THE SEVEN HABITS WORK! SIX NATIONAL RECORDS
Okay, I couldn’t wait to write to all the BREAKout! swimmers!!
This past weekend I enter the Masters National Swim meet in Austin,Tx. I thought it would be fun to race again. Although I haven’t had a chance to train in the last couple of years, I’ve really been trying to apply all the Seven Habits that I teach in my clinics. I average about 1hr. in the pool a week. Because of my travel schedule, I usually have to break this 1hr. up to about 10 minutes a day. I jump in my pool with my shoes on and put my swim-in-place belt around my waist and swim like I’m on a treadmill for 10mins.
By the end of the 10 minutes, I’m pretty tired. I do my best to maintain great technique the entire time. Then, the rest of my swimming is done on the weekends when I race you guys.
The only thing I could rely on going into this meet was my technique. I had to focus on my streamline, turns, starts and finish. I thought about all those things I encourage you to do when you’re swimming. To my surprise, I swam extremely well. I broke every national record in my events and my times were the same as they were when I was in college! So I want to give a shout out to all my BFF’s (BREAKout! Friends Forever!). Your tough racing pushed me to earn a few national titles!
Let’s add these along with a few of your record swims to the BREAKout! Swims record book! I keep hearing about all the fast times you guys are going. Keep up the great work and keep dropping time!
Interview can be viewed on floswimming.com My times are below.
50 Freestyle: 20.14 200 Freestyle: 1:36.56 [21.84 46.30(24.46) 1:11.71(25.41) 1:36.56(24.85] 50 Backstroke: 22.7 100 Backstroke: 49.12 [24.01 25.11] 200 Backstroke: 1:47.72 [25.02 52.12(27.10) 1:19.87(27.75) 1:47.72(27.85)] 100 Individual Medley: 52.00 50.06 22.24 50.06(27.82)
