I am 34 years old and love to sprint. The free is my favorite even though I have some growth to do. I practice almost daily, with no formal club, on my own, and try to improve with videos from speedo and advice I find on here. My issue is I have a hard time getting in distance. I see where people swim thousands of yards, like in the challenge. I struggle so hard with this. To swim a 3,000 makes me hate swimming. I also try to judge when I have swam to a point where I am loosing technique as I don't want to practice bad technique at the sake of distance. Are there any other sprinters out there who struggle with this? Will I eventually one day move more towards distance as I age, is it possible now? Is this common. Sometimes I feel bad for only being in the pool for 30 minutes even though I may have swam a 1000 in that time. What gives? I am looking at starting a masters group at my Y very soon, hope this helps. Am I being to critical?
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In swimming, we compete in time to the wall, not practice yards covered. If you want to be a good sprinter, you need to practice sprinting and stop counting distance.
That is so nice to hear! Lord knows at the looks you get sometimes when you have swam 700 yards and get out, only those others don't realize how taxing it was to 50's in 25 seconds.
In swimming, we compete in time to the wall, not practice yards covered. If you want to be a good sprinter, you need to practice sprinting and stop counting distance.
That is so nice to hear! Lord knows at the looks you get sometimes when you have swam 700 yards and get out, only those others don't realize how taxing it was to 50's in 25 seconds.
