I am thinking of participating a swim meet, just to experience it once in my life. I had a lot of reservations about signing up for a meet. But after reading some of the threads in the forums, my fears have subsided.
1. I can't do flip turns very well. It seems I can do open turns instead.
2. I fear my goggles will pop off during my dive. Looks like I can start in the water which I am more comfortable with anyways.
But there are a few things that I'm still wondering about.
1. I'm pretty slow. I've read somewhere that most meets have a "slow heat"? What does that mean really? So you could have multiple people being #1 for the same age group? And how can you tell if a meet has several heats?
2. Why is it when I view some of the past event results, some events have rankings for the top 3 swimmers and some have only 1? I am attaching a screenshot of what I am talking about. Does that mean there was only 1 person swimming in that event?
3. How does one finish off for freestyle? Do you have to press a buzzer?
AWESOME!!!
Yes now that I learned fly (100 & 200 at 50), that is what I'm finding out. You are much faster than me, but I enjoy the challenge and the freedom to do something different.
AWESOME!!!
Yes now that I learned fly (100 & 200 at 50), that is what I'm finding out. You are much faster than me, but I enjoy the challenge and the freedom to do something different.
:applaud::applaud::applaud:
I knew I liked you a lot!! :) Thanks Elaine.
:D Hey, if we end up at the same meet again, we'll be the crazy ones together. I was the only woman to race 200 fly at the Georgia Senior Games, and I have found myself in that position a lot at local meets. If Marianne Countryman doesn't show up to a meet, I am usually the only woman racing 200 fly and 400 IM.
