I agree with Joe Hashey then.
I've been planning on doing a competition in the fall. If I stay relatively healthy, then I will have reached the minimum numbers that I want to compete at. BUT, I won't have experience and I'm possibly setting myself up for disappointment if I get where I want to be and I under perform. So that's why I'm thinking about doing the competition...and because I'm harassed about it every week. My primarily goal is still to do a competition in the fall and I can treat this meet as a preparatory thing. I know lots of guys do small meets for practice before they have a big meet. I think it's the same general idea.