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)
We've all been there! I had a very poor meet in Mesa a few years ago and still don't know why. However, I've had good swims at other big meets. Like a lost love, this too shall pass. The points others have raised are good ones. You should also look closely at your results and see if you can find some positives. Did you swim the first 50 of any race at the pace you wanted? Were any of your starts good ones? Did you do the number of dolphin kicks off the start that you had planned? Did you nail any of your turns? I bet if you really broke it down, you could find a few things that were positives.
And if for some reason you can't, you can say you were there when Nathan Adrian swam a 41.13!!!
We've all been there! I had a very poor meet in Mesa a few years ago and still don't know why. However, I've had good swims at other big meets. Like a lost love, this too shall pass. The points others have raised are good ones. You should also look closely at your results and see if you can find some positives. Did you swim the first 50 of any race at the pace you wanted? Were any of your starts good ones? Did you do the number of dolphin kicks off the start that you had planned? Did you nail any of your turns? I bet if you really broke it down, you could find a few things that were positives.
And if for some reason you can't, you can say you were there when Nathan Adrian swam a 41.13!!!
