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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The pain of the 200 fly is over-rated:
I agree. It's not really that bad if you're a decent flyer and you don't take it out too hard.
Look you two, I know you have your pain and pleasure receptors wired backwards, but don't try to inflict that nonsense on those of us with some sanity.
And Chris Stevenson... just... don't even comment.
The pain of the 200 fly is over-rated:
I agree. It's not really that bad if you're a decent flyer and you don't take it out too hard.
Look you two, I know you have your pain and pleasure receptors wired backwards, but don't try to inflict that nonsense on those of us with some sanity.
And Chris Stevenson... just... don't even comment.
