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:
Really the only person who cares how fast you swim is you! Go and have a good time, meet some new people, and be happy with your performance.
At Nationals in Mesa I was throwing up from food poisoning all night and into the morning before I had to swim the 400 IM. I still went to the meet, did a 100 yard warm up then swam the best I could. I was 100-150 behind the others in my heat but I never felt like anyone was lurking over my lane wanting to fish me out because of my speed. The first time I swam the 200 fly at a local meet I was the last one to finish. Everyone at the pool clapped and in the warm down pool several people I didn't know gave me a pat on the back for even doing that race.
Really the only person who cares how fast you swim is you! Go and have a good time, meet some new people, and be happy with your performance.
At Nationals in Mesa I was throwing up from food poisoning all night and into the morning before I had to swim the 400 IM. I still went to the meet, did a 100 yard warm up then swam the best I could. I was 100-150 behind the others in my heat but I never felt like anyone was lurking over my lane wanting to fish me out because of my speed. The first time I swam the 200 fly at a local meet I was the last one to finish. Everyone at the pool clapped and in the warm down pool several people I didn't know gave me a pat on the back for even doing that race.
