I was just wondering, how many of you typically enter the maximum number of events that you can? I always do. One of our new coaches wants us to try and focus more on our "stronger events" and skip the other events. I usually like to see how well I might do in a event I haven't done in awhile.
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I am much more like Fort. I made a painful mistake several years at LC Zones and entered four races in one session - two 100s, a 50, and finished with the 200 IM. I learned just how long it takes me to recover. I want 30 minutes or more after just one 50. I'd like an hour after a 100. And a half day after a 200.
I know from anerobic sets in practice that recovery time is critical for me to swim fast.
So unless it is a gigantic meet where I will have lots of rest between my races - I will probably not enter more than 3 races. I have only raced a 200 five times in 5 years.
I am much more like Fort. I made a painful mistake several years at LC Zones and entered four races in one session - two 100s, a 50, and finished with the 200 IM. I learned just how long it takes me to recover. I want 30 minutes or more after just one 50. I'd like an hour after a 100. And a half day after a 200.
I know from anerobic sets in practice that recovery time is critical for me to swim fast.
So unless it is a gigantic meet where I will have lots of rest between my races - I will probably not enter more than 3 races. I have only raced a 200 five times in 5 years.
