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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Well, I guess there are two ways to look at this. Are you a big fish in a little pond, uh pool, or a little fish in a big pool? I'm slow compared to NQT, but in my home pool I'm faster than any woman my age. LOL... because there is no other woman my age or older who does more than the elementary backstroke. But, you know what? I enjoy that... I get a lot of attention and encouragement from everyone. When one of the guards/senior boy on the swim team, makes statements like "your breaststroke is as good as mine," or "your free is looking great," or "your fly is REALLY starting to ROCK!" that to me is as good as any blue ribbon or trophy!
Well, I guess there are two ways to look at this. Are you a big fish in a little pond, uh pool, or a little fish in a big pool? I'm slow compared to NQT, but in my home pool I'm faster than any woman my age. LOL... because there is no other woman my age or older who does more than the elementary backstroke. But, you know what? I enjoy that... I get a lot of attention and encouragement from everyone. When one of the guards/senior boy on the swim team, makes statements like "your breaststroke is as good as mine," or "your free is looking great," or "your fly is REALLY starting to ROCK!" that to me is as good as any blue ribbon or trophy!
