1500 LCM: 19:19.32

Wow!  To say that I am happy with that time is an understatement.  I went out a bit too fast in the 1st 100 but then sees to get into a pace.  I really had no idea if I was on pace or not.  It was hard to judge as I don't swim LCM in practice to get a feeling for it.  I just kept swimming trying to hold my own with my pulling. 

To be blunt a teammate who was in my heat in the 1500 SCM at IGLA was once again in my heat today.  I got a head of him in the 1st 100 and was able to keep my lead.  He is in a different age group but I consider him a thoughtful swimmer so I knew just get ahead and keep that distance.  At IGLA my goal was to be at his feet the whole time but since I overtook him then I was hoping to do the same today.  And it worked. 

My turns sucked but oh well.  I'm very very happy.  Now I just have the 200 butterfly tomorrow to worry about.  Everything else is just filler.

Here are the splits in case you can't read the above jpeg:

1:13.62
1:17.12
1:18.71
1:18.68
1:18.43
1:18.57
1:18.24
1:18.07
1:17.51
1:17.42
1:17.27
1:18.01
1:17.49
1:16.86
1:13.32

For a total of 19:19.32.  Looking at those splits it seemed I really held my own.  I gotta admit it didn't feel like I was but I guess I did.  Now time to rest!

Comments

[Canuck Swimmer]

Great race Joel! Now if you can get your pacing evened out a bit more you might see eighteen something. It'll be interesting to see how high in the year end national rankings this will get you.

[Canuck Swimmer]

Great race Joel! Now if you can get your pacing evened out a bit more you might see eighteen something. It'll be interesting to see how high in the year end national rankings this will get you.

[Wendy]

Woo hoo!!

Good going Joel! (And judging by your split on the final hundred, you've got a quicker 1500 in you!)

[Jenny]

Very fast - good work!