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.
I am going to the Rose Bowl aquatics meet this weekend in Pasadena, CA. I can tell you that I do not consider myself in true race form, but I would like to establish a base as to where I am heading towards SCY Nationals this May. It does kinda suck to come into a meet and know it will be tough to hit the times you really want (especially swimming the 200 back and 500 free). But for me my motivation to train stems from a desire to compete, so I do it anyways because I have fun racing.
I am going to the Rose Bowl aquatics meet this weekend in Pasadena, CA. I can tell you that I do not consider myself in true race form, but I would like to establish a base as to where I am heading towards SCY Nationals this May. It does kinda suck to come into a meet and know it will be tough to hit the times you really want (especially swimming the 200 back and 500 free). But for me my motivation to train stems from a desire to compete, so I do it anyways because I have fun racing.
