Progressing my endurance fitness

I am so sorry to read this. She really likes you, I hope that y'all find a way to stay in touch, socially. Granted, she acts a bit like a teenager with her new Beau, so that might be tough! But I really am sorry to read that. On the swimming thing, I don't look at teh clock too much. With the kids, my routine is more or less all over teh place. But I keep trying to follow Mark's routine, and adjust the intervals when necessary. As I said above, I still have some things to figure out. I watch a lot of Gary Hall's videos, and recently came to conclude that in my attempts to keep my stroke even, I wasn't breathing enough! That has drastically improved my ability to do flip turns regularly (the cost being reduced DPS). Anyway, point is, I try to focus on my technique, and continue to look for different things to try within the workout. Now granted, at this point in my life, I'm just trying to improve my level of fitness. No desire to compete at this point, so analogizing my perspective to yours is imperfect to say the least. But I generally find that focusing on basics and fundamentals helps the other stuff jsut come along. Thanks, 67! I really like your mom, too, and I'm so glad she and her beau are happy together! They're a great couple, and they are both serving the B.O.D. well. Many of the singers have expressed their dismay regarding the recent turn of events, so at least I received a nice send off from the choir after six years with the organization! Back to swimming, I absolutely agree with your last statement, so I include drills in every workout. As a competitor, though, I agree with Ande's mantra that if you want to swim fast in competition, you have to swim fast in practice. That is where the importance of watching the clock comes in for me, since I have been competing throughout my seven years as a Masters swimmer. In addition to fitness and all of the wonderful benefits swimming provides, competition is what keeps me motivated each day to get in the pool. The flip side of that motivation, though, is the frustration that comes along with trying to get back up to speed. Patience and acceptance are the two things I'm working on mentally now while I try to get my speed back!

I am so sorry to read this. She really likes you, I hope that y'all find a way to stay in touch, socially. Granted, she acts a bit like a teenager with her new Beau, so that might be tough! But I really am sorry to read that. On the swimming thing, I don't look at teh clock too much. With the kids, my routine is more or less all over teh place. But I keep trying to follow Mark's routine, and adjust the intervals when necessary. As I said above, I still have some things to figure out. I watch a lot of Gary Hall's videos, and recently came to conclude that in my attempts to keep my stroke even, I wasn't breathing enough! That has drastically improved my ability to do flip turns regularly (the cost being reduced DPS). Anyway, point is, I try to focus on my technique, and continue to look for different things to try within the workout. Now granted, at this point in my life, I'm just trying to improve my level of fitness. No desire to compete at this point, so analogizing my perspective to yours is imperfect to say the least. But I generally find that focusing on basics and fundamentals helps the other stuff jsut come along. Thanks, 67! I really like your mom, too, and I'm so glad she and her beau are happy together! They're a great couple, and they are both serving the B.O.D. well. Many of the singers have expressed their dismay regarding the recent turn of events, so at least I received a nice send off from the choir after six years with the organization! Back to swimming, I absolutely agree with your last statement, so I include drills in every workout. As a competitor, though, I agree with Ande's mantra that if you want to swim fast in competition, you have to swim fast in practice. That is where the importance of watching the clock comes in for me, since I have been competing throughout my seven years as a Masters swimmer. In addition to fitness and all of the wonderful benefits swimming provides, competition is what keeps me motivated each day to get in the pool. The flip side of that motivation, though, is the frustration that comes along with trying to get back up to speed. Patience and acceptance are the two things I'm working on mentally now while I try to get my speed back!