please bear with me while I brag!
Let me remind you .... 2 months ago, in a LCM meet (and my first meet ever) I was doing 1:58 in 100 free!!!! I just started swimming, just over 3 months ago, first time ever, at the age of 34.
This afternoon at the workout the coach had us doing 4x100, on 4 minutes, no holding back race sets. (SCM pool)
I did 1:27, 1:30, 1:33 and 1:31 :)
The coach was very very pleasantly surprised... I was so surprised I thought he was reading off someone else's time!
Earlier in the workout he commented how my stroke is looking really good. Couple other teammates commented on my stroke looking good in last couple of weeks as well...
I'm vevy vevy excited... I think I feel a touchdown dance coming on... ;)
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Okay... more bragging...
The coach sent us the weekly email newsletter today, and, I was almost mortified, he named me the swimmer of the week for the three C's award... Commitment-Consistency-Confidence.
Flattered and embarrased!
okay, back to the replies...
Mattson, I'm 5'9" tall. I have a really really good pushoff and a good streamline. I'm still figting with my cardio.
When I'm sprinting, I can clear the flags by almost a body length before I need air.
I still have a long way to go to build strength and my cardio.
My stroke (is it speed?) is still not very fast, partially strength issue, partially cardio.
My kick sucks. It's gonna need a lot of work, plus I have relative small feet (for my height), they're only a size 7.5, and not very flexible (working on it).
Both my arms and legs are on the long side, and my hands are actually pretty big. Okay, I just measured my hand... 4" across at the thumb knuckle, 7" long.
I'm thinking, I seem to have a pretty good distance with my stroke, even though it is not a very powerful stroke, so as I get stronger, I ought to get more propulsion out of it, and be able to do it a bit faster.
I've recently gotten the hang of better breating, so when I'm sprinting, I can do 9 strokes before I need a breath, then 5 strokes, breath and turn. I still have a hard time keeping up that pace for full 100yards, but it's getting there.
Another side-note, about my conditioning and cardio... my resting heart rate is still up there... around 70+, so there's still a lot of room for improvement.
I think I'm trying to second guess how fast I can get, since I'm setting some goals now, and trying to make sure they're realistic.
And I'm trying to figure out where my strengths are...
And, oh, I like to overanalyze things ;)
Okay... more bragging...
The coach sent us the weekly email newsletter today, and, I was almost mortified, he named me the swimmer of the week for the three C's award... Commitment-Consistency-Confidence.
Flattered and embarrased!
okay, back to the replies...
Mattson, I'm 5'9" tall. I have a really really good pushoff and a good streamline. I'm still figting with my cardio.
When I'm sprinting, I can clear the flags by almost a body length before I need air.
I still have a long way to go to build strength and my cardio.
My stroke (is it speed?) is still not very fast, partially strength issue, partially cardio.
My kick sucks. It's gonna need a lot of work, plus I have relative small feet (for my height), they're only a size 7.5, and not very flexible (working on it).
Both my arms and legs are on the long side, and my hands are actually pretty big. Okay, I just measured my hand... 4" across at the thumb knuckle, 7" long.
I'm thinking, I seem to have a pretty good distance with my stroke, even though it is not a very powerful stroke, so as I get stronger, I ought to get more propulsion out of it, and be able to do it a bit faster.
I've recently gotten the hang of better breating, so when I'm sprinting, I can do 9 strokes before I need a breath, then 5 strokes, breath and turn. I still have a hard time keeping up that pace for full 100yards, but it's getting there.
Another side-note, about my conditioning and cardio... my resting heart rate is still up there... around 70+, so there's still a lot of room for improvement.
I think I'm trying to second guess how fast I can get, since I'm setting some goals now, and trying to make sure they're realistic.
And I'm trying to figure out where my strengths are...
And, oh, I like to overanalyze things ;)
