Sooner or later everybody, beginners and more experienced swimmers alike, will inevitably have something go wrong on race day. Here is what might happen and how to deal with it the best way possible!
Race day, the moment when we find out just how well we have prepared: we have taken meticulous care over weeks or even months to train for our favourite race over our favourite distance and now, at last, we are at the starting line. We begin to visualise what we are about to do and are almost certain that everything will go well, until, for some reason we cannot understand and even though we have done everything possible to make sure nothing goes wrong, we suddenly discover a nasty surprise is waiting ofr us just around the corner.
For example, have you ever spent hours in the locker room trying to put your race swimsuit on? Having got through all those tricky moments, you are finally ready to take on the competition, but then suddenly…. You realise you have forgotten to take your usual trip to the bathroom! You will inevitably be quite disconcerted at the thought you have wasted the final hour of your preparation.
At last it is time for the pre-call. As you began to envisage the adrenaline pumping through your veins as you stand on the starting blocks,…
