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... ;)
ConnieKat8, check your personal messages. (You can delete it right away if you want, I just wanted to make sure you knew it was there.)
Originally posted by valhallan
There's no such thing as short choppy stokes to effectively gather speed when your dealing with the element of water.
Unless you're playing water polo, gathering speed shouldn't be an issue. You are maintaining your speed (either from your pushoff, or from your previous stroke). But I do like the analogy. Watch an Olympic crew race, and compare their oar strokes, at the start (power) versus the middle of the race (efficient holding of speed).
ConnieKat8, check your personal messages. (You can delete it right away if you want, I just wanted to make sure you knew it was there.)
Originally posted by valhallan
There's no such thing as short choppy stokes to effectively gather speed when your dealing with the element of water.
Unless you're playing water polo, gathering speed shouldn't be an issue. You are maintaining your speed (either from your pushoff, or from your previous stroke). But I do like the analogy. Watch an Olympic crew race, and compare their oar strokes, at the start (power) versus the middle of the race (efficient holding of speed).
