Amanda’s mom and sister drove in yesterday (quick check on mapquest, Coaldale PA to Columbia MO = 977 miles) that’s a long way to travel…pretty awesome.
It will be nice for Amanda to have her family here. I readily admit that my jokes are ridiculously corny and stories can be hilarious to nobody but myself. If I had a dollar for every time Amanda rolled her eyes at my attempt a humor we could have upgraded our Mazda to a Lexus.
Today is our off day so we are headed to the pool this morning for a good warm up before some down time. Amanda has the uncanny ability to sleep at any time of the day…
Just a quick update on the rest of our day. We had every intention of staying for most of prelims to watch some swimming (I was particularly interested in the lead of legs off the 400 medley relay) BUT, there was a catastrophic error with the timing system that delayed the morning well over an hour. It’s the kind of thing that should never happen at this type of competition … I am thankful that we didn’t have any swims today.
After hanging around for a bit we decided to peace out and get some lunch. We had some another pasta meal and we were graced with the presence of Amanda’s sister, Dorothy, and mom. The highlight of the meal being the endless supply of breadsticks…receiving honorable mention on the meal highlight reel was the lengthy “discussion” on the socks Amanda’s mom had on. (this may fall into the “you had to be there” type of story)
There was some family time after lunch, which if I understand correctly, consisted of a rather productive shopping spree at the mall. I watched the WVU basketball game and spent a very solid 13 minutes on the treadmill.
We headed back to the pool for the evening warm up … it sure took awhile for Amanda to get into the pool to swim, but she got it in. There were some really wicked fast swims this evening. I am pumped to get back to the racing…this was a long day off.
Oh yeah … we got a copy of the heat sheet for tomorrow. Barring a re-seed (which seems to happen about 3 times a session), Amanda is in the last heat (4th) and is seeded 10th…we both agree that this is the perfect place to be. She is right next to an amazingly fast swimmer from D2 powerhouse, Drury, and if I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times. Amanda is a straight up racer … so having some stellar competition right next to her tomorrow morning is just what she needs to have a great morning swim.
I really think it is going to take a 57.2 or 3 to make it into the top 8. Amanda’s best time ever is a 57.3, her best time this season is a 57.5. Hopefully the magic of lane 6 (also the lane she swam in for the 50) gives her another lifetime best performance and makes the top 8.
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