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.
Knock it off. You're ready.
Get your butt to a meet (and compete). You're going to be surprised.
+1. I trained about 2 months, swimming maybe 3,000m 2-3 days per week, before my first meet back in ought-six after a little 27 year post-high school swimming hiatus. Went fine.
Our pool closes every fall for cleaning, generally for 2 weeks but one time it was for a month. One of my favorite meets falls at the end of that period every year. It has always gone just fine, except maybe the year I drank a little too much wine with friends a little too late the night before and showed up feeling a little too rugged. I don't recommend that.
I rarely feel really "ready" for a meet.
The only meets I regret are the ones I've skipped.
Knock it off. You're ready.
Get your butt to a meet (and compete). You're going to be surprised.
+1. I trained about 2 months, swimming maybe 3,000m 2-3 days per week, before my first meet back in ought-six after a little 27 year post-high school swimming hiatus. Went fine.
Our pool closes every fall for cleaning, generally for 2 weeks but one time it was for a month. One of my favorite meets falls at the end of that period every year. It has always gone just fine, except maybe the year I drank a little too much wine with friends a little too late the night before and showed up feeling a little too rugged. I don't recommend that.
I rarely feel really "ready" for a meet.
The only meets I regret are the ones I've skipped.
