this thread is here for us to share tid bits of wisdom about swimming
stuff like
get your cap wet before you put it on.
keep your racing suit dry before you race.
Don't warm up in your racing suit
don't breathe on the last stroke into a turn
or your first stroke out of a turn
ande
Beware the taper grumpys!
When Pat and I went to SC nationals in AZ in 1994 (my first nationals I think, unless Santa Clara had one in 1993- then it was my second) we "stayed" together in the hotel (for shame, we weren't married until 1995, but that's another story!) Pat didn't want to do anything or go anywhere, except the first day there we went to the movies (no races that day).
The closer the 400 IM came the grumpier he got. Not even grumpy per se, just very "focused" he would later say. He gets very intense at Nationals I learned that year. After he broke his finger during warm up for the 400 IM I thought "Oh, God, taper grumpy and now a broken finger 5 minutes before his race!" He swam the 400IM, won, and was much happier! And after my 400 IM, the last heat/event of the meet, our team had the best time playing sand volleyball at the bar down the street from the pool, and getting ridiculously drunk! A really fun time. Only to be outdone by Ft. Lauderdale the next year!
I have come to call this little period of time at Nationals "the taper grumpys". And now that I understand it I don't take it personally.
Beware the taper grumpys!
When Pat and I went to SC nationals in AZ in 1994 (my first nationals I think, unless Santa Clara had one in 1993- then it was my second) we "stayed" together in the hotel (for shame, we weren't married until 1995, but that's another story!) Pat didn't want to do anything or go anywhere, except the first day there we went to the movies (no races that day).
The closer the 400 IM came the grumpier he got. Not even grumpy per se, just very "focused" he would later say. He gets very intense at Nationals I learned that year. After he broke his finger during warm up for the 400 IM I thought "Oh, God, taper grumpy and now a broken finger 5 minutes before his race!" He swam the 400IM, won, and was much happier! And after my 400 IM, the last heat/event of the meet, our team had the best time playing sand volleyball at the bar down the street from the pool, and getting ridiculously drunk! A really fun time. Only to be outdone by Ft. Lauderdale the next year!
I have come to call this little period of time at Nationals "the taper grumpys". And now that I understand it I don't take it personally.
