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)
I feel your pain- been there, done that. :bighug:
My solution? Try some completely new events! I keep getting injured when I train too much breaststroke, so I have backed off. My coach is convinced I'm better suited to distance events anyway, so I took on the 400 IM, 200 fly, and distance free. Training for 400 IM has been terrific, because I have to train all four strokes. This allows my body to avoid the repetitive stress of training too much of one stroke.
Perhaps this would work for you. Put those bad races behind you and set some new goals. Just don't give up! :cheerleader:
I feel your pain- been there, done that. :bighug:
My solution? Try some completely new events! I keep getting injured when I train too much breaststroke, so I have backed off. My coach is convinced I'm better suited to distance events anyway, so I took on the 400 IM, 200 fly, and distance free. Training for 400 IM has been terrific, because I have to train all four strokes. This allows my body to avoid the repetitive stress of training too much of one stroke.
Perhaps this would work for you. Put those bad races behind you and set some new goals. Just don't give up! :cheerleader:
