Bowdoin Distance Festival

!!!!!!!!! Distance freestyle fun :D

Bowdoin Distance Festival
Bowdoin College Fishbowl (Brunswick)

warmup's at 12:30, splash time at 1...

Two races:
1650 free
60 min "Postal" swim

The goal of the first is to swim it the fastest
The goal of the second is to swim as far as you can in an hour

:D

Things That I Would Have Liked More Advance Notice For

this meet, for one. Since racing a mile, or an hour, or both, takes some effort.

Seriously, I open my masters swimming newsletter TODAY and find out about this...

You know how electrons in an atom have a couple energy states? I'm the atom. My electrons are bouncing in the energy states of "scared" and "hyperactive."

So one atom

says to another, "Oh no, I've lost an electron." "Are you sure?" asks the other atom. The first one says, "Yes, I'm positive!"

Think positively, Alyie, and you'll be fine.

I am calmer now

this is going to be fun! I didn't mean to sound negative about it - I was just slightly panicked, you know what happens with spontaneous races sometimes ;)

I called my friend Ben to see if he's going - he was on the fence about it so I said, "I'll go if you go." Now I've got a 'date,' it will help to know I can show up and have a familiar face there.

actually

I love how I feel on the night before a race. Now that the panic has settled I am glowing.

And the panic I tried to savor, because it is one of those special feelings you get only when there's a race near.

a positive thought

finding out about this YESTERDAY meant I had only 24 hours to stress!

hee hee. Not stressing, excited :D