Hey All! I would love to see the response from people on this question.
I am about to swim in my first meet in over five years. My preparation has been pretty good the last year or so. Plus, I am looking at this from a realistic standpoint of going out to have fun, swim again and see just where I am at in training. Not expecting lifetime bests or to light up the waters in my first outing.
When you all made the decision to race again(pool or open water) what were you feelings leading up the first meet? Excited, nervous,etc? And how did you cope with second thoughts, nerves, etc leading up to the meet, so you wouldn't have second thoughts?
Look forward to hearing other people's stories.
John
Parents
Former Member
This topic is so real for me! I am going to my first meet Saturday in 20 years...4 kids and 85lbs heavier, I am a bundle of nerves. My problem is that I can still remember all of my times from HS & college and I will never be that fast again. My goal is to literally be the fastest fat girl at the pool..now, if I can only drag my sorry butt up to do a backstoke start! (we have no blocks at our pool to practice!). I also keep thinking that I am going to dive in and go right to the bottom. Good luck to all of us that are renewing our competitive careers this weekend. Let's follow up Monday to see how it went.
This topic is so real for me! I am going to my first meet Saturday in 20 years...4 kids and 85lbs heavier, I am a bundle of nerves. My problem is that I can still remember all of my times from HS & college and I will never be that fast again. My goal is to literally be the fastest fat girl at the pool..now, if I can only drag my sorry butt up to do a backstoke start! (we have no blocks at our pool to practice!). I also keep thinking that I am going to dive in and go right to the bottom. Good luck to all of us that are renewing our competitive careers this weekend. Let's follow up Monday to see how it went.
