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Thu Jun 6th, 2013 Pan Ams Day 1

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, June 6th, 2013 at 06:55 PM (2356 Views)
Thu Jun 6th, 2013 Pan Ams Day 1
Pan Pacs, Tropical storm Andrea wreaked havoc on the Sarasota & the meet. We were just in its bands. It was off shore heading north east. Land fall will be a few hundred miles north of here.

They completed heat 5 of mens 4 IM in the morning
Then had a lightning detection so they told everyone to leave the deck, then they let everyone back then had another lightning detection along with severe weather, high winds, high tide & a tornado warning so they postponed the meet till 1:00 for warm ups & 1:30 to begin.

Event 4 Men 50-54 400 LC Meter IM
====================WORLD: W 4:53.69 8/2/2010 MARCUS MATTIOLI, BRA
NATL: N 5:04.32 7/26/2009 JAMIE FOWLER
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1 Rasmussen, Anders M 50
TXLA-USA 5:08.19 5:07.51
31.35
1:08.18 (36.83)
1:48.60 (40.42)
2:28.45 (39.85)
3:11.43 (42.98)
3:56.33 (44.90)
4:32.74 (36.41)
5:07.51 (34.77)

Man that race hurt.
it was Very windy
Less than ideal conditions
Shallow pool at starting end
I'm a bit heavy, gained weight during my Birthday
Pretty good swim but I was hoping to go a little faster.

My original plan was to skip the 50 FR, but I decided to do it.

Event 6 Men 50-54 50 LC Meter Freestyle
===================================
WORLD: W 24.08 6/27/2009 BRENT BARNES, JPN
NATL: N 24.58 8/9/2009 AMBROSE GAINES
Name Age Club Seed Finals
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1 Rasmussen, Anders M 50 TXLA-USA 26.07 26.29
2 Beattie, John R 52 BLU-USA 25.71 26.74
3 Switzer, Keith M 50 CASC-USA 26.35 26.76
4 Stewart, Henry D 50 NCMS-USA 25.97 26.81
5 Francois, Jean-Marc 50 ECA-VEN 26.00 27.00
6 Saylor, Brian D 53 SYSM-USA 26.68 27.17
That was an OK swim
Especially after that 4 IM & not really training for sprints

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  1. The Fortress's Avatar
    Great job Ande! Only 3 seconds off the NR in the 400 IM. The winds must have slowed times slightly. Keep it up!
  2. StewartACarroll's Avatar
    Awesome job Andy. That sucks about the wheather but there is not much you can do about it. Keep up the great work.
  3. pwb's Avatar
    Great swims. I'm really impressed with both of them; I imagine you could've been faster with better conditions on that 400 IM. Sounds like a lot of hurry up and wait.

    I wondered about the heat and lightning when the meet was announced to be held there in the summer. I didn't think about hurricanes. I imagine they considered it, but wonder why they didn't hold it at the indoor pool in Orlando. That would've been safer.
  4. pwb's Avatar
    Great swims. I'm really impressed with both of them; I imagine you could've been faster with better conditions on that 400 IM. Sounds like a lot of hurry up and wait.

    I wondered about the heat and lightning when the meet was announced to be held there in the summer. I didn't think about hurricanes. I imagine they considered it, but wonder why they didn't hold it at the indoor pool in Orlando. That would've been safer.
  5. ande's Avatar
    Hi Leslie
    Thank you, I was hoping to be closer to the NR, winds were crazy and outdoor backstroke is harder for me, right now I'm pondering what to do for zones. the 400 IM & the 50 bk, are my 2 focus events this summer, they aren't real related

    Hey StewartACarroll
    thanks man

    Hi Patrick
    thank you
    I hope I "could've been faster with better conditions on that 400 IM."
    it was very windy.
    I prefer indoors, I've got Zones in 5 weeks, maybe I'll do better there.