So I've got a taper meet coming up and it happens to be a USA-S SR State Meet. I'm doing this USA-S meet as there was only 1 one day USMS meet offered in GA this year that was LCM.
This meet is VERY fast at least for me.
The kids will be tapered and I expect them to drop tons of time. For me personally, I'm much more experienced in swimming well *tired* throughout the season and I never know what kind of effect a taper will have on me. So what I'm saying is that I don't know if I'll drop much time after a taper or not.
Should I enter my best times or should I fudge a little or even really sandbag? A friend of mine reminded me that I usually swim in full heats of men during masters mixed meets and it is true that the top SR girls will not be any faster than these men I've raced in the past. My concern was getting killed in my heat - again, something I'm used to with the masters men. If I enter my best time of 1:05.5 in the 100 fly for example, that's pretty quick. I will be with girls who can hit 1:02s and 1:03s. . .
I'm leaning towards just going for it and if I can't handle the pressure then at least I know I tried my best.
As always, any thoughts are greatly appreciated!
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What are you scared of? Looking bad?:afraid:
Enter your best time and let the chips fall. Personally I'd want to be in a heat that is AT LEAST my best time (Masters time that is). I'd prefer to be in a fast heat to push me. 100 Fly doesn't exactly call for a strategy...sprint down, sprint back. If you are entering a USS meet with age groupers I should think you already made the decision to "go for it". Don't wuss out now.
What are you scared of? Looking bad?:afraid:
Enter your best time and let the chips fall. Personally I'd want to be in a heat that is AT LEAST my best time (Masters time that is). I'd prefer to be in a fast heat to push me. 100 Fly doesn't exactly call for a strategy...sprint down, sprint back. If you are entering a USS meet with age groupers I should think you already made the decision to "go for it". Don't wuss out now.