Hi--
Anyone else (who's not in their 20's) ever swim USS meets? I entered one this weekend and am now nervous that I will (at 41) stick out like a sore thumb. My times should be somewhere in the middle of the pack but I'm wondering how dorky I will feel walking up to the blocks. Just curious to hear about anyone else's USS swimming experiences...
Thanks!
Amy
Amy, I may be in my 20s, but never having done USS prior, I signed up w/ a local team and did my very first USS meet (LCM distance meet) this past summer. I was the oldest by 7 years (except for the parents and officials), and completely dwarfed my competition.
But that was not to say they wouldn't go down w/o a fight. I was in the 2nd fastest heat both times, swam WAY slower than that first heat (and some of the girls), and was almost mowed down by a 13y/o in the 800. I did feel like I stuck out, but I was so excited to be swimming in my very first USS meet that it didn't matter.
Since my special friend is a coach for the team I signed up with, I sat and chatted with the kiddos, talking about summer league, vacations, school, summer reading, their workout groups, their coaches... I was just a slightly older, taller, hairier, less-cuter version of them! I am hoping to sign up again for 2008 and do another meet or two, maybe one where I get to finish DFL against the really fast 15+/17+ open groupers
Amy, I may be in my 20s, but never having done USS prior, I signed up w/ a local team and did my very first USS meet (LCM distance meet) this past summer. I was the oldest by 7 years (except for the parents and officials), and completely dwarfed my competition.
But that was not to say they wouldn't go down w/o a fight. I was in the 2nd fastest heat both times, swam WAY slower than that first heat (and some of the girls), and was almost mowed down by a 13y/o in the 800. I did feel like I stuck out, but I was so excited to be swimming in my very first USS meet that it didn't matter.
Since my special friend is a coach for the team I signed up with, I sat and chatted with the kiddos, talking about summer league, vacations, school, summer reading, their workout groups, their coaches... I was just a slightly older, taller, hairier, less-cuter version of them! I am hoping to sign up again for 2008 and do another meet or two, maybe one where I get to finish DFL against the really fast 15+/17+ open groupers
