Day Before Racing…

Ok, been a few days since I’ve checked in.  The internet connection at our new hotel is sloth-fast.  Anyways, the last couple days of training camp have been pretty low key.  Most of the side trips began to fizzle out as we near the first day of competition.  We did, however, get to go to an Angels game on Saturday, so that was cool.  I’m a Tigers fan, but I always enjoy live baseball games…it’s something about the atmosphere, I don’t know.  Other than that, it’s been a lot of sitting around the hotel trying to figure out how to pass the time faster.  I’m not the type that enjoys sitting around watching TV so it’s been tough.  I can only read so many pages in a book in one sitting…Luckily I was able to have some conversations with friends and family today which helped pass the time.  I also had to re-shave my whole body, which was easier this time around, thankfully.   Tonight, we had an epically long team meeting that included some cool stories from a great coach and former Aussie swimmer.

I feel ready to go though.  My training has been sharp and I’m feeling great.  Tomorrow I have the 200 freestyle so I’m definitely excited about an opportunity to swim faster than Nationals.  I’m also excited to watch some of my teammates swim fast because I know they will.  Well I got to get ready for tomorrow and get to bed early.  I’ll definitely try get another post up tomorrow sometime…

I’ll leave you with this, which will hopefully sum up my race tomorrow.