How embarassing is it really?

How embarrassed do you feel for getting out before the workout is over if you don't feel well? This evening, I was at practice for my new team and I was swimming so poorly that I got bumped down a lane. Then, I began to feel even worse, so finally I just got out at one hour and went home. Now that I feel a bit better, I'm totally mortified for not finishing. Extenuating circumstance: I'm new to this team and am very slow compared to them--normally I swim in lane 2. So I'm always a little embarassed jsut for being slow.
  • Some days you just have to listen to your body and do what you think is best for you. Don't worry about it. You have to get used to a new team and figure out where you fit in with this group. Once you get more used to this group you will feel more comfortable. You'll also find that you'll make some good friends along the way so just go and enjoy the challenge. Getting out early once in a while is something everyone does and you learn to just move on. Some days the motivation or the body just need some time off. Enjoy
  • Former Member
    Former Member
    Not at all . . . this is masters . . . we're adults . . . we get in when we can and get out when we have to or want to. No one will think poorly of you . . . and if they do, it's their problem, not yours. At least that's how it works on my team. carl
  • that's not a flimsy reason that's legit in my book flimsy would be didn't like a set just felt like leaving for no particular reason ande Originally posted by Sonic Swimmer78 Ande, to answer your question, I think my flimsiest reason was back in February when I started feeling nausious and puked out stomach acid in the shower room. I was sick with the stomach flu that whole day.
  • Former Member
    Former Member
    Ande, to answer your question, I think my flimsiest reason was back in February when I started feeling nausious and puked out stomach acid in the shower room. I was sick with the stomach flu that whole day.
  • Former Member
    Former Member
    When I get out early, the regulars in the pool know that there is something wrong with me and I get sympathy, not derision. When I see another regular get out early (if they're not a regular, I don't know what early is for them) I know something is wrong and I hold him/her in high esteem for getting into the pool in the first place on an off-day.
  • Former Member
    Former Member
    I raced in Mexico, sick, sick, sick from all over, before and after however able to swim and not do it in the pool. It was the food, also sun stroke, sunburnt blood coming from my shoulders. I still got the silver medal.
  • Former Member
    Former Member
    'flimsy would be didn't like a set just felt like leaving for no particular reason" I do that all of the time. My coach is used to me. :D To the poster from Brooklyn: forget about it! It sounds like you were just tired and needed a rest. Remember: You pay your training fees- no one else does- so take what you need from the training. Loyalty is very important, but you also need to do what you need to do.
  • Former Member
    Former Member
    Being hungover is a flimsy reason for getting out or getting in late. I happened to get into the pool late one day for a Saturday morning practice. Had a pretty bad headache though I was there on time but was kind of incapacitated. Told my teammates I had an awful headache. On the way to practice I choked down half of a little cinnamon roll, 16 oz water and a Goody Powder for the head. I stood under a shower of warm water for about ten minutes right next to the pool during warm up. Felt a little better; missed most of the warm up. I got in and about halfway through the mainset, I was cured. The first few flip turns were nauseating. Lesson learned? If you have an early moring practice, be careful of how many adult beverages you consume the night before.
  • Former Member
    Former Member
    Something shoalswimmer said made me think of this... Sometimes I get headaches when my blood pressure is too LOW. It's hard to differentiate these headaches from other types of headaches, but a sure cure for it is doing some vigorous activity (like a swimming workout!) to get things pumping better. My tendency is to pull into my shell when I get a headache. Vegetate. Sleep. But the low-blood-pressure headaches will not get better for me that way. The problem with doing a workout to try curing such a headache is that it may not be a low-blood-pressure headache, and then I just make it worse. I know it pretty quickly into the workout, and that's a time I'll get out early.
  • If this was age group swimming, my coach would have said puke in the gutters and keep swimming. Since this is masters, you did fine. If you don't feel good/right, then certainly do what you need to do. When you get to feeling better just go back and work your way up a lane or two. It takes time but you'll get there!
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