I'm not a new masters swimmer nor am I new to meets, but am new to the 400 IM. Truthfully, I'm a little concerned about my ability to make it through the event legally (well, I'm really mainly afraid of the 4th 25). I'm scheduled to swim the 400 IM at a meet this weekend (Saturday). There are twenty people entered, it's a 10 lane pool, and as luck would have it I'm seeded 11th. If only one person above me scratches, I'll be in a heat where the fastest person is seeded 1:40 faster than I am, and the slowest person (besides me) is still seeded 40 seconds faster than I am. My seed time is MUCH closer to the people seeded right behind me, and I think I seeded myself as accurately as I could.
So... I am extremely anxious about swimming in this heat, as I was already anxious about swimming the 400 IM. Do I scratch to save myself the humiliation and to save some energy for Sunday's events? Or do I get lapped at least twice by the leaders, once by the next slowest person, and tick everyone off for holding up the meet? I'm already swimming the 1000 earlier in the session, and the 400 IM will be my 4th event of the day. I really have mixed feelings about this.
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I guess there's a real sense of achievement as you get into the 100 free. I am going to do the 400IM one day, not this year, but before I'm 40 :afraid:
Definitely! Once I got to freestyle, I felt like I was home free. Actually, I thought that the breaststroke was the hardest part. Don't be afraid to do this race, especially since you're a strong butterflier. You have plenty of time, though... I'm 45. :)
Congrats! I knew you'd be much faster than your seed time!
Sleep well and we'll try to take that 500 under 6 together! (I went 5:59 last weekend).
Thanks, Heidi! Great job on the 500! I've yet to break 6:00 without the old B70. Not sure this is the meet for it, though, as my freestyle isn't where I want it to be right now. The 6:04 at Auburn just about killed me. Stranger things have happened, though!
Great job! Sounds like you need to be giving me tips.
Thanks! That's the great thing about reading this forum, though... we all have tips for each other. There's always something to learn, and new perspectives to examine.
Great swim & thanks for the thread!
If I hadn't already sent in my registration for my final meet of the year, I would have entered the 400IM because of your story and the responses. And I had that thought YESTERDAY!
Dan
Glad it helped more people than just me! Can you late enter?
Kristin, I was with your friends behind the blocks cheering you on and I can assure you they weren't "sympathetic". They were saying great things about you and how well you were doing! It was all good! :cheerleader:
Congratulations for doing such a great job. Good luck tomorrow; I'll see you there!
Cheers!
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Thanks, Elaine! It was great to see you! Tomorrow I will be more talkative, as I won't be stressing about the 400 IM anymore. :-) See you in the morning!
:applaud:
I guess there's a real sense of achievement as you get into the 100 free. I am going to do the 400IM one day, not this year, but before I'm 40 :afraid:
Definitely! Once I got to freestyle, I felt like I was home free. Actually, I thought that the breaststroke was the hardest part. Don't be afraid to do this race, especially since you're a strong butterflier. You have plenty of time, though... I'm 45. :)
Congrats! I knew you'd be much faster than your seed time!
Sleep well and we'll try to take that 500 under 6 together! (I went 5:59 last weekend).
Thanks, Heidi! Great job on the 500! I've yet to break 6:00 without the old B70. Not sure this is the meet for it, though, as my freestyle isn't where I want it to be right now. The 6:04 at Auburn just about killed me. Stranger things have happened, though!
Great job! Sounds like you need to be giving me tips.
Thanks! That's the great thing about reading this forum, though... we all have tips for each other. There's always something to learn, and new perspectives to examine.
Great swim & thanks for the thread!
If I hadn't already sent in my registration for my final meet of the year, I would have entered the 400IM because of your story and the responses. And I had that thought YESTERDAY!
Dan
Glad it helped more people than just me! Can you late enter?
Kristin, I was with your friends behind the blocks cheering you on and I can assure you they weren't "sympathetic". They were saying great things about you and how well you were doing! It was all good! :cheerleader:
Congratulations for doing such a great job. Good luck tomorrow; I'll see you there!
Cheers!
:chug:
Thanks, Elaine! It was great to see you! Tomorrow I will be more talkative, as I won't be stressing about the 400 IM anymore. :-) See you in the morning!
