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Training for First Meet - How to Select Event?

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Greetings, all!

I joined US Masters Swimmers in April 2025, and have aspirations of participating in a swim meet by Summer 2026. So far I've been focusing on technique, consistency, and endurance (never swam seriously before joining), but I'm trying to give myself definable goals for the meet.

My husband is getting into running, and it feels like for runners there's a logical progression of doing a 5k, then 10k, then 10 miler, half marathon, full marathon, etc. Does something like this exist in swimming, specifically with the distance aspect?

My favorite strokes are free and breaststroke, so my plan is to train for those heats, but I don't know if it makes sense to do the 50 meter or a longer distance as a first timer. Could anyone share some advice about which distance makes the most sense to sign up for?

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    There is an easy way to "learn" what your events are and in some ways this is MUST do at some point in your training - true all out efforts in practice -- I am not talking about 12x50 alternate easy and sprint - that's bogus in terms of real all effort. After warm up ... and maybe you can recruit your husband to time you - do an all out 50 - everything there is ... rest as long as you want after -- a week later ... do the same for a 100 which is very different for your body. 

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    There is an easy way to "learn" what your events are and in some ways this is MUST do at some point in your training - true all out efforts in practice -- I am not talking about 12x50 alternate easy and sprint - that's bogus in terms of real all effort. After warm up ... and maybe you can recruit your husband to time you - do an all out 50 - everything there is ... rest as long as you want after -- a week later ... do the same for a 100 which is very different for your body. 

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