How many of you have gone to a meet, without a lot of proper prep for the meet? Maybe it was a lack of training time, less than focused training for any meet, maybe you have been swimming a lot but no real speed or race specific training during your practice?
What were your expectations going in? Did you worry too much about times or just go to do some racing and swim the best that you can?
I am thinking of FINALLY doing some meets. Found a low key one in a few weeks. I swim 4500-5000 about 5-6x a week. The practices are mix of aerobic swims, a lot of drill work to fix some flaws on my free/back and high intensity kick sets. Not done a lot/any speed work in months but I figure if I don't suck it up soon and just start racing, it may not happen for a long time to come.
Any feedback would be great.
John, back in 1982 I got some advice from Richard Thornton from Cal when I saw him at a meet in Northern California that I stopped by to say hi to some friends at...I had recently started training again after 6 months off and he gave me a lot of grief for not swimming (I was thinking I needed to be in shape) and said "the best way to get into race shape is to race"...and it has stuck with me ever since.
John, back in 1982 I got some advice from Richard Thornton from Cal when I saw him at a meet in Northern California that I stopped by to say hi to some friends at...I had recently started training again after 6 months off and he gave me a lot of grief for not swimming (I was thinking I needed to be in shape) and said "the best way to get into race shape is to race"...and it has stuck with me ever since.
