I just started back swimming about six months ago and about two months ago signed up for USMS because there was a Masters swim meet at my pool and I thought it would be a fun goal to eventually compete.
I am seriously thinking about signing up for my first swim meet (Colonial Zone SCY Championships) in April but I am afraid that 1)I will finish dead last in every event I do - I have gotten A LOT faster but I don't I am at race speed yet and 2)The people from my swim club might be irritated that I didn't scored well enough in my races to earn them any club points. I also don't think I will be doing any relays because I think I will hurt the team's chances in placing well. I don't know anyone else in the local swim club (VMST) I signed up for.
Right now, I think I want to do the 50 free, 50 back, and 100 back. Should I really wait to do my first swim meet or should I just do this first one for the experience? I don't want people to snicker at my times.
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My first Masters coach said Zones can actually be a decent place for a "first meet" as there are more participants and more liklihood that you will have somebody about your speed to race against; and there will be more time between events so you can recharge.
Slow people go to meets too. It's not just newbies or old people or those with disabilities. Some of us are just ... slow.
Very few people give a rat's *** about your times, how many points you earned, what medals/ribbons you got. Those are for you to enjoy.
It's not always about being the first to the wall. Seeing an improvement in my "masters" best times is more fun than beating somebody while doing a sub-par swim.
My first Masters coach said Zones can actually be a decent place for a "first meet" as there are more participants and more liklihood that you will have somebody about your speed to race against; and there will be more time between events so you can recharge.
Slow people go to meets too. It's not just newbies or old people or those with disabilities. Some of us are just ... slow.
Very few people give a rat's *** about your times, how many points you earned, what medals/ribbons you got. Those are for you to enjoy.
It's not always about being the first to the wall. Seeing an improvement in my "masters" best times is more fun than beating somebody while doing a sub-par swim.
