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Today was an off day in terms of competition.  We still got up early and headed to the pool for warmups to stay in the routine.  We did the same thing in the evening.  Whether the boys make finals or not, or if they're even swimming or not, we want to be in the same routine as if they had made finals so that, in the case that they do qualify for an evening swim, their body isn't hit with something new.

During the day, between morning warmups and the evening workout, we hit Smoothie King and went to see Step Brothers (their choice, not mine).  Murphy and Ben enjoyed it....  We ate lunch and then relaxed at the hotel a bit before heading off to the pool again.  Finals warmups are a lot less crowded, and the boys actually had some room to swim their strokes correctly and to get up to some good speed.  After evening warmups, we hit Smoothie King again, grabbed dinner at Potbelly's and played cards in the lobby for awhile.  We played Peanut, and it turned into a pretty competitive game.  I thought Murphy and Keegan would start a brawl, but it was all in good fun.  Mrs. Shepherd ended up beating us all, and I was so bad that I actually ended up with negative points at the end of the game.

Tomorrow, Ben will be swimming the 50 Butterfly.

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I didn't take any pictures today and didn't have time to upload video from yesterday.

Floswimming is doing interviews and taping footage at the meet.  Go to www.floswimming.org to view some footage from Y Nationals.

The YMCA Nationals website also posts pictures each day along with a live webcam.