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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Re: Conversions:
Easiest thing is just to add 10% when going from yards to meters. Result is pretty close to the formula knelson gave, but much easier.
If you do a 1:20, (or 80 seconds) then just add 8 seconds and give a seed time of 1:28.
Your other option is to give your seed times in yards and let the meet officials do the math. Just make it clear that it's in meters. Most meet officials can do that. It just adds some burden on them. (Or you risk the possibility that they don't do the conversion and you end up in a heat where everyone is 10% faster than you are!)
Re: Conversions:
Easiest thing is just to add 10% when going from yards to meters. Result is pretty close to the formula knelson gave, but much easier.
If you do a 1:20, (or 80 seconds) then just add 8 seconds and give a seed time of 1:28.
Your other option is to give your seed times in yards and let the meet officials do the math. Just make it clear that it's in meters. Most meet officials can do that. It just adds some burden on them. (Or you risk the possibility that they don't do the conversion and you end up in a heat where everyone is 10% faster than you are!)
