Okay, I'm in a complete funk now. At spring nationals this weekend, I had what was probably the worst meet of my career, performance wise. Really can't understand why, as the meet was run really well, I thought I had trained and tapered properly, and everything seemed to be in order. Come competition time, I sucked. Had a so-so 400IM, got dq'd in the 200Br, and just went slow in everything else. Not making excuses, but now I feel horrible. Don't want to train, and I'm almost embarrassed to look at my results.
So now what? How do I get over this desire to quit?
(I know, I'm taking this way to seriously, but I can't shake the feeling of being a failure)
welcome to busting your rear and getting no reward.
you are NOT at the front of the line by any means.
no, this is not my normal king of sarcasm remarks.
as one of my good friends and fiercest competitors told me this weekend -> there are a lot more bad races than there are good races.
yes, go back and read your training log. see what you did. or didnt do. learn from it.
i promise you this...quitters never win.
This.
Everyone has bad meets. No one is exempt. I had a disastrous meet last December where I felt horrible, swam poorly, scratched half my events and left early. I knew I had to get my training back on track, including lifting.
You'll feel better in a couple days. The memory is probably just too acute right now. You'll be able to figure a path forward once you've digested everything. And tapers are tricky things. If you haven't had that much experience with them, you might have missed it.
welcome to busting your rear and getting no reward.
you are NOT at the front of the line by any means.
no, this is not my normal king of sarcasm remarks.
as one of my good friends and fiercest competitors told me this weekend -> there are a lot more bad races than there are good races.
yes, go back and read your training log. see what you did. or didnt do. learn from it.
i promise you this...quitters never win.
This.
Everyone has bad meets. No one is exempt. I had a disastrous meet last December where I felt horrible, swam poorly, scratched half my events and left early. I knew I had to get my training back on track, including lifting.
You'll feel better in a couple days. The memory is probably just too acute right now. You'll be able to figure a path forward once you've digested everything. And tapers are tricky things. If you haven't had that much experience with them, you might have missed it.
