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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Well, there are factors, mainly I don't do butterfly as much as I did when I was younger. Good thing I don't. Mainily my strength wasn't in the kick but the arm pull when I was younger in butterfly. That is much weaker. Also, the yardage has been on the low side. I'm trying to work to more yardage. I probably could do 3,000 yards plus workouts if I stayed in the water longer and did mainly freestyle. But I enjoy doing breastroke and a little bit of butterfly and backstroke. This is the main reason why my times are simlar to when I was 12 years old. I think that the freestyle is more like when I was 13 years old.
Well, there are factors, mainly I don't do butterfly as much as I did when I was younger. Good thing I don't. Mainily my strength wasn't in the kick but the arm pull when I was younger in butterfly. That is much weaker. Also, the yardage has been on the low side. I'm trying to work to more yardage. I probably could do 3,000 yards plus workouts if I stayed in the water longer and did mainly freestyle. But I enjoy doing breastroke and a little bit of butterfly and backstroke. This is the main reason why my times are simlar to when I was 12 years old. I think that the freestyle is more like when I was 13 years old.
