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My name is Quenby and I am brand new to usms. I train on my own and live in a rural area in Oklahoma. I would love to compete again (swam all through high school) but of course college, marriage and kiddos happened. I know I am not incredibly fast but I am driven and dedicated. Any suggestions at all would be much appreciated. Welcome It's great that you are driven and dedicated, that will help you get far and hang on when you feel like giving up. My suggestions to you are: 1) start swimming regularly and create your daily and weekly routine. 2) be patient, it takes time to get back in shape, and overcome your eagerness, you might be tempted to do too much too soon, which could lead you to injuries and possibly burn out 3) set goals and plans, you can help youself more and get more help from others if you know exactly what you want to do, stuff like: I want to: + improve my times in the 50 & 100 free or + swim an open water race or + lose 50 pounds or + get back in shape and be healthy again or + prepare for a postal swim, 5k, 10k, 3k or 6k or + swim __ times per week or + (it's your goal, write what you want) 4) assess where you are / your current abilities focus on improving and celebrate each time you do 5) Study USMS and : Thanks That Guy for mentioning SFF here's a link to the latest SFF Index 6) have fun, swimming is fun 7) also learn stuff about USMS & swimming like there's 3 meet seasons in masters: SCY Jun 1st - May 31st LCM Sep 1st - Aug 31st SCM Jan 1st - Dec 31st btw SCY is short course yards 25 yard pool, SCM is short course meters 25 meter pool, LCM is long course meters 50 meter pool each year there are 2 national meets SCY & LCM There are zone and local meets there tends to be focus meets near the end of each season. you can find meets at: www.usms.org/.../event_search.php USMS has zones & Local Masters Swim Committees (LMSCs) you can learn alot just by reading old threads here and exploring usms.org Welcome to the masters swimming community! Ande

My name is Quenby and I am brand new to usms. I train on my own and live in a rural area in Oklahoma. I would love to compete again (swam all through high school) but of course college, marriage and kiddos happened. I know I am not incredibly fast but I am driven and dedicated. Any suggestions at all would be much appreciated. Welcome It's great that you are driven and dedicated, that will help you get far and hang on when you feel like giving up. My suggestions to you are: 1) start swimming regularly and create your daily and weekly routine. 2) be patient, it takes time to get back in shape, and overcome your eagerness, you might be tempted to do too much too soon, which could lead you to injuries and possibly burn out 3) set goals and plans, you can help youself more and get more help from others if you know exactly what you want to do, stuff like: I want to: + improve my times in the 50 & 100 free or + swim an open water race or + lose 50 pounds or + get back in shape and be healthy again or + prepare for a postal swim, 5k, 10k, 3k or 6k or + swim __ times per week or + (it's your goal, write what you want) 4) assess where you are / your current abilities focus on improving and celebrate each time you do 5) Study USMS and : Thanks That Guy for mentioning SFF here's a link to the latest SFF Index 6) have fun, swimming is fun 7) also learn stuff about USMS & swimming like there's 3 meet seasons in masters: SCY Jun 1st - May 31st LCM Sep 1st - Aug 31st SCM Jan 1st - Dec 31st btw SCY is short course yards 25 yard pool, SCM is short course meters 25 meter pool, LCM is long course meters 50 meter pool each year there are 2 national meets SCY & LCM There are zone and local meets there tends to be focus meets near the end of each season. you can find meets at: www.usms.org/.../event_search.php USMS has zones & Local Masters Swim Committees (LMSCs) you can learn alot just by reading old threads here and exploring usms.org Welcome to the masters swimming community! Ande