I like the article in swim Magazine about Rita Egan and Sylvia powell. These women are not your typical slim young swimmers that are elite swimmers but like the rest of us ordinary. Actually, given my previous background in swimming I'm also won of these average jills. As a youth I swam the 100 meter *** at 1:30 and as a 46 at 1:43.31. So, many of us do it for enjoyment and some exercise knowing that we will never be at the top of the pack. I think we should have more of these stories?. And Ion believe me you are not that bad. You did a 2:31 200 meter freestyle. I recently swam a 3:15. So don't feel bad and their is alot more competition in the men than in the women in 45 to 49. Not saying that their are not good swimmers in the women.
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Masters swimming is about everyone from the elite to the swimmer that just completed their first race doing in excess od a minute for the 50 free. Its about fitness, freindship and fun. A story about any swimmer can be very interesting, and for sure in Masters as we have swimmers that have battled back from cancer, or have like myself survived a heart attack, maybe they were just people that did nothing for years and decided to start swimming for fitness.
I am not an elite swimmer but I can hold my own and I enjoy reading about us everyday people that have accompliced what we have. For me and I am sure many more just seeing and reading what ordinary swimmers have done is enough to make me push a little harder. Just remember that any Master swimmer that has competed has still done more and swam faster than Billions of other people in the world.
I think that any swimmer of any level should be able to find something that would interest them in a swimming magazine. I know I can always find something in the ones I read through.
Even the best of the best must remember that we swim in Masters where everyone is the best.
Just my thoughts
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Masters swimming is about everyone from the elite to the swimmer that just completed their first race doing in excess od a minute for the 50 free. Its about fitness, freindship and fun. A story about any swimmer can be very interesting, and for sure in Masters as we have swimmers that have battled back from cancer, or have like myself survived a heart attack, maybe they were just people that did nothing for years and decided to start swimming for fitness.
I am not an elite swimmer but I can hold my own and I enjoy reading about us everyday people that have accompliced what we have. For me and I am sure many more just seeing and reading what ordinary swimmers have done is enough to make me push a little harder. Just remember that any Master swimmer that has competed has still done more and swam faster than Billions of other people in the world.
I think that any swimmer of any level should be able to find something that would interest them in a swimming magazine. I know I can always find something in the ones I read through.
Even the best of the best must remember that we swim in Masters where everyone is the best.
Just my thoughts
