There is a nice article by Linda Shoenberger as the March Fitness article on swimming all the events without the utter hopelessness of knowing you are guaranteed to be dead last in a competition environment. It starts:
"Once upon a time there was a swimmer who didn’t want to compete in swim competitions. She just wanted to do fitness swimming and enjoy the camaraderie of a USMS workout group.
"But she also wanted to swim all the pool races offered in USMS competition. She couldn’t imagine herself racing the 200 butterfly in front of a bunch of other swimmers, coaches and spectators. But she could imagine herself swimming the 200 butterfly in practice at a leisurely pace without the pressure of being at a swim meet."
So the coach encouraged people to do the Check-off Challenge and made time during workouts for swimmers who wanted to, to swim the events.
:)
(Nice coach, pat pat...)
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We did this last year as a team, I think 1 person might have completed the check off challenge.
The problem is, you still have to be motivated enough to swim a 200 fly for no other reason than to get a check mark.
"Today's main set is the 200 fly for time, or I am going to hammer your toes with a mallet. Ok, who is ready for some fly?" Silence.
We did this last year as a team, I think 1 person might have completed the check off challenge.
The problem is, you still have to be motivated enough to swim a 200 fly for no other reason than to get a check mark.
"Today's main set is the 200 fly for time, or I am going to hammer your toes with a mallet. Ok, who is ready for some fly?" Silence.
