On February 20, I'm hoping to go to my first swim meet......ever! :eek: I swam on the team when I was younger, but I never competed. I'm incredibly nervous already and I have no idea what to expect because I have never been to a meet before. I swam with my friend who is a coach, and I have what seems like a lot of work to do on my strokes. How realistic is it that I be ready by February? Obviously I won't be at the top of the field, but I'm hoping to at least not make a fool out of myself. But what I really want to know is what to expect. How do I train, and how do I taper? When do I start tapering? Do I even need to taper? Any good pre-meet workout ideas? Any thing that anyone can suggest would be helpful!!! Thanx a bunch!!
~Kyra
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I'd say do whatever events your little chlorinated heart desires, but yeah, you'll be tired going from one event to the next pretty quick......of course, it's only a 50, so it's not like you're doing the 200 fly and THEN the 100 back, but still.
It won't kill you, but it'll make you feel really tired after about a 50 of the backstroke. You'll be thinking to yourself, "Gosh, I thought I had more energy than this during the first 50. I wonder what happened?" Or something along those lines.
I still have to pick my events for my Jan 23rd meet, too. Definitely not going with anything IM, and other than that, I'm not sure.
Steph
I'd say do whatever events your little chlorinated heart desires, but yeah, you'll be tired going from one event to the next pretty quick......of course, it's only a 50, so it's not like you're doing the 200 fly and THEN the 100 back, but still.
It won't kill you, but it'll make you feel really tired after about a 50 of the backstroke. You'll be thinking to yourself, "Gosh, I thought I had more energy than this during the first 50. I wonder what happened?" Or something along those lines.
I still have to pick my events for my Jan 23rd meet, too. Definitely not going with anything IM, and other than that, I'm not sure.
Steph
