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.
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I can't tell if you are referring to a specific meet or meets in general. I will say that I disagree if you are speaking in general. Most people I see at meets, regardless of ability, are there to race and take it seriously. You don't have to walk around muttering to yourself to be in a serious racing mood - maybe we are saying the same thing.
I think we are saying the same thing. At any meet, you are going to see very few people walking around with their headphones on, tunnel vision look in their eye, only concerned with their race.
You will actually see lots of people congratulating people who they just raced, but don't know, friendly conversations in passing and, in general, a relaxed group of people.
Serious might have been the wrong word. People are not outwardly anal retentive about their race.
I can't tell if you are referring to a specific meet or meets in general. I will say that I disagree if you are speaking in general. Most people I see at meets, regardless of ability, are there to race and take it seriously. You don't have to walk around muttering to yourself to be in a serious racing mood - maybe we are saying the same thing.
I think we are saying the same thing. At any meet, you are going to see very few people walking around with their headphones on, tunnel vision look in their eye, only concerned with their race.
You will actually see lots of people congratulating people who they just raced, but don't know, friendly conversations in passing and, in general, a relaxed group of people.
Serious might have been the wrong word. People are not outwardly anal retentive about their race.
