When I last seriously competed almost 5 years ago now, I would attend meets with multiple sessions and do 1 event from each or maybe 2 events - 1 at the start and 1 at the end of the session. I was more a distancer, so over the course of the weekend, would swim 800 free, 400 free, 200 free, 200 IM, 100 fly, or something similar.
Fast forward to this summer where I have raced almost every weekend for the last 6 weeks, doing 2 shorter events each time and the meets last up to 6 hours.
Next week we have the regionals where they estimate that the first session will be over in 3 hours and I have entered 4 events: 50 fly, 100 free, 100IM, 200 free (in that order).
So my question is - how on earth do I recover in between? - particularly from the IM to the 200 free, where there will definitely be a short gap, perhaps only 15 mins :badday:.
Also if you have any tips on how to prepare beforehand, what's best to eat etc? I'll [lan to hydrate as much as possible as I found that helped my distance swims in the past.
I'm beginning to feel too old for this:cane:
We had an SCM pentathlon a couple years ago where the combo of 200 stroke events and the 400 IM was called the Animal. Participants were also encouraged to try the Brute, where you swim the 1500, 200 fly, and 400 IM on the same day. So I thought why not do both - enter the 1500 free, 200 back, 200 ***, 200 fly, and 400 IM and use the first 200 of the 1500 as the 200 free portion of the Animal. I sent the meet director an email asking if someone who completed that scenario could be listed as an unofficial entry in the Animal standings, not eligible for any of the prizes but listed nonetheless. I received a reply that of course, no sort of anything could ever be considered under any circumstances, have a nice day. So I didn't enter those events (well I did swim the 200 back). But the Brute Animal Challenge is nonetheless extended to some masochistic individual... :roids:
We had an SCM pentathlon a couple years ago where the combo of 200 stroke events and the 400 IM was called the Animal. Participants were also encouraged to try the Brute, where you swim the 1500, 200 fly, and 400 IM on the same day. So I thought why not do both - enter the 1500 free, 200 back, 200 ***, 200 fly, and 400 IM and use the first 200 of the 1500 as the 200 free portion of the Animal. I sent the meet director an email asking if someone who completed that scenario could be listed as an unofficial entry in the Animal standings, not eligible for any of the prizes but listed nonetheless. I received a reply that of course, no sort of anything could ever be considered under any circumstances, have a nice day. So I didn't enter those events (well I did swim the 200 back). But the Brute Animal Challenge is nonetheless extended to some masochistic individual... :roids:
