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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I hate to jump into something (other than the pool) but a few people in particular should figure out that the time for scholarships to college is well gone. As adults we swim for our own enjoyment and enrichment. We don't have to prove ourselves to one another by showing that we are lifetime competitive swimmers or are recent arrivals to the swimming scene.
I swim because I LIKE to swim. I try to make time for it in my day but I don't live and breathe swimming. I don't keep meticulous records on my computer or log so that I can prove that I've improved from one year to the next. Or that I swam on a particular day in a certain suit with a number of people in my lane or the outside temperature was X.
People, and some of you probably recognize yourselves,--Get a life!!! Meet people other than swimmers! Read a book--and not about swimming or swimming methods!
I LIKE to see articles in Swim that show the differences in the people participating. I did like to read Fitness Swimmer and was sorry to see it go. BUT--I don't dwell on each issue of Swim and pick it to pieces. Someone else pointed out--you don't like EVERYTHING in a magazine--you read what you want and just leave the rest. If you don't like the editorial content--then don't read it or purchase it!
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I hate to jump into something (other than the pool) but a few people in particular should figure out that the time for scholarships to college is well gone. As adults we swim for our own enjoyment and enrichment. We don't have to prove ourselves to one another by showing that we are lifetime competitive swimmers or are recent arrivals to the swimming scene.
I swim because I LIKE to swim. I try to make time for it in my day but I don't live and breathe swimming. I don't keep meticulous records on my computer or log so that I can prove that I've improved from one year to the next. Or that I swam on a particular day in a certain suit with a number of people in my lane or the outside temperature was X.
People, and some of you probably recognize yourselves,--Get a life!!! Meet people other than swimmers! Read a book--and not about swimming or swimming methods!
I LIKE to see articles in Swim that show the differences in the people participating. I did like to read Fitness Swimmer and was sorry to see it go. BUT--I don't dwell on each issue of Swim and pick it to pieces. Someone else pointed out--you don't like EVERYTHING in a magazine--you read what you want and just leave the rest. If you don't like the editorial content--then don't read it or purchase it!
