Recap of USA-S LC Zone Championship in Buffalo, NY - 08/12/2021
Recap of USA-S LC Zone Championship in Buffalo, NY
Thursday, 8/12/21
A week has now passed since my 100m breaststroke swim at the LC Zone Championships in Buffalo. This is a meet I have attended several times in the past. With a long day ahead, I woke up at 5am, left the house at 5:30am and headed on the almost 2.5hr drive with enough time to get 30 minutes of warm up in the big pool. This is the first time I have touched a LCM pool since the US Open in December 2019, but it feels familiar with the amount of open water breaststroke I have done over the pandemic. I had high expectations going into this meet with the 55.35 SCY time that I had posted at USMS Nationals in Greensboro, NC two weeks prior. I maintained my taper (off of minimal training to begin with…) and was hoping for even a fraction of the 1.8sec drop that I had. Realistically, I was looking for a 1:04 anything to finally break the 1:05 barrier which I have been consistently at since 2014.
Prelims
100 Breast - 30.59/34.61 1:05.20 - PB by 0.05
Race Video Link - Includes the best commentary ever at the end of the race!
Warm-ups went well with a few 32-33s from a push. My prelims time felt comfortable at a 1:05.20 (30.59/34.61). Despite the best time by 0.05sec, I was expecting a bit more from the morning swim. I had a long finish to clean up and needed to use a little more speed on the front end than I did. Oh well, that is what prelims/finals meets are all about. It was nice to know that I had another chance tonight.
Finals
100 Breast - 30.27/34.42 1:04.69 - PB by 0.51
I relaxed as much as I could during the break, but there wasn’t much open in downtown Buffalo so I returned to the pool and made myself comfortable while watching a movie. For finals, I was excited to get back in the pool since it was quite a warm day outside. For the swim, I managed to go out quicker and still hold on. The better finish helped, but I was just happy to get my hand on the wall first and see the 1:04.69 on the board. (30.27/34.42). I think there was still room to go out even harder and under 30 seconds, but I will have to save that for USMS LCM Nationals in October.