What do people think is the ideal number of events to swim per day at a meet? It seems that, for local meets, you're allowed to enter up to 5 events. That is way too many for me. I'm always gassed after 3 or end up scratching an event or relying on caffeine. Yet, I'd like to get more times in different events without traveling the countryside to go to zillions of meets. So, how many is too many if you want to swim fast?
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Leslie- I guess the other factor in choosing how many events is: what is my objective at this meet? If the goal is to do a personal best, set a record etc., then perhaps the smaller number of entries is the best. There was one year in Master's when I swam in 26 meets in the 86-87 swim calendar (yes, I was a bachelor then) everything in BC, Wash, quite a few Oregon, Can Nats, both US Nats. I did it 'cause I was nuts, yes, but as well, I wanted to get as much race experience as I could, as quickly as I could. I entered the maximum number of events allowed in the local meets, frequently racing fatigued but garnering a great deal of confidence to approach my focus meets where I entered only optimal events (I guess I thought of the local meets as super-race pace workouts) & this paid off really well.
I don't know if I've swum in that many meets in the last 20 years (total) though...(real life intrudes!)
Leslie- I guess the other factor in choosing how many events is: what is my objective at this meet? If the goal is to do a personal best, set a record etc., then perhaps the smaller number of entries is the best. There was one year in Master's when I swam in 26 meets in the 86-87 swim calendar (yes, I was a bachelor then) everything in BC, Wash, quite a few Oregon, Can Nats, both US Nats. I did it 'cause I was nuts, yes, but as well, I wanted to get as much race experience as I could, as quickly as I could. I entered the maximum number of events allowed in the local meets, frequently racing fatigued but garnering a great deal of confidence to approach my focus meets where I entered only optimal events (I guess I thought of the local meets as super-race pace workouts) & this paid off really well.
I don't know if I've swum in that many meets in the last 20 years (total) though...(real life intrudes!)
