So, I'm going to Nationals this summer. It will be my first meet... ever. I know I'm a really slow swimmer (part of that comes from being 5'2") and will likely be the slowest one in my events.
But I still want to do it!:D
I'm swimming 50 ***, 100 ***, and 50 free. I had to take 2mo off this spring because our van broke and it took us a while to get it fixed, so I wasn't able to swim from mid-March to mid-May. I'm back in the water now and am building up my training to swimming 5 days a week (in another week our Masters group will be meeting 5:30-7a M-F). Right now we're swimming short course still but when we switch our schedule, we'll be switching pools and swimming long course.
I had to time myself last week so I'd have my seed times for registration. In the past week I've already taken 6sec off my 50 *** - which, I think, is pretty good progress.
I'm not expecting to win my heats or get any awesome times at Nationals, but I'm super excited to be going and am anxious to see how much I've improved my own times.
Has anyone else been the slowest swimmer out there before? Any tips on staying positive? :blush:
Results = performance - expectations
Set your expectation for fun, the beauty of swimming in a facility unlike you'll like ever swim in again (or, at least until USMS does this setup again in 2016!), and your time expectations as your time expectations.
I got DFL a number of times in heats and events, sometime by agonizingly massive amounts, back in my HS and college days. Even if I had swum well relative to my own times, I let the place gnaw at me. It wasn't productive then and it's even less productive now in Masters.
Results = performance - expectations
Set your expectation for fun, the beauty of swimming in a facility unlike you'll like ever swim in again (or, at least until USMS does this setup again in 2016!), and your time expectations as your time expectations.
I got DFL a number of times in heats and events, sometime by agonizingly massive amounts, back in my HS and college days. Even if I had swum well relative to my own times, I let the place gnaw at me. It wasn't productive then and it's even less productive now in Masters.
