There is a "no whining about event order" pledge,but this is more general so I thought I'd start a new thread.
I was thinking about the whining I had here to for done at meets and decided enough was enough.
I resolve not to whine about not being ready for the meet(inadequate training,inadequate taper,inadequate sleep,etc.)
I resolve to not whine about feeling sick,hurt,sore etc.
I resolve that no matter what I think about my swim,if someone says "good swim" I will graciously thank them.
This will probably make meets a better experience for all around me.
Does anyone else feel a need to make a pledge?
Yes, I remember the Carey incident well. And it has its parallels in the masters world. I think maybe 10 years ago after someone came up to me after a swim and said something like "great job" and I grimaced and expressed something about how slow the swim was for me.
Then I realized that I was far faster than the person attempting to congratulate me, and I was almost certainly acting like an arrogant so-and-so. If I thought my own swim was slow, I could imagine him wondering, his swimming ability was probably beyond contemptible in my view.
So I do my best to smile and accept congratulations (and give them) gracefully no matter the result of the swim. Because, really, there are many many things in life that are worse than swimming more slowly than you expected.
Yes, I remember the Carey incident well. And it has its parallels in the masters world. I think maybe 10 years ago after someone came up to me after a swim and said something like "great job" and I grimaced and expressed something about how slow the swim was for me.
Then I realized that I was far faster than the person attempting to congratulate me, and I was almost certainly acting like an arrogant so-and-so. If I thought my own swim was slow, I could imagine him wondering, his swimming ability was probably beyond contemptible in my view.
So I do my best to smile and accept congratulations (and give them) gracefully no matter the result of the swim. Because, really, there are many many things in life that are worse than swimming more slowly than you expected.
