I wondered if any of you can help me with some perspective on this. I was a respectable age-group swimmer (age 8-18 - peaked around 16). Swimming was my life. I went on to do triathlons in college and casual running and swimming after that. Now in my late 30's. Have always swum to keep in shape, but getting slower every year.
How do those of you in the 30's, 40's etc. who had a previous swimming career deal with the disappointment of getting slower, and slower? It is so frustrating. I get particularly frustrated with myself when people in practice who I should be much faster than (ie they didn't swim competitively and have ummmm...less than ideal strokes), are beating me. I still have that competitive mindset.
Since I don't think I would swim respectable 30-something times in a meet (and I have little kids right now that are keeping me pretty busy) I am waiting until 40's to compete. My butterfly is still OK so thinking if I can do a respectable 200 butterfly in my 40's that would be an accomplishment.
Anyway I just wondered how others put this into perspective. Thanks!
Check out the following. http://n3times.com/swimtimes/
We had a gargantuan discussion about this on the old forum--i.e., how Time X at a given older age might actually be better than Time Y at an earlier age.
For what it's worth, there are people in this forum who have done life time bests at a relatively late age. I beat my college time in the 200 free when I was 49; and I think I beat my college 1000 time last spring at age 50.
If you haven't bought a speed suit like a Fastskin, consider doing this, too. It takes not just seconds off your times, but years off your chronological age!
Good luck
Check out the following. http://n3times.com/swimtimes/
We had a gargantuan discussion about this on the old forum--i.e., how Time X at a given older age might actually be better than Time Y at an earlier age.
For what it's worth, there are people in this forum who have done life time bests at a relatively late age. I beat my college time in the 200 free when I was 49; and I think I beat my college 1000 time last spring at age 50.
If you haven't bought a speed suit like a Fastskin, consider doing this, too. It takes not just seconds off your times, but years off your chronological age!
Good luck
