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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Originally posted by dorothyrd
I know people who are going, and one 60 year old friend could probably really use my support, so I might go just to be there for her.
Before I even started swimming, I wentto several of the meets that my best froend competed in (she's really really good, in the national top 10).
By the time I finally started swimming, it was really not a big deal.
The only thing I was worried about was that maybe it wasn't my place to go to a meet, being that I was a beginner.
After the meet, I realized that even at my slowness (I'm talking a minute for a 50 free in 30-34 age group) I managed to pick up a few points for my team, and that the coach was able to put together couple relays (also picked up points) that most likely would not have existed, I realized that no matter how small my 2c were, it was a tiny bit better better than if I hadn't been there at all.
That was encouraging.
Importance of little contributions is all too often overlooked.
Originally posted by dorothyrd
I know people who are going, and one 60 year old friend could probably really use my support, so I might go just to be there for her.
Before I even started swimming, I wentto several of the meets that my best froend competed in (she's really really good, in the national top 10).
By the time I finally started swimming, it was really not a big deal.
The only thing I was worried about was that maybe it wasn't my place to go to a meet, being that I was a beginner.
After the meet, I realized that even at my slowness (I'm talking a minute for a 50 free in 30-34 age group) I managed to pick up a few points for my team, and that the coach was able to put together couple relays (also picked up points) that most likely would not have existed, I realized that no matter how small my 2c were, it was a tiny bit better better than if I hadn't been there at all.
That was encouraging.
Importance of little contributions is all too often overlooked.
