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)
Friends(new and old) help put a bad swim behind you really fast.
So true. I had a bad swim in Santa Clara on Saturday which was weighing pretty heavily on me. I left the meet that day quite disappointed. Fortunately, some simple words from a few USMS friends (with far more experience than I) via text message and Facebook made me realize it wasn't worth stressing over or worrying about.
Friends(new and old) help put a bad swim behind you really fast.
So true. I had a bad swim in Santa Clara on Saturday which was weighing pretty heavily on me. I left the meet that day quite disappointed. Fortunately, some simple words from a few USMS friends (with far more experience than I) via text message and Facebook made me realize it wasn't worth stressing over or worrying about.
