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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Thanks, folks from Illinois have been great. I would probably only go on Sunday and would be willing to be put on the mixed free relay. For a newbie, my freestlye isn't bad, I do a pretty good job gutting out a 50 sprint. Nadine has been encouraging me to go and it is at a good time of year for me.
I am surprised there is no "proof of time" for Nationals. I am used to dealing with USA swimming, and for any meet with qualifying times my son goes to, there better be proof of time for any swim he does not hit the times in. Seems if someone is going to enter a National meet, they should have to prove where they got their time from. Maybe that would scare people away, but if I swim events at Nationals, I will make sure I get a swim in at another meet before then for practice.
As far as competing against the fastest swimmers, I can't worry about that, it would be pointless.:) I have swum in a total of 3 meets, and have had a lot of fun at each one. Someday I hope to be able to compete more, when the kids are out and I have more time!
Thanks, folks from Illinois have been great. I would probably only go on Sunday and would be willing to be put on the mixed free relay. For a newbie, my freestlye isn't bad, I do a pretty good job gutting out a 50 sprint. Nadine has been encouraging me to go and it is at a good time of year for me.
I am surprised there is no "proof of time" for Nationals. I am used to dealing with USA swimming, and for any meet with qualifying times my son goes to, there better be proof of time for any swim he does not hit the times in. Seems if someone is going to enter a National meet, they should have to prove where they got their time from. Maybe that would scare people away, but if I swim events at Nationals, I will make sure I get a swim in at another meet before then for practice.
As far as competing against the fastest swimmers, I can't worry about that, it would be pointless.:) I have swum in a total of 3 meets, and have had a lot of fun at each one. Someday I hope to be able to compete more, when the kids are out and I have more time!
