I feel a little like our old friend Ion Beza. He always complains about the age groups that he swam in and how unfair it is. Anyway, I saw the NT's for my age group and in the 100's there were 2 second drops from last year and in the 200's 4 seconds drop. Anyway, it drives home on how medicroe I am and worst in my middle age than my youth. Granted, I can swim butterfly better than last year but the best stroke breaststroke hasn't improved since last summer. Anyone else feel the same way. I know that in your middle years swimming should be more of an exercise and I don't want the shoulder operations or knee prpblems that some master swimmers had.
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Oh am I glad to see this discussion...that there are others who are serious about swimming but just don't go that fast. I just three months ago started swimming again at age 50 after six years with no swimming at all (living overseas)...and am already back up to 1.5k but it takes me time.
And so I haven't had the courage to show up at the masters training because it seems they are all stars!
What's been helpful from this board is all the discussion about doing intervals and discussion with the lifeguards...swimming has changed so much since I learned in the 60s and it seems to be time to take some lessons again to improve my strokes.
Oh am I glad to see this discussion...that there are others who are serious about swimming but just don't go that fast. I just three months ago started swimming again at age 50 after six years with no swimming at all (living overseas)...and am already back up to 1.5k but it takes me time.
And so I haven't had the courage to show up at the masters training because it seems they are all stars!
What's been helpful from this board is all the discussion about doing intervals and discussion with the lifeguards...swimming has changed so much since I learned in the 60s and it seems to be time to take some lessons again to improve my strokes.
