How many meets do you swim a year/season ?

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orca1946 — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 03:26:41 GMT

Sun 1-9-11 I do my 1st meet of the year with 5 events & 3 relays. Stay tuned for the results flounder fans !:cane:

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jaadams1 — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:03:00 GMT

That's quite a list of good stuff for Nats! That's why I call it "my good stuff" :bliss:

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orca1946 — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:29:23 GMT

Last Sun. I ended up with a rock hard calf cramp in my right leg !! Too much fin work on my old legs !:cane:

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orca1946 — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 11:23:41 GMT

That's quite a list of good stuff for Nats!

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jaadams1 — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 11:13:37 GMT

This year at my LMSC champs (last week of March) I'm going to swim a bunch of off events, with a couple decent events in the mix too. 50, 100, 200 ***, 200 Back. 400 IM & 1000 are my "decent ones". Saving my good stuff for Nats...100, 200 Fly, 200, 500 Free, 200 IM, 100 Back.

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knelson — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 10:53:21 GMT

Illinois state meet is april 7 -10 & Nationals are the 3rd week of april. Nationals are actually the fourth week of April. I have just about the same schedule as you and I only plan to taper for Nationals. Maybe I'll rest a couple days for my LMSC championship meet, but I'll more or less swim through it and concentrate on Nationals.

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Chris Stevenson — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 10:40:36 GMT

2 that can leave me in the dust and about 4 that are starting to creap into my time ranges now. Should be an interesting year. It's interesting with kids when they are developing so quickly, one year you are beating them easily and then they zoom past you. I remember at one meet I swam next to a kid on our team -- maybe 15yo -- in the 200 back and I edged him out at the end. I turned to him and said that I had to get my last licks in because I wouldn't be able to touch him in another year. (I was right, he crushes me now.)

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kgernert — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 10:05:36 GMT

Last year (my first as a Master swimmer), I did seven meets. This year will probably be eight. Competition - it does get addictive!

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__steve__ — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 09:42:27 GMT

Last year was my introduction to swimming in meets. I did 7 of them but only 2 -3 events each. This year I might do a few as well.

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Former Member — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 06:27:58 GMT

I've done up to 7 meets a year, when I first started masters actually. I've settled on one-two meets and one open water swim a year for varying reasons, partly that I don't want to spend my free time driving long distances, partly that some local meets are no longer held, etc.

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orca1946 — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 06:29:42 GMT

I'll look for your name in the top 10 !!! or P R times when you finish. Let me know.

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BrandonNE — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 07:51:49 GMT

Hey Brandon - good luck with the trials. :applaud::banana::bow: Thank you. I got a lot of work to do to be ready... plus I just added four more meets this year..

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BrandonNE — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 11:42:37 GMT

Last season I only did 5 but for 2011-2012 I am planning to do about 15 Championship Events thats all the Zone Meets, both Nationals, Open water, and some USA Grand Prix meets the last three is going to be the 2012 Olympic Swim Trials and 2012 USMS Summer Nationals and 2012 London!!! thats my future plans Hope to see you all at Nationals

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Donna — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 09:39:01 GMT

I generally swim 1 meet per month with a few 2 per month. Most of mine are local USA meets, only 4 are usually masters meets since I have to drive and stay in a hotel for most of those. When I swim with the kids if it is a 2 day meet and I am swimming with the seniors I can usually get my warmups and warmdowns in. If it is a one day short meet (pick 3 format) I tend to just swim and not really try and swim fast. It is more about showing the kids I coach that your never too old to swim and that YES coach can actually swim and beat some of them. 2 that can leave me in the dust and about 4 that are starting to creap into my time ranges now. Should be an interesting year.

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orca1946 — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 01:28:32 GMT

Hey Brandon - good luck with the trials. :applaud::banana::bow:

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Jimbosback — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 01:01:48 GMT

I only started in July, but I swam 3 this year. Hoped to do more, but it turns out swimming and coaching little league conflict often. Looking at the schedules, I should manage at least 8 this year, assuming the second half of the year is similar to last.

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orca1946 — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 03:13:22 GMT

Krisskelly - That's lot of meets ! :bow: I wish my old,creeky bod would put up with that !:cane:

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Former Member — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:52:34 GMT

Usually around 10-12. Our league has 2 meets a month, starting in September, with a 2-day championship meet in April.

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orca1946 — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:52:39 GMT

I love to hear about the world travelers to go to meets ! I wish that I could do some of those !!!!!

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Former Member — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:51:04 GMT

I have swim year round and about 1-3 each month so...... a guess of 20 ish in 2010!

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Former Member — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 07:41:14 GMT

Back to the original question. In 2010 I did 12 - - 7 LCM, 4 SCM and only 1 SCY. Only one in the US, another one in Sweeden (Worlds Champs.) and all the others in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, etc...). And yes, I do miss the technical suits. A lot. I competed more this year just trying to adapt to the old way of swimming. I am still quite behind my best results...

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swimshark — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:27:50 GMT

The last meet I swam in there was a cheater. Here he is pre race and I also videod theactual meet. YouTube - True Adventures of Chad: Swim Meet Cheater? I didn't see a cheater? Wait.. was someone wearing a banned suit? hee-hee

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Former Member — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:16:43 GMT

The last meet I swam in there was a cheater. Here he is pre race and I also videod theactual meet. YouTube - True Adventures of Chad: Swim Meet

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jaadams1 — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 07:42:27 GMT

OMG!!! That was too funny!! :rofl: That bubble boy Chad video is hilarious!!!!!!!

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debaru — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 07:06:57 GMT

The last meet I swam in there was a cheater. Here he is pre race and I also videod theactual meet. YouTube - True Adventures of Chad: Swim Meet OMG!!! That was too funny!! :rofl: