Well, I did it!!!!
This passed Sunday I had my first ever swim meet!!!!
I had wonderful time at the meet, got to dive 3 times off the blocks :applaud: during practice, not so scary after I did it a couple of times! One of the coaches from some club helped me a little. That was very nice of him!
Of course when the time came to the real thing I forgot to push off with my legs and it felt more like falling in... And then I forgot what I was supposed to do after the actual :rofl: in a hurry remembered to do a pull. After that I was fine, except still was too slow on turns....
Anyway, my time for 100 *** was 1:39.51. I think it's not so bad for the first time.
For some reason my swim felt too slow, as if I was a recreational kind of swimmer not a racer....is what is called adrenalin? I am pretty sure I was going hard for today all my muscles are in pain especially my abdominals....don't know.
I LOVED the UofH pool! Oh my it was absolutely beautiful!!!!!! Well, enough bubbling!
Also, can someone please tell me what the numbers (I marked them in red) are?
#33 Women 30-34 100 *** 1:38.00 1:39.51 (6) 3
47.01 1:39.51 (52.50)
Thanks all for all your help!
Catherine
Parents
Former Member
as long as you can get the notion of winning to beating your previous best then you'll be fine.
I'll work on that! :)
Having a mother who was a high level gymnast is a little intimidating....but hey, it is never to late to start competing in swimming, right? I also had a thought, this competition I did on Sunday was the very first type of a competition where I didn't need to win! It felt great to do something without any pressure, being a professional musician I went through a lot of contests and hated the pressure to win or to move up in ratings because I HAD to not because I wanted to.... Anyway, enough of my crazy thoughts, better go swim! Thanks for listening! :notworthy:
as long as you can get the notion of winning to beating your previous best then you'll be fine.
I'll work on that! :)
Having a mother who was a high level gymnast is a little intimidating....but hey, it is never to late to start competing in swimming, right? I also had a thought, this competition I did on Sunday was the very first type of a competition where I didn't need to win! It felt great to do something without any pressure, being a professional musician I went through a lot of contests and hated the pressure to win or to move up in ratings because I HAD to not because I wanted to.... Anyway, enough of my crazy thoughts, better go swim! Thanks for listening! :notworthy:
