Ande's Swimming Blog

Men's Results

Last week I raced in the
2015 SPMS and Southwest Zone Summer Championships LCM
Mission Viejo, CA

I trained pretty well this summer then got sick with a cough and cold on Tue Aug 4th. I started feeling a little better around Tue Aug 11 but kept coughing and am still coughing today on Thu Aug 20.

Here's how my training went after I got sick.
X = did not swim

Tue 4 swam
Wed 5 X missed work
Thu 6 X missed work
Fri 7 (swam a little) worked for 1hr then went home
Sat 8 X
Sun 9 X

Mon 10 X
Tue 11 swam around 1000
Wed 12 swam around 1500
Thu 13 X
Fri 14 X

Sat 15 meet
Sun 16 meet

I thought about cancelling but since we arranged all the travel, I went ahead.
I decided to skip the 400 IM on Fri and the 100 bk on Sat.

On a whim, I asked if I could deck enter the 800 & they let me.

All things considered I guess I swam OK.

Sat

Men 50-54 50 Meter Butterfly Finals
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Pl Name Age Club Seed Time Final Time Points
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2 Rasmussen, Anders M 52 TXLA 27.56 28.62 7.00

disappointing & slow.


Men 50-54 200 Meter Butterfly Finals

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Pl Name Age Club Seed Time Final Time Points
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2 Rasmussen, Anders M 52 TXLA 2:32.38 2:38.61 7.00
36.00
1:17.62 (41.62)
2:02.56 (44.94)
2:38.61 (36.05)

I tried the glide fly for 150 then reg for the last 50
didn't work as well for me as "my save your legs fly with a 1 beat kick"

Sun

Men 50-54 50 Meter Breaststroke Finals
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Pl Name Age Club Seed Time Final Time Points
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2 Rasmussen, Anders M 52 TXLA 34.57 35.05 7.00

breastroke confuses me, felt awkward


Men 50-54 50 Meter Backstroke Finals
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Pl Name Age Club Seed Time Final Time Points
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1 Rasmussen, Anders M 52 TXLA 29.99 29.97 9.00


Men 50-54 50 Meter Freestyle Finals
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Pl Name Age Club Seed Time Final Time Points
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1 Rasmussen, Anders M 52 TXLA 26.29 26.57 9.00


I just cruised it, I've been faster in practice many times this summer.

Men 50-54 800 Meter Freestyle Finals
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Pl Name Age Club Seed Time Final Time Points
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2 Rasmussen, Anders M 52 TXLA 17:00.00 10:28.57 7.00

34.11
1:11.07 (36.96)
1:49.43 (38.36)
2:28.25 (38.82)

3:07.53 (39.28)
3:46.94 (39.41)
4:26.99 (40.05)
5:07.01 (40.02)

5:47.25 (40.24)
6:27.42 (40.17)
7:07.87 (40.45)
7:48.22 (40.35)

8:29.24 (41.02)
9:09.76 (40.52)
9:50.23 (40.47)
10:28.57 (38.34)