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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Oh and to go further along on the DQ thing - Ian Thorpe DQued in his premier race (the 400 free) at Aussie trials, Amanda Beard DQued in a IM race at a World Cup Meet, James Hickman DQued at World Cup this past weekend ... it happens to the best of us. And you learn from it. Usually once you DQ once it'll never happen again at least in that event. (I always feel better when I hear that the really good people mess up too!)
GOOD LUCK!
Oh and to go further along on the DQ thing - Ian Thorpe DQued in his premier race (the 400 free) at Aussie trials, Amanda Beard DQued in a IM race at a World Cup Meet, James Hickman DQued at World Cup this past weekend ... it happens to the best of us. And you learn from it. Usually once you DQ once it'll never happen again at least in that event. (I always feel better when I hear that the really good people mess up too!)
GOOD LUCK!
