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.
Greetings. Getting started can be a bit rough, but yeah, easing back into it is the way to go. It's possible to get competitive by training on your own, but unless you remember all your workouts from back in the day, then looking at other bloggers workouts is a good place to start. I also train on my own, and I've found that if I pick some meets throughout the year, that keeps me motivated to get in the pool and put forth some effort. One benefit of training on your own is you can tailor your workout to meet your particular needs.
There are several meets in Oklahoma, just need to check their local OK masters website. My wife and I grew up in Tulsa, but have made western AR our current home. We use the April Pools meet (April) and OK Memorial meet (August) in Tulsa as an excuse to visit family and get some racing in. Currently both meets are held in Jenks (basically south Tulsa) which has a new 50m indoor pool that's 7' deep and pretty nice. OKC has three meets that I'm aware of, and we've gone to the Lighthouse meet in November in the past. Also, if you're in the rural eastern side of the state, you might also visit Bentonville AR for their long-course meet in June. All the meets I've been to have been in either OK or AR, and everyone's been very nice. It really is a mixed bag, with some fast, some medium, and some slow racing, but it's all relative and as far as I can tell, pretty low-key. It's all good.
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Greetings. Getting started can be a bit rough, but yeah, easing back into it is the way to go. It's possible to get competitive by training on your own, but unless you remember all your workouts from back in the day, then looking at other bloggers workouts is a good place to start. I also train on my own, and I've found that if I pick some meets throughout the year, that keeps me motivated to get in the pool and put forth some effort. One benefit of training on your own is you can tailor your workout to meet your particular needs.
There are several meets in Oklahoma, just need to check their local OK masters website. My wife and I grew up in Tulsa, but have made western AR our current home. We use the April Pools meet (April) and OK Memorial meet (August) in Tulsa as an excuse to visit family and get some racing in. Currently both meets are held in Jenks (basically south Tulsa) which has a new 50m indoor pool that's 7' deep and pretty nice. OKC has three meets that I'm aware of, and we've gone to the Lighthouse meet in November in the past. Also, if you're in the rural eastern side of the state, you might also visit Bentonville AR for their long-course meet in June. All the meets I've been to have been in either OK or AR, and everyone's been very nice. It really is a mixed bag, with some fast, some medium, and some slow racing, but it's all relative and as far as I can tell, pretty low-key. It's all good.
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