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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I was no hotshot as a teenager. My best time in 100 yard breastroke was a 1:16.1 and the 100 yard butterfly, 1:05.8 My freestyle time in the 100 yard bordered on B and A time, 1:03.7. So, even average swimmers don't always get bettter with age. Maybe, part of the reason you did best times was because like you stated you have been at masters swimming for 13 years, while I started lap swimming again in my 40's. Laura Val who was a hotshot swimmer as a teenager since she made olympic trails is swimming better in her 40's and early 50's than both of you do..
I was no hotshot as a teenager. My best time in 100 yard breastroke was a 1:16.1 and the 100 yard butterfly, 1:05.8 My freestyle time in the 100 yard bordered on B and A time, 1:03.7. So, even average swimmers don't always get bettter with age. Maybe, part of the reason you did best times was because like you stated you have been at masters swimming for 13 years, while I started lap swimming again in my 40's. Laura Val who was a hotshot swimmer as a teenager since she made olympic trails is swimming better in her 40's and early 50's than both of you do..
