OK…three days to Nationals, my first. I’ve trained really hard for eight months and done all the right stuff: high yardage with a good mix of endurance, sprint, and race-pace training. I also have been running and doing some strength training. This past week I’ve cut out the running and weights and I’m doing light swim workouts working on starts, turns, finishes and pacing.
It’s taper time and I am going CRAZY!!! I’m not sleeping well, I want to eat too much, and this morning I was seriously considering going out in the yard and pulling out trees! (Now, that’s nuts!) How do I keep my head together during this critical time! I need advice on how to handle the psychological aspects of tapering!!
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Aloha Everyone!
I promised a final wrap-up on the nationals, so here goes. I had the time of my life, meet a lot of really great people and didn't do too badly, considering that this was my first shot at a National event. I took 5th in the 50 Free, 6th in the 1500 Free, 7th in the 50 Fly and 100 Free, and 8th in the 100 Fly.
I learned a whole lot about tapering (thanks to all of you!) and found out what it was like to participate in an event with over 1000 swimmers. It took a while to get the hang of it, once I was there. I learned that you need to: (1) relax while you are waiting for your event; you will have to wait, (2) make sure that you get in a real good warm-up, it’s kind of crazy with people everywhere (3) get to the blocks on time, the 50s go in the blink of an eye (4) stay cool on the blocks, breathing is good; and (5) PACE THE RACE!!! Talk about poor pacing...my 100 Fly was SO PATHETIC!!
Here's a photo of me with some of my medals; the other guy is my friend Jim Budde. We both swim for Academy Masters Swim Team here in Hawaii. Jim took first in the 1500 for the 60-64 age group!
Ande, here’s best I can do with regard to your tapering modification question. I was responding to the comments by you and Leonard regarding “intimate relations.” That's about as specific as I’m going to get!! :D
Aloha Everyone!
I promised a final wrap-up on the nationals, so here goes. I had the time of my life, meet a lot of really great people and didn't do too badly, considering that this was my first shot at a National event. I took 5th in the 50 Free, 6th in the 1500 Free, 7th in the 50 Fly and 100 Free, and 8th in the 100 Fly.
I learned a whole lot about tapering (thanks to all of you!) and found out what it was like to participate in an event with over 1000 swimmers. It took a while to get the hang of it, once I was there. I learned that you need to: (1) relax while you are waiting for your event; you will have to wait, (2) make sure that you get in a real good warm-up, it’s kind of crazy with people everywhere (3) get to the blocks on time, the 50s go in the blink of an eye (4) stay cool on the blocks, breathing is good; and (5) PACE THE RACE!!! Talk about poor pacing...my 100 Fly was SO PATHETIC!!
Here's a photo of me with some of my medals; the other guy is my friend Jim Budde. We both swim for Academy Masters Swim Team here in Hawaii. Jim took first in the 1500 for the 60-64 age group!
Ande, here’s best I can do with regard to your tapering modification question. I was responding to the comments by you and Leonard regarding “intimate relations.” That's about as specific as I’m going to get!! :D
