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:
The coolest thing about Masters is that nobody cares how you place, but many many people care how you swim.
I am in the lower third of my events -- not DFL yet -- but at each nationals I have been to, I have talked to top ten/record holder/event champ swimmers who've asked me how my swims went, etc. They want to know if I had good swims, and if I got best times, which is generally how they are evaluating their own meet, too.
The coolest thing about Masters is that nobody cares how you place, but many many people care how you swim.
I am in the lower third of my events -- not DFL yet -- but at each nationals I have been to, I have talked to top ten/record holder/event champ swimmers who've asked me how my swims went, etc. They want to know if I had good swims, and if I got best times, which is generally how they are evaluating their own meet, too.
