Going to meets with less than good prep

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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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  • Former Member
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    Serious might have been the wrong word. People are not outwardly anal retentive about their race. I have been to a few meets in the past where they are definitly this way. This scene seems to be more around age group meets. There have been some behaviours where I wanted to yank my swimmers by their necks after their attitudes...but the law forbide it.
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  • Former Member
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    Serious might have been the wrong word. People are not outwardly anal retentive about their race. I have been to a few meets in the past where they are definitly this way. This scene seems to be more around age group meets. There have been some behaviours where I wanted to yank my swimmers by their necks after their attitudes...but the law forbide it.
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