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.
The fun of Nationals is just being there to see all the swims. While I like seeing the fast times, I enjoy seeing the other swimmers doing their best. I consider myself one of those doing my best, even though I can make a couple of the NQT's (most are impossible for me - I can't swim back or *** and I'm a sprinter). In fact, a couple of my events are still too close together, for me anyway, and I'm sure if Nats was reserved for only the elite it would be too fast of a meet for top quality swims. I've charished the two Nationals I've attended thus far and am looking forward to Indy this spring (I guess I better get back into training mode soon as April is fast approaching).
The fun of Nationals is just being there to see all the swims. While I like seeing the fast times, I enjoy seeing the other swimmers doing their best. I consider myself one of those doing my best, even though I can make a couple of the NQT's (most are impossible for me - I can't swim back or *** and I'm a sprinter). In fact, a couple of my events are still too close together, for me anyway, and I'm sure if Nats was reserved for only the elite it would be too fast of a meet for top quality swims. I've charished the two Nationals I've attended thus far and am looking forward to Indy this spring (I guess I better get back into training mode soon as April is fast approaching).
