Thank God.  I’ve stamped my ticket to Beijing and a huge weight has just been lifted.  It’s pretty late right now and I need to get to bed, but I’m a bit wired from today’s swims.  The last 15 meters of the 100 back hurt so badly!  Brenden Hansen alluded to this after his 100 breast: the nerves were so high before my race since I didn’t yet have my place on the Beijing Team. In my case and in Brenden’s, those pesky nerves made our swims much harder than we would have liked. But, it turned out just as I was hoping.  I broke :59 seconds (something I have been aiming for for quite some time) and placed myself on the 2008 Olympic Team. 

I was able to get through the 200 IM tonight after a quick turnaround from the 100 back, which also was something I was worried about.  I’ll explain my decision to swim the IM later…  Now I need toget to bed and rest up for tomorrow’s final!  Thanks again for all the well wishes.  I really appreciate them!