Today was a busy day. First swimming. Then errands. Then prepping for the banquet. Then the banquet.
The workout this morning was really fun and brought back a lot memories during my first year on the team. We had part of the old gang all swimming together from the pain lane. There was myself, Viking (visiting from up north), Dr. Tom, Drew, Ken Bixler, and BGS.
When trying to remember the workout, I am drawing a blank except for the main pull set. I believe it was 5 X 200s pull on 2:45. the 2:45 was a good interval. I went 2:24, 2:28, 2:25, 2:24, 2:16. I stepped up the last one when Viking said I had to beat him or I'd have to buy his drinks all night. Now of course I knew I really didn't have to, but it was a fun wager. He said he would make his move on the 75, so I made sure I took the first 75 smooth and work my ass off the last 125. My final 50 was all but a mess as I did whatever I could to get my arms to go as fast as they could. I finished in 2:16, to my amazement. I'll take that. Viking always knows how to make me swim fast.
The rest of the day/night all I did was stress about the banquet. Will I say the right things? will I be funny? Will I do the team justice? So many things to do. This will be my third year as head coach and occupying most of the stage with award presentations. Even when I got to the banquet, all I did was stress. I really need to not worry about it. I guess though its sort of a sacrafice though for the good of the team. Honoring my swimmers with serious and funny awards make the night fun and entertaining to all. After analyizing it more, I think due to my promotion at work, I didn't have the nomal free time to prepare more in advance. So I think next year I will just make sure I am ready over a week in advance so that I can relax at both the pre-party and banquet and then roll. After talking with others, the banquet came over as a success. I was funny. People enjoyed the awards. Kenny did great as my co-presenter of funny awards. The only glitch was the video Bart, Don, Anne and myself did a few weeks ago. We pretended that I traveled the night of the banquet to Bhutan to see Anne and give her the UCOC patch she earned.
OK I am getting sleepy now and want to go to bed. I will proof-read later.
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