Meet's on Friday, I think. I just started swimming on a team in January and I've done nothing longer than 100 at the four meets I've been to so far. I looked at the events board and turned to my coaches and said, "There must have been some kind of mistake..." Recently, in my "I'm new" thread, I said I wanted to up the ante. Apparently, some divine power was listening.
What strategies do you all have for me? Please give me something, Masters forum, because I'm CLUELESS! Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope. //Leia
I feel like Indiana Jones after he's picked off a bazillion baddies and then finally the real big, tough baddy appears onscreen and Indy just kind of looks up like, "Awww, come on... let's just go have a beer, man..." while slowly putting up his fists for what he knows will be a very painful thrashing.
You still have 2 days - if you can, try to work in a couple of timed 500s in practice, so you can taste the pain of a longer distance swim. If you take it out too hard, you will choke at the end. You need to know what the right pace to start out with feels like (it will feel slow compared to that 100 pace) such that you can sustain it through the entire race.
Good luck!
You still have 2 days - if you can, try to work in a couple of timed 500s in practice, so you can taste the pain of a longer distance swim. If you take it out too hard, you will choke at the end. You need to know what the right pace to start out with feels like (it will feel slow compared to that 100 pace) such that you can sustain it through the entire race.
Good luck!
