middle age slowdown

Former Member
Former Member
So do other people feel diappointed with their times as adult versus as an 18 year old or 20 year old. I understand that I was out of swimming for almost 26 years. And I didn't practice that much during the first 2 years because I was badly out of shape and had to changes jobs and for about 9 months my work didn't workout that much with swimming, only swimming a couple of days at week. I guest we are not that young and many of us who take a very long break from swimming and are middle age are going to be slower. This is workout times according to a pace clock.
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  • Former Member
    Former Member
    Since I didn't swim my first lap until my 31st birthday, I don't have any age-group times to compare with my "middle-age" times, for which I am grateful. Next month I will mark my 10th anniversary as a swimmer and about all I can say is I'm faster, and more importantly, fitter, today than I was ten years ago. The long-term health benefits of swimming are so much more important than any pace clock or stop watch. To all of us gray-hairs, keep up the diligent effort in the pool and use the pace clock as an incentive, not a measure, of good health.
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  • Former Member
    Former Member
    Since I didn't swim my first lap until my 31st birthday, I don't have any age-group times to compare with my "middle-age" times, for which I am grateful. Next month I will mark my 10th anniversary as a swimmer and about all I can say is I'm faster, and more importantly, fitter, today than I was ten years ago. The long-term health benefits of swimming are so much more important than any pace clock or stop watch. To all of us gray-hairs, keep up the diligent effort in the pool and use the pace clock as an incentive, not a measure, of good health.
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