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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Cynthia,
Having read your post, I must admit that being a clock watcher during workouts is unaviodable. My memory banks can easily recall some of the average times performed during training sessions. I wonder sometimes how it was humanly possible to maintain some of the paces that we underwent during the college years. But I do find it very encouraging to be able to approach within several seconds of the "glory" day repeats.
All I know is that twenty years and twenty pounds ago that it was possible to use brute force to go up and back with only one breath (I'm a sprinter). I wonder if I tied a five pound sack of sugar to each arm and leg on my former self and had a time trial. I bet the younger guy wouldn't do so well.
Being competitive though is in all of us. And having said that I've come to realize that honing in on stroke mechanics and technique is slowly closing the gap between the swimmer I am today and the one that I was last century.
Thanks for the post!
Cynthia,
Having read your post, I must admit that being a clock watcher during workouts is unaviodable. My memory banks can easily recall some of the average times performed during training sessions. I wonder sometimes how it was humanly possible to maintain some of the paces that we underwent during the college years. But I do find it very encouraging to be able to approach within several seconds of the "glory" day repeats.
All I know is that twenty years and twenty pounds ago that it was possible to use brute force to go up and back with only one breath (I'm a sprinter). I wonder if I tied a five pound sack of sugar to each arm and leg on my former self and had a time trial. I bet the younger guy wouldn't do so well.
Being competitive though is in all of us. And having said that I've come to realize that honing in on stroke mechanics and technique is slowly closing the gap between the swimmer I am today and the one that I was last century.
Thanks for the post!
