I totally care about what my competitors are doing. How could you not care? It is the nature of sports to care.
I use to care what the people I raced against did in the events. I don't care anymore. Not caring about anyone else in the race has made swimming tons better because I am the only person that I have to worry about in the event.
Going to meets allows me to 1) Get the out of town for the weekend, since there are no meets in my town for masters. 2) Spend time with friends and watch them race 3) Get to swim in a lot better pools than I practice 4) Put my practice/training to a test to see how it is going and what I can do better. I go to meets to see how I am doing. That is what gets me pumped to swim, to compete against myself, not others. I don't get excited to race others, just me.
I totally care about what my competitors are doing. How could you not care? It is the nature of sports to care.
I use to care what the people I raced against did in the events. I don't care anymore. Not caring about anyone else in the race has made swimming tons better because I am the only person that I have to worry about in the event.
Going to meets allows me to 1) Get the out of town for the weekend, since there are no meets in my town for masters. 2) Spend time with friends and watch them race 3) Get to swim in a lot better pools than I practice 4) Put my practice/training to a test to see how it is going and what I can do better. I go to meets to see how I am doing. That is what gets me pumped to swim, to compete against myself, not others. I don't get excited to race others, just me.
