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?
Two comments:
1. According to the rules for sanctioning in the LMSC Handbook, "If no spearate faciity is available, provisions for warm-up/warm-down MUST be made as follows..." It goes on to say that in pools with 5 or more lanes, one lane shall be used for continuous warm-up/warm-down. In pools of fewer than 5 lanes, swimmers shall be allowed to swim to the other end of the pool after each heat and a warm-up/warm-down period shall be offered at least once each 1/2 hour.
2. A coach once told me that to swim in a 3 day meet, you must go to practice 3 days in a row. Likewise, if you only swim every other day, a 2-day meet will be hard.
Betsy Durrant
Two comments:
1. According to the rules for sanctioning in the LMSC Handbook, "If no spearate faciity is available, provisions for warm-up/warm-down MUST be made as follows..." It goes on to say that in pools with 5 or more lanes, one lane shall be used for continuous warm-up/warm-down. In pools of fewer than 5 lanes, swimmers shall be allowed to swim to the other end of the pool after each heat and a warm-up/warm-down period shall be offered at least once each 1/2 hour.
2. A coach once told me that to swim in a 3 day meet, you must go to practice 3 days in a row. Likewise, if you only swim every other day, a 2-day meet will be hard.
Betsy Durrant
