Does anyone know, anecdotally or otherwise...
What is the high achievement range for a master's swimmer who only started swimming in their early 30's, or late 20's... something like that.
How far were they able to go (I don't mean the distance), but achievement wise...
Anyone competing at top masters levels that hasn't been a competetive swimmer as a kid?
I'd like to hear their stories.
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Mattson,
Good point!
I suppose if I want to do some cardio sets, I should just slip my zoomers on.
We were doing 10x100 (SCY) today, descending, on 2:00... I had to modify them on 2:30 to 2:45
My fastest one today was 1:40, which sounds about right compared to my recent times, 1:55 LCM.
I could have done them on 2:15, but I noticed I would get really sloppy with the stroke.
After a 1:40, which was my 8th-100, I had to take a full minute
I hate lagging behind !!!
i'm 36 ,i swam at a swim club as a kid but not competitively,i've remembered all the (nearly all the)moves,strokes.
I've only really swam better since about 4 years ago.I think when your a child you do the strokes as the coach asks but soon get sloppy when trying to beat your friend in the next lane.More discipline and stamina for distance is present definitely when older so i guess that the skies the limit....
Originally posted by Conniekat8
I just go, yea *pant* I'll be *pant* okay in *pant* 30 seco*pant*nds or so *pant*gasp*pant* my cardio *pant*gasp* sucks...
he just smiles, says, take it easy... :)
I'm yet to get in a good enough condition to keep the form I thing I should be keeping past the warmup.
There can be a real tendency for (competitive) swimmers to get slopy with the stroke, if it means getting more yards in practice. (Personally, I'm thinking of butterfly...) You need to stay with technique. You don't want to train your body to swim incorrectly, especially if you are new to the game.
