I just went to my first two-day meet this weekend, and I had a really rough time the second day. The first day I was able to to get personal bests in 2 of my 3 swims and was only about half a second off in the other, but the second day I was 1-3 seconds off in all three races. I was also a little sore the second day, probably because there was no warmup pool. Is there anything I should have done so I could swim faster the second day?
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I've seen this approach (can't vouch for it !)
* Train hard all year
* Swim hard your first day.
* Skip the warmdown so you can sit in the hottub at the hotel with a few cold beers and your teammates
* Head out for supper, have a few margaritas before dinner
* Get Tex-Mex with lots of carbs
* Have another 'rita
* Spend the evening barhopping
* Sleep in, scratch all your individual events
* Show up after hotel checkout and swim some relay 50's towards the end
* By the end of the meet you'll feel fine for the drive home.
Never give the sports masseuse your credit card and just have them keep going. The next morning I always felt like I'd been mugged both from the soreness and from spending so much money.
:)
I've seen this approach (can't vouch for it !)
* Train hard all year
* Swim hard your first day.
* Skip the warmdown so you can sit in the hottub at the hotel with a few cold beers and your teammates
* Head out for supper, have a few margaritas before dinner
* Get Tex-Mex with lots of carbs
* Have another 'rita
* Spend the evening barhopping
* Sleep in, scratch all your individual events
* Show up after hotel checkout and swim some relay 50's towards the end
* By the end of the meet you'll feel fine for the drive home.
Never give the sports masseuse your credit card and just have them keep going. The next morning I always felt like I'd been mugged both from the soreness and from spending so much money.
:)
