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:
Definitely not a math major;)
Results = performance - expectations
Set your expectation for fun, the beauty of swimming in a facility…
Results = performance – expectations
Expectations = fun + the beauty of swimming in a facility
Results = performance – (fun + the beauty of swimming in a facility)
Results = performance – fun - the beauty of swimming in a facility:confused::confused:
One of the ironies of the slowest – fastest spectrum is that it is often the fastest folks who sometimes struggle with staying positive. Case in point, at a recent nationals I congratulated a friend who just won a race; to which he responded in a disappointed tone “it was OK”, because he has missed his goal time. And that was me a long time ago when I was fast, now I’ve lowered my expectations and I’m having more fun (and plotting how to win the 2056 nationals 200 Fly).
Definitely not a math major;)
Results = performance - expectations
Set your expectation for fun, the beauty of swimming in a facility…
Results = performance – expectations
Expectations = fun + the beauty of swimming in a facility
Results = performance – (fun + the beauty of swimming in a facility)
Results = performance – fun - the beauty of swimming in a facility:confused::confused:
One of the ironies of the slowest – fastest spectrum is that it is often the fastest folks who sometimes struggle with staying positive. Case in point, at a recent nationals I congratulated a friend who just won a race; to which he responded in a disappointed tone “it was OK”, because he has missed his goal time. And that was me a long time ago when I was fast, now I’ve lowered my expectations and I’m having more fun (and plotting how to win the 2056 nationals 200 Fly).
