might take another crack at it


    Next meets are:

    Fri Apr 1 - Sun 3, 2011
    South Central Zone SCY Championships
    Josh Davis Natatorium, San Antonio, TX


    Thu Apr 28 - Sun May 1, 2011
    2011 USMS SCY Spring Nationals
    Kino Aquatic Complex, Mesa, AZ
    Order of Events
  16. San Antonio, TX SCM MEET Day 2 Sun Dec 5th 2010

    by , December 5th, 2010 at 06:32 PM (Ande's Swimming Blog)
    Sat Dec 4th 2010

    Masters of South Central Regional SCM Championships
    Sat Dec 4th & Sun 5th
    San Antonio, TX

    First i want to say a big thank you to Susan, Adrian, the officials and volunteers who ran this meet. It was great and I really appreciate their efforts. It was a small meet, but it was laid back, fun and well planned. The meet schedule provided 3 breaks to give swimmers a bit more rest. Also had a blast with my wife Beth, team mates and friends who went to this meet.


    SUN:


    400 fr
    went for a 100 split time
    55.75 26.34 29.41

    should have split it closer,
    went out a bit too hard, missed 1st and 3rd turn, turned too far not much push off
    4:53.46S
    26.34 29.41
    50.93 38.86
    37.87 37.92
    37.11 35.02


    there was a 10 min break after the 400


    50 br
    went 32.0
    was 31.4 last year

    so I was pretty please with this
    turned close to David at the 25
    he went 30.7 and broke the 50 to 54 men WR


    200 IM [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7f97flaxDo"]YouTube - Ande Rasmussen 200 im scm sun dec 5th, 2010[/nomedia]

    went 2:14.49
    but didn't get splits
    took it out harder than I did in Tempe, did more SDKs but stayed relaxed till the breast
    improved from 2:16.2 at Tempe
    very pleased with this swim



    immediately swam down,
    only had 1 200 IM heat & 4 50 fly heats of rest before I was back up on the blocks again for the

    50 fly
    went 26.7
    improved from 27.5 at tempe
    swam beside Mike Varrozza who went 26.3 and tried to race him
    really pleased with it and honestly felt a sense of euphoria & was really looking forward to our relay and my 50 bk lead off
    probably got around 30 min of rest


    200+ mens 4 x 50 medley relay [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXouki4g4DY"]YouTube - 2010 200+ mens 4 x 50 medley relay[/nomedia]

    Lane 2 Longhorn Masters 200 plus men
    (end lane on the left)

    Bk 27.70 Ande Rasmussen, 47

    Br 58.15 30.45 David Guthrie, 50
    minutes after his 1:06 WR 100 Br

    Fl 1:25.70 27.55 Jim Sauer, 53

    Fr 1:51.48 25.78 Max Stinchcombe, 53


    we barely missed our own 1:51.39 record that we did wearing full B70's last year

    continued to feel good and sort of wished I had one more swim after this one.

    won high point for men 45 to 49

    Had a nice meal at county line on the river walk

    Updated December 7th, 2010 at 02:17 PM by ande

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  17. SCM MEET: Sat Dec 4th 2010

    by , December 4th, 2010 at 07:51 PM (Ande's Swimming Blog)
    Sat Dec 4th 2010

    Masters of South Central Regional SCM Championships is 1 days away
    Sat Dec 4th & Sun 5th
    San Antonio, TX
    ENTERED more events than I plan to swim
    just wanted to give myself some choices:


    SAT:

    400 IM 4:54.10
    30.38 34.78 1:05.16
    38.06 37.35 2:20.19 1:15.41
    40.92 43.48 3:44.59 1:24.30
    34.99 34.52 4:54.10 1:09.51
    took it out harder than Tempe
    started getting tired on 2nd 50 in BR
    should have been tougher on my last 50 fr
    but started thinking about what else I had to swim


    50 bk
    went 28.46

    improved from 28.8 in tempe

    50 fr
    went 25.41

    improved from 25.7 in Tempe but haven't been sprinting much free in practice and need to work on fast flutter kicking

    100 bk skipped it to rest for medley relay

    100 IM skipped it to rest for medley relay


    4 x 100 medley relay
    30.29 0:31.98 1:02.27 Ande
    32.49 1:34.76
    36.11 2:10.87 1:08.60 David Guthrie
    28.64 2:39.51
    35.26 2:14.77 1:03.90 Jim Sauer
    27.12 2:41.89
    29.57 4:11.46 0:57.69 Max Stinchcombe
    Previous national record was 4:12.51


    Here's what I've entered Tomorrow
    30 400 fr probably going for a split time
    34 50 br
    40 200 IM
    42 50 fl

    Updated December 4th, 2010 at 09:48 PM by ande

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  18. MEET: Sat Nov 20 & Sun Nov 21 2010 Ron Johnston in TEMPE AZ

    by , November 22nd, 2010 at 12:36 PM (Ande's Swimming Blog)
    Sat Nov 20 & Sun Nov 21 2010

    swam in the
    2010 Ron Johnson Invitational Arizona and Southwest Zone SCM Championship
    Tempe AZ

    Had a great time at the meet, Tyler & David Guthrie from longhorn were there. Beth, my wife come with me with her Canon & shot several races

    Saw many AZ friends, RJ was very nice well run meet, Thanks Katy! Sunday was a bit windy and rainy. Discovered the diving well was around 90 degrees which made life quite comfortable

    Shaved but didn't feel strong or snappy in my races, so I've decided to really work on speed strength and rest to prepare for my next meet, Masters of South Central Regional SCM Championships Sat Dec 4th & Sun 5th in San Antonio, TX


    Sat Swims

    100 Fl 1:01.99
    28.37 33.62
    hoped to go faster
    died pretty bad

    50 Back 28.86
    tyler went 28.84 so I got blessed

    400 IM 4:56.91
    1:08.00 0:31.60
    1:17.05 1:46.87 2:25.05
    1:22.99 3:05.47 3:48.04
    1:08.87 4:24.18 4:56.91
    tried to say smooth on FL BK
    flipped my BK to BR turn and really worked the BR
    2 beat kicked the first 50 on fr then 6 beat kicked

    50 Fr 25.76
    did not feel real snappy, 4th race of the day


    Sunday

    100 IM 1:03.51
    not sure on split

    50 Fl 27.56

    200 IM 2:16.26
    ??
    1:05.71
    1:44.76 39.05
    2:16.26 31.50
    my 200 IM race strategy was:

    FL easy speed, barely kick, breathe every stroke,
    should have worked the start & done more SDKs

    BK cruise easy speed, light legs,
    should have done 4 SDKs off each wall,
    FAST BK to BR flip over turn

    BR long pull outs & work it

    FR sprint it home, 6 beat kicked the whole way
    this was probably my best swim of the meet

    Won High point for men 45 - 49
    got a blue blue bag and a signed copy of Jeff Comming's book "Odd Man Out"

    David Guthrie broke the 50 - 54 WR in the 200 BR

    got a killer hotwire hotel deal on for this meet
    stayed at the Hotel Tempe/Phoenix Airport InnSuites Hotel & Suites
    3 star hotel, free breakfast,
    nice happy hr
    5 miles from pool
    $43 a night, 56ish a day with taxes

    got rent car on CarRentals.com with Advantage 19 bucks a day said we had a corolla, the girl worked hard to upgrade us and we bit on a convertible Mustang for $20 a day
    had a blast riding around with the top down

    Our plane was delayed on our flight home, we landed around 11:00, arrived home 12:30ish, saw a large live rattlesnake in the road close to our house went to bed around 2:00 so I skipped 5:15 AM practice and opted for Noon today

    Next Meet

    Masters of South Central Regional SCM Championships
    Dec 4th & 5th
    San Antonio, TX
    Hosted by MOST

    Updated November 22nd, 2010 at 12:47 PM by ande

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  19. usms 2010 LCM zones

    by , July 25th, 2010 at 09:41 PM (Ande's Swimming Blog)
    07/23/10 - 07/25/10
    2010 South Central Long Course
    Southlake, Texas


    fri

    400 im
    went 5:10.23
    31.4 37.8
    41.7 45.1
    44.4 44.9
    35.8 32.9


    sat

    50 br
    34.6

    50 bk
    29.6

    100 fl
    29.4 33.3
    breathed air on first stroke after turn


    sun

    50 fr
    26.1

    200 im
    2:21.20
    29
    38
    41
    31.8

    50 fl
    27.54


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    swam Wed Jul 21st
    did around 1500

    LCM
    Whitney Coached
    5:30 TO 7:00
    Austin UT Swim Center div well
    swam with tyler, larry, mike, chris, ned
    wore a brief
    dove in at 7:05

    WARM UP
    400
    300
    200
    100

    MAIN SET

    assigned: 4 x 200 fr desc
    did 100 fr, skip, skip,
    100 fr easy speed
    went 1:07

    100 k

    assigned: 4 x 150 fr desc
    did 50, 50, 50
    150 fr done 125 easy speed 25 mod

    100 k

    assigned: 4 x 100
    did 100 easy
    skip, skip,
    100 easy speed went 62

    100 k

    assigned 4 x 50
    did 50 easy 50 easy speed
    went 28

    100 k
  20. Sat May 29th 2010

    by , May 29th, 2010 at 04:09 PM (Ande's Swimming Blog)
    Sat May 29th, 2010

    showed up at 6:30 - 8:00
    warmed up

    Swam in the

    [ame="http://www.usms.org/forums/showthread.php?t=16824"]Eddie Reese Short Course Classic [/ame]

    50 bk
    25.3
    experimented in this race, kicked 15 under & to the flags on the surface, wasn't faster for me

    50 fr
    22.22

    50 SDK
    23.74

    (order on both relays was Tyler Blessing, Mike Varozza, Brad Bailey, Chris Eckerman)

    200 free relay: (the old record was 1:24.05)

    20.93 20.93
    20.61 41.54
    20.92 1:02.46
    20.86 1:23.32


    400 free relay: (the old record was 3:07.75)

    22.39 24.27 46.66
    22.23 23.79 46.02 1:32.68
    22.66 25.10 47.76 2:20.44
    22.01 23.67 45.68 3:06.12

    Updated May 29th, 2010 at 11:30 PM by ande

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