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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Originally posted by c j
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Ion, Laineybug is really onto something, and you'd be smart to not look the other way. That's the best advice you'll ever get, and free. Quite a deal.
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She is onto zero vision to what I do:
.) in swimming, who has done what I do as a late bloomer and is training to improve more? Laineybug, with her shortcomings?
.) in languages, who speaks Romanian, French, English and German, and is improving in German? Laineybug, with her shortcomings?
.) in U.S., who is selected to U.S. based on skills in mathematics and Engineering that are in demand in U.S. but not found in local Laineybugs? Laineybug?
What her posts show, is that it's easy to be born somewhere and be almost stale within the local stereotypes of the place.
"C'est des boeufs.", that's what a Frenchman here, was telling me recently.
I guess, is a little more competitive at the standards at which people like me are brought in to live.
Challenge that I created and that I welcome for my goals.
Hence, a similar standard of achievement by Swim magazine could be a match:
like in being knowledgeable about late bloomers who are competitive amongst lifelong racers.
But there is no match:
Swim magazine has not many clues, and is mostly a waste.
As I stated in page two of this thread, Swim magazine doesn't bother my achieving because my achieving never depended on the Swim magazine, but it depended and it does depend on goals that I had prior to knowing that Swim magazine does exist.
I discuss the lack of expertise in adult swimming by Swim magazine, because it is the subject at hand in this thread.
Craig (i.e.: gull80) has many valid points about adult swimming, in his last two posts.
Originally posted by c j
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Ion, Laineybug is really onto something, and you'd be smart to not look the other way. That's the best advice you'll ever get, and free. Quite a deal.
...
She is onto zero vision to what I do:
.) in swimming, who has done what I do as a late bloomer and is training to improve more? Laineybug, with her shortcomings?
.) in languages, who speaks Romanian, French, English and German, and is improving in German? Laineybug, with her shortcomings?
.) in U.S., who is selected to U.S. based on skills in mathematics and Engineering that are in demand in U.S. but not found in local Laineybugs? Laineybug?
What her posts show, is that it's easy to be born somewhere and be almost stale within the local stereotypes of the place.
"C'est des boeufs.", that's what a Frenchman here, was telling me recently.
I guess, is a little more competitive at the standards at which people like me are brought in to live.
Challenge that I created and that I welcome for my goals.
Hence, a similar standard of achievement by Swim magazine could be a match:
like in being knowledgeable about late bloomers who are competitive amongst lifelong racers.
But there is no match:
Swim magazine has not many clues, and is mostly a waste.
As I stated in page two of this thread, Swim magazine doesn't bother my achieving because my achieving never depended on the Swim magazine, but it depended and it does depend on goals that I had prior to knowing that Swim magazine does exist.
I discuss the lack of expertise in adult swimming by Swim magazine, because it is the subject at hand in this thread.
Craig (i.e.: gull80) has many valid points about adult swimming, in his last two posts.
