Skip to main content

BACK TO RACING

 

Fall has arrived and with it comes the annual show put on by Mother Nature.  I hope this year with our free weekends you all find time to venture outside, maybe even a trip to the mountains or my favorite a kayak trip down the Shenandoah River. If nothing else even a walk around the neighborhood to take in the show

FALL MEET

"The whistle blows
I take my spot on the block
I look down through the water
An old friend The "T"
It beckons me to dive in
Cap on ✅
Goggles set ✅
Muscles relaxed ✅
Ready

Thoughts race through my mind
Win the heat
Win the event
Beat my seed time
Just race
A familiar command "Take Your Mark"

Thoughts stop, as I fly off The blocks
It's all coming back to me now
Wall, flip, streamline kick 
Get up and go
Stop breathing one last stroke
Fingers on the wall

Place, time doesn't matter this time
All that mattered is I raced
I'm home"


Now that the events for our fall meet have been posted a lot of you have asked what events you should swim.  I have given it a lot of thought and I know we normally put together a strategy when picking an event, but as we all know this is not a normal time.  Other than some summer races that you may have been lucky to have the majority of us have not had a true race since February so let’s have some fun with this meet.

The one  event that I would like to see all of our 12 and under enter is the 100 IM.  Why, first it allows us to see you put all your strokes together and will give us the perfect opportunity to use that crossover turn.  
If your 13 and over then we are looking for that 200 IM.  “What if I get DQ.?  We have more faith in all of you and believe that you are ready to give it a go in competition.  You may even surprise your self.  This is exactly what early meets are designed for, new events new techniques.  At some point you have to step out  of that comfort zone and try out new events or race strategies.

With all of that being said the other 2 events we would like you to select the ones you enjoy like maybe the 50 free and then a distance event other than that IM.  Be careful that you have at least 1 event in between to have enough recovery time.  This meet is mixed gender so please take that into account.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

“If it’s important to you, you will find a way.  If not, you will find an excuse.” FEEDING YOUR MUSCLES   Having trouble with those early morning workouts or competition?  Not sure what to eat or how much so that you can perform at an optimal level and get through it? Understanding the process and how to get there is not an easy one.Waking up early to jump into a cold pool for either swim practice or  a swim meet is no easy feat.  For sure one of the biggest advantage is you get to see the sun rise and you have a jump on everyone else.  One of the first things that you have to do to survive a early workout/swim meet is to fuel your vessel. By the time you wake up your body is already starving.  You need to figure out a way to fuel it that works for you.  It's not something that you can ignore because the consequences will affect your success.  I was amaze or maybe not that so many of you have nothing to eat before arriving at the pool in the morning.  This is an area of your traini
Post a Comment
Read more

Westward passage

  So I’ve made it this far riding south with the Rockies off to my right just need to find the correct route to go up and over, where is Coach Heather and her GPS not that I would listen to her.   Crossed over into Canada from North Dakota and went west in Canada.to Calgary and turned left south to Billings Montana  This will be our road west. Sun road in glacier national park.  On another note will be ending in San Diego sometime late week.  Hoping to be back by Friday practice but because of the heat we are riding less miles with more breaks.  Will definitely be there at st James Saturday morning barring any catastrophe. Make sure for you prep kids you get a good day of rest tomorrow and a good night sleep.  Get your homework done.  That first day will set the tone for the entire year.  The gold and blue groups let’s get some rest, get your homework 📚 done and set the tone for a successful season on day 1. Remember our motto “WIN”
Post a Comment
Read more

PRACTICE

  "If you don't practice you don't deserve to win." ANDRE AGASSI So you come to practice on a consistent basis hardly ever missing but yet you are always missing out on that one great swim you've been searching for.  The hard question that you need to ask yourself is this; Do I practice with with a determination to improve or do I just show up swim with little focus on what you are doing or why?  If that's the way you practice you will end up like the dog just swimming never able to capture the one big swim your searching for.  Like you after the race you will think your tired but frustrated that you came up short again. Practice is the Foundation for all of your swimming successes now and in the future and it all goes back to our theme for the season. "WIN". (What's Important Now" ).  Simply said Focus on what we are doing in practice at the moment. It's about how you approach practice and what and how you do in the water during that t
Post a Comment
Read more