Ok, here's my background. I'm, training for USMS NATS in Washignton. Training has been going well and I've been pleased with my meet performances thus far. However, I just swam a meet yesterday as my last meet before I taper for nats. Well, to ensure a good meet I rested two days prior, something I never do going into a meet. At the meet I swam a half a second slower in all my 50's and a full second slower in my 100 fly based on all previous meets. I actually swam A 100 fly in practice last week that was much faster then my race at this meet.
I don't understand, I should have swum faster then other meets this year because I rested going into it. Other meets I swam a hard workout the night before. Could anyone please share any insight into this phenomenon. I have now suffered a huge blow to my confidence going into nationals.
There could have been a lot of factors that determine your slightly slower times.
There is a point in resting where your body goes into shock because it's not working as hard. It seems that's what your body was doing.
How was your meet preparation? In addition to resting in the water, were you taking care of yourself out of the pool?
Take it in stride. Don't change anything. I've had meets like this, and you can still learn from it. How was your technique? Did you have good starts and turns?
There could have been a lot of factors that determine your slightly slower times.
There is a point in resting where your body goes into shock because it's not working as hard. It seems that's what your body was doing.
How was your meet preparation? In addition to resting in the water, were you taking care of yourself out of the pool?
Take it in stride. Don't change anything. I've had meets like this, and you can still learn from it. How was your technique? Did you have good starts and turns?
