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)
Put another meet or goal on your calendar quickly so you have something else to aim for. Print out your original post, tuck it away, and put a reminder on the calendar to look at it again in a month and at 6 months from now. Chances are, you won't remember it as much because by then, you'll have moved on to other stuff. Give yourself a week to recover mentally, eat some ice cream, pizza, and a good IPA, then get your buns back in the pool and start working to the next goal meet or event. This will be in your rear view mirror and you'll have motivation to do bigger and better things. You can do it. :)
Put another meet or goal on your calendar quickly so you have something else to aim for. Print out your original post, tuck it away, and put a reminder on the calendar to look at it again in a month and at 6 months from now. Chances are, you won't remember it as much because by then, you'll have moved on to other stuff. Give yourself a week to recover mentally, eat some ice cream, pizza, and a good IPA, then get your buns back in the pool and start working to the next goal meet or event. This will be in your rear view mirror and you'll have motivation to do bigger and better things. You can do it. :)
