It’s official: I know how to do flipturns. I wanted Steve to videotape me, so I could see if I was doing it right and to prove to everyone how awesome I am, but for complicated reasons -- involving a need to clean the toilet as we were leaving to swim -- there is no video.

 

Instead I did a highly scientific test: I swam 100y hard with flipturns and 100y hard without. I was approximately the same speed. Conclusion: my flipturns are at least not making me slower.

 

 

 

Ooh, OOOOOOH! When I just linked to the race website, it now has registration lists up. I think I will go obsess over who’s racing for the rest of the evening.

 

Answer, by the way, is: yes, apparently, the silver medalist and world champion is racing it again.