Open Water 1 Mile National Championships
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 01:09PM 
Due to injury (stress fracture) I was unable to join the team at the Health Net tri last Saturday. So, I decided to compete in the U.S. Masters Swimming 1 Mile National Championships which were held in beautiful Madison, CT instead.
The race was tough. No wetsuits allowed - the water was a chilly 63 degrees and the course turned out to be more like 1.5 miles. For me, it was actually a more difficult swim course than Alcatraz.
The race went well and I was in the lead pack of women under 44 for the first 10 min or so, then we all dispersed as we caught the stragglers in the men's 45+ wave. The buoys were hard to sight and I think I got a little off course on the way back in -plus I kept thinking to myself "shouldn't I be done by now".
Since I qualified as a disabled swimmer (still wearing a walking cast and not allowed to walk/run) my dad was allowed to run my chip from the waters edge up to the finish line about 20 ft away. There was another girl just behind me and during the tag team exchange she caught up and passed me. My dad must have channeled his sprinting ability (ran track at Yale) because he was able to pass her at the finish (he's 64). I sat in the water laughing my ass off at the spectacle :)
I ended up with a 1st place finish in the 25-29 AG.
Above is a pic of me and my friend Nikki Dryden (1992 and 1996 Canadian Olympic team member) who also competed in the race. As you can see she is really tall!
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congratulations!