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.
My opinion is you shouldn't swim a meet that close to your taper meet. So, now that you've blown that, don't sweat it! I agree with Jeff. Sometimes weird things happen when you are partially rested. I usually swim my final meet about a month out from my taper meet and typically swim pretty slow. I've learned that my performance at that meet really has no bearing on how I'll swim the following month and don't let it worry me. For example, I've improved my 500 free time by up to 20 seconds. Last summer I swam my 400 IM almost 20 seconds faster at Worlds then I did at a meet around July 4th.
My opinion is you shouldn't swim a meet that close to your taper meet. So, now that you've blown that, don't sweat it! I agree with Jeff. Sometimes weird things happen when you are partially rested. I usually swim my final meet about a month out from my taper meet and typically swim pretty slow. I've learned that my performance at that meet really has no bearing on how I'll swim the following month and don't let it worry me. For example, I've improved my 500 free time by up to 20 seconds. Last summer I swam my 400 IM almost 20 seconds faster at Worlds then I did at a meet around July 4th.
