Meet recap: Distance Day

For MIT Masters, distance day was a good day. While we were small in numbers, we were big on results. Everyone who swam came up big and scored points for the team, with many first and second places. Congrats to Emily, Judith, Ted, Barry, Patrick, John, Bill, and of course our own lane three-er, Dr. Bob! And yes, Dr. Bob's daughter made sure he made it to the block and into his heat. And a huge thanks to our coach Bill, for an awesome job in preparing us for the day. I hope we did you proud. As it stands, we are in third place for the medium teams. Not too bad given we had only 9 swimmers!! Here are the results:

http://www.meetresults.com/2009/nelmscscy/results.shtml

As for me, I was so happy to be there and participate after 2 years off. It was great to walk in and see old friends, teammates, and coaches and soak in the atmosphere. There really is nothing like it. I appreciated the last minute pep talk and strategy session from friend/formercoach Nate (and thanks for the splits!). I had a good race, PR'd by 8 seconds, and most importantly I felt good and held an even pace nearly the whole time. Steve L. you are the bomb for helping me get ready for this and for counting/cheering me on. Of course, my real inspiration was the tiniest and cutest cheering squad ever in Bene, Will, and Carl Michael. You too would swim your best if you heard "Go Auntie Cake!" at every turn. :) Part 2 (the big one) of the meet is next week. Go MIT Masters!