RE: newbie

Former Member — Sun, 11 May 2003 15:37:50 GMT

There's nothing to marvel. Many of us either swam years ago as kids or took up the sport as adults and have workout for several years. As for your age, 500 yards for someone near the beginning is pretty good. You would need to take time building yardage compared to people under 50 years old.. I started out very slow, when I came back into swimming as little as 200 yards. And because of work-having to change jobs, I did low yardage between 500 to about 1,800 for about 3 years about 2 times a week. I just started working out at 2,000 plus almost a year ago, swimming 3 to 4 times a week.

RE: newbie

Former Member — Sun, 11 May 2003 05:20:33 GMT

if you're thinking of doing a triathlon, you may find the following website useful, as it contains practical training guides... http://www.trinewbies.com/ good luck!