From the thread on tapering:
For the last few weeks, I experiment with a meet warm-up.
I've never raced that much, and haven't been to a meet in a couple years except to watch, however, the thing that always bothered me most about meets was actually trying to warm up. I found it virtually impossible to do anything useful in a lane with 13 people, five of whom are chatting at the walls, and the other seven of whom were (trying to) do something much different than I was or doing it at a much different pace. I frequently would give up after a few minutes and just get out.
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At nationals, I find it helpful to warm-up as soon as the pool opens. You can get in 400-500 in peace. If my event is late in the day, I leave and have breakfast. When it is time to race, I'll do a short warm-up in the crowd.
As someone else mentioned, I have done a complete warm-up as a series of 25's. It can be done if you don't let yourself get irritated by others.
At nationals, I find it helpful to warm-up as soon as the pool opens. You can get in 400-500 in peace. If my event is late in the day, I leave and have breakfast. When it is time to race, I'll do a short warm-up in the crowd.
As someone else mentioned, I have done a complete warm-up as a series of 25's. It can be done if you don't let yourself get irritated by others.
