I am trying to figure out a fourth event to add to my nationals entry. I swim Fly, Breaststroke, and IM, and my 3 best events are 50 and 100 BR and 100 IM. I have not swum a 200 since starting Masters.
From the order of events, 100 fly is out so I can focus on my 50 BR. 100 IM and BR are already closer than I would like, but that's my day 2. I could do 50 FR but I'd be spent.
That leaves Day 3, and either 50 Fly, 200 BR, or 100 Free. With my best effforts, I'd be in a battle for last in all 3 of these. I'll go under 30 in fly and probably just under a minute in the free. The 200 Br is the wild card. I want to swim this in the future, but I have not had the time to train like I wanted this winter, so I'm not quite where I want to be. I go around 3 minutes in practice (from push, mid work-out), but I am pretty sure I'd be 2:50 or better.
The other option is to just swim my 3 events and relax and/or volunteer on Sunday, which I'm not so opposed to, either.
Advice?
I'm 40-44 and certainly not in danger of beating anybody. All my best times would put me at the rear of the pack in all these events. This is all for the experience and to set some training goals. Last year's nationals was a lot of fun, and I was pretty nervous about being there. I am thinking this year will be more fun, since I won't be nervous at all. My brain is saying 50 fly, but my heart says 200 ***.
Thanks for all the opinions. I want to register before the early deadline, so I'll decide soon.
I'm 40-44 and certainly not in danger of beating anybody. All my best times would put me at the rear of the pack in all these events. This is all for the experience and to set some training goals. Last year's nationals was a lot of fun, and I was pretty nervous about being there. I am thinking this year will be more fun, since I won't be nervous at all. My brain is saying 50 fly, but my heart says 200 ***.
Thanks for all the opinions. I want to register before the early deadline, so I'll decide soon.
