What an amazing night at Nationals. The night ended on an intense note with Michael Phelps missing the world record in the 100 back by .03. He was second at the 50 but used the best underwater kick in the world to blast to a 1/2 bodylength lead and never looked back.
I spent the entire finals session next to Charlie Kennedy, head coach at Suburban. I did this for a number of reasons but mostly because I wanted to stand next to him when Brendan Hansen swam the 100 breastroke. Brendan is from Haverford, PA and swam for Charlie before attending college at the University of Texas (where he still trains). Brendan wasn't able to break his own world record in the race, but he blasted past the rest of the heat in the last 25 for the victory. Charlie had some great insight into Brendan's stroke rate and other aspects of his race which he shared with me. Its a chance like this to listen to some of the best coaches in the country (and Charlie is definitely in that group) discuss everything from stroke technique to team administration that makes attending Nationals a treat for me.
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