https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/general/12179/help-me-with-seed-times-pleaseSo, entries are due for my first meet back after a long break. My times are much slower than ever in history, which is to be expected but since I&#39;ve only been practicing 12 weeks so far, time is dropping fast. When I did event swims earlier this weeken-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/thread/195664?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 16 Jul 2015 05:39:52 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:3b10a2aa-6c1c-4073-9c30-9d9944f525ccmoodyrichardsonCongrats on your meet times!! The 400 IM is my idea of a nightmare!! KUDOS!! While reading this thread I just realized I entered my SCM time for the 100 Back instead of my LCM time for Summer Nats. YIKES!! Gonna have to bring my turbo jets!!<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/195649?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 13 Jul 2015 09:50:04 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:6cde3aa1-17d8-48de-9829-c2996ddf6899knelsonCongrats! The 400 IM long course is definitely a challenge.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/195643?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 12 Jul 2015 09:42:34 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:9bb325f2-1416-4a2c-b3ae-9758337e720aSwimosaur... I crushed it ... Well done!<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/195631?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 12 Jul 2015 05:49:10 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:8812b6bc-4488-4bc9-b0b7-9f1ddc648cfaElaine KrugmanWay to go, m&#39;! I&#39;ve competed in the 400 LCM IM, and it&#39;s a TOUGH challenge! I even swam it at World&#39;s and Nationals, so there was the humiliation factor on top of it. :blush: I&#39;m slower than you (and 53 years old), but I&#39;ve never DQ&#39;d in the 400 IM or 200 fly, so I&#39;m proud of that fact. Be proud of yourself for what you accomplished! :applaud:<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/195618?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 11 Jul 2015 10:41:59 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:965b134b-034f-4091-a4a0-d38e28ce7148m2tall2Can I just pat myself on the back here for a second? :applaud:: That 400 LCM IM was today and it felt awful. Every bit of technique shot out the window. It was just a game of survival. First at the 75 mark of the fly I had to convince myself not to end the race at the wall and did a couple extra dolphin kicks - no pulling - while I gathered my composure. :whiteflag: I hugged the wall for a teensie bit long at the 100 mark of the fly with a high schooler yelling &amp; pointing over my head &quot;GO!&quot;. I narrowly made the turn on the back - flipped too early and basically had to glide in going &quot;gah! Don&#39;t DQ!!&quot;. They may have missed that split as I only grazed the bottom two inches of the touchpad. I did open turns on the Fly and ***. :blush: I couldn&#39;t turn on anything more than a two beat kick in the free despite my brain yelling at me to do so. And the over rotation was abysmal so I could gasp for air. :drowning: But I finished. I did not DQ. I swam an event I have never competed in in my life. My best practice time up through this week ended up at 7:06 in SCY. I believe I crushed it with a 7:30.26 in LCM. :ohyeah: I had been hoping for about 7:55. In April I was doing 8:00 in yards. No one wrote down my splits so I&#39;ll just have to wait for the results to be posted. PWB - I hope you see this - I&#39;ve been following your workouts for this. Thank you so much!<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/195582?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 19 Jun 2015 12:25:21 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:f78a8ced-2a7c-4431-b2f2-396df1a70099orca1946We ALL HAVE TIMES THAT CHANGE EACH YEAR. AS YOU SEEM TO BE GETTING FASTER , ENTER A TIME THAT YOU HAVE DONE SHORTLY BEFORE THE MEET. AS STATED ABOVE , OTHERS ENTER TIMES THAT ARE JUST OUT OF THIN AIR. ENJOY THE MEET FOR YOURSELF! Sorry about the caps - ooppss<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/195572?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 19 Jun 2015 10:34:11 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:d3b282a6-b5b2-4553-ad4d-68a298031593Allen StarkFirst meet? Don&#39;t overthink it. You&#39;ve done a fine job. Enter this: 400 IM - 7:00 200 IM - 3:15 100 *** - 1:45 200 *** - 3:40 I agree. Some people automatically enter a time too slow,others enter a time they wish they could hit,but never will. A few will enter SCY times in a LCM meet.Don&#39;t expect that someone near your seed time will swim near your actual time. Go and have fun.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/195606?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 19 Jun 2015 01:43:44 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:89ac80bf-d6c2-4268-85d7-15e9f5b85232m2tall2Thanks guys! You know, you&#39;re right...I should just not expect people to go near seed time. I looked at last year&#39;s results and per the entry, we&#39;re supposed to enter SCY times even though the event is long course meters (since for the kids, regional qualifiers are being held in SCY). It appears as though some entered with LCM times anyways, some may have guesstimated and went way faster and others went way slower. Only a very few seemed to nail it. So my best ballpark shouldn&#39;t be a problem.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/195592?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 19 Jun 2015 01:06:06 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:1dad2ec0-03ba-4e4c-a9d1-44f7fe920b0e__steve__As J-Rex said, don&#39;t sweat it once you get your base times your good to go for following meets<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/195568?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 18 Jun 2015 11:21:22 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:c0c7d6de-5a3d-4bc9-be8d-8092e95436cdSwimosaurWhat do you think? First meet? Don&#39;t overthink it. You&#39;ve done a fine job. Enter this: 400 IM - 7:00 200 IM - 3:15 100 *** - 1:45 200 *** - 3:40<div style="clear:both;"></div>