Originally Posted by pwb I, too, enjoy your posts, but I'm truly in awe when you mention leaving the Kinsmen (I got the joy to swim there once this summer) and heading to a nearby river. Was this recent? What's the river water temp at this time of the year? A month ago, I went over to the N. Saskatchewan River, the one that runs across Edmonton, and jumped in at McKinney Park. It was a good workout just to stay in place. A 250m swim took me about 20min to get to Low Level Bridge, and about 3min to get back. In early May, the water was 53-55F.
I, too, enjoy your posts, but I'm truly in awe when you mention leaving the Kinsmen (I got the joy to swim there once this summer) and heading to a nearby river. Was this recent? What's the river water temp at this time of the year?
Originally Posted by StewartACarroll Definately not a traditional approach, but it does seem to make complete sense. Good luck with continued training and I really enjoyed reading your post. Thanks! Glad you're enjoying it.
Definately not a traditional approach, but it does seem to make complete sense. Good luck with continued training and I really enjoyed reading your post.
Good luck Monday! That is awsome you have all of Sunday to recharge your fast twitch
Thank you all for the encouraging comments! It was a frustrating experience, but later on I remembered that I also overcame competition anxiety during my first year of high school swimming. Just as was suggested, I will get experience at local meets and progress forward from more conservative entry times towards becoming more familiar with competing versus just training. My 10 year old daughter is my most steadfast advocate. She put on my hat and stood next to coach Chuck in the pouring rain watching me get ready for the race and also during my race. Later on she said "Daddy, since you swam slower in the 800 race than expected, now you will know how to swim faster than expected in the next time you swim it".
I was proud of this one against the kiddos. I felt similar when I made it back to finals at age group meets last summer. And making top 16 before the scratching. Of course, I didn't get a medal for my efforts and I had to pay 5 bucks again in bridge tolls when I had to go back to NJ at night.
Great swims. I'm really impressed with both of them; I imagine you could've been faster with better conditions on that 400 IM. Sounds like a lot of hurry up and wait. I wondered about the heat and lightning when the meet was announced to be held there in the summer. I didn't think about hurricanes. I imagine they considered it, but wonder why they didn't hold it at the indoor pool in Orlando. That would've been safer.
Awesome job Andy. That sucks about the wheather but there is not much you can do about it. Keep up the great work.
Great job Ande! Only 3 seconds off the NR in the 400 IM. The winds must have slowed times slightly. Keep it up!
I've had many swims where everything seemed great until I hit the water and then I felt like crap, got tired way too early, etc. It happens. As Sojerz said, you've got to put it in the rear view as much as possible. Your next swim could be totally different.
I am in Alexandria until tomorrow night, but will be at practice on Saturday.The following link is for worlds:http://www.finamasters2014.org/It has a handy dandy counter that says 447 days to go.
Think like a baseball pitcher, just forget about that last pitch that wasn't where you wanted it and got deposited into the stands. You can think about what happened later (or not) - go after the next batter (your 3k), thinking about how you've trained and what you want to do. Enjoy, it'll be fun.
Originally Posted by pwb Frank, I am sorry this didn't go as you wanted, but it was definitely not foolish to enter it. You had every right to be there. I know it stings now, but you've already learned something and are already making plans for the future -- do more local meets -- and that will be good. Let the 800 go. Have some fun with your daughter. Enjoy the rest of the pool events and then the 3K. Patrick gives good advice. And he is right -- of course you should have signed up for the meet. I recall getting very nervous for meets when I started masters after a 24 year break. One of my first meets was Worlds at Stanford and I made lots of rookie mistakes there. Going to local meets and getting more experience will blunt the nerves. I was pretty cautious about my entry times back then too. Doing that tends to make you feel less disappointed if you don't achieve an aggressive time. Good luck on the 3K. I'm sure it is valuable for your daughter to see you experience adversity, hang in there and bounce back.
Frank, I am sorry this didn't go as you wanted, but it was definitely not foolish to enter it. You had every right to be there. I know it stings now, but you've already learned something and are already making plans for the future -- do more local meets -- and that will be good. Let the 800 go. Have some fun with your daughter. Enjoy the rest of the pool events and then the 3K.
I was wondering where you were this morning. When are you going to be back in town? How many more days till worlds? Hope you have a nice trip!
Frank, I'm sorry you didn't swim as well as you had hoped. I can certainly relate to your experience after my 1650 at Nationals as I spent a lot of that race seriously considering quitting. You said something very supportive and true after that race - You swam the event even though nervous, had some difficulty and yet finished 6th. That shows character, tenacity and athleticism. You can proceed forward to your next swims with confidence! You too showed character, tenacity, and athleticism and I bet your 3k will be great!
Have a great meet!!
Rest well and have a great swim!
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