Gary,

I did finish the IM on the freeway yesterday. I was thinking about the freeway all the way on the 200. Hit a 3:11 something. Best again, by 15 seconds or so. It was at Hudson, OH, a slower pool for a number of reasons than University of Chicago last weekend. This was the race I was hoping to ace as there are a lot of good 200 IMers in 65-69, and I was hoping to get into the top ten in the event, which I have never cracked. This should do it, but you don’t know until the end of the year.

400 was 6:57. First race yesterday, and I went a little easy to make sure I was not dead for the more important race. At my age this is not a hard race to get into the top ten in. But still about 10 or more seconds better than personal best. The 200 fly today was a style race rather than an all out effort, but the time was still respectable, 3:23.5. Johnston’s 200 record for that is 3:15. In a good pool and feeling better, which I sure wasn’t today, I should be closer. Again though, time was 10 seconds faster.

So all is more than well, and thanks again for a great camp.

Frank

I just finished myself off with a week at Gary Hall’s Race Camp, an adventure that I will be writing more about for the Forum. I would unqualifiedly recommend it for anyone wanting a customized tutorial in better, faster swimming and how to get there through psychological, physical, and nutritional preparation.