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 was involved in a warm-up pool pile-up which led to me tweaking a groin muscle in my right leg. I thought about scratching, but that would have been weak after preparing the whole day for this swim. I alternated massage and swimming 50s dps breaststroke until the men's heats started. It hurt, but I was able to kick. It actually kept my kick more narrow, like it's supposed to be.
Congratulations, Jimbo! And, welcome to the world of FROGS!
I felt your pain (literally); I was swimming the entire meet with a strained adductor that happened 8 days before my first race. I almost canceled my trip, but decided to go for it when I was able to sprint a 25 on Wednesday without completely pulling the muscle. I tested it again on Thursday with the same results, so I stayed in Greensboro and raced.
I'm sorry I forgot to look for you after your race! Congratulations on an awesome time drop and excellent stroke count. Keep us posted on The Breaststroke Lane with your future FROG endeavors. And, post a video, so we can see how you are doing! :cheerleader:
