What is the fastest age for a swimmer(mine seems to be faster as i get older and yes i swam as a youngster...now im 37..)?
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Originally posted by Glenn
I swim 4000 yards 5 times a week now and at age 54 and 8 months I am 4 seconds faster than I was in college! Twenty years ago I swam 3 times a week probably 3500 each session and I struggled to break 6:00 in the 500. At last years SC Nats I went 5:33. So, yes, it is yardage and intensity, regardless of the age group!:)
That's impressive. If we believe the theory that your VO2max (sorry!) was developed in high school and college, and we attribute your success as a Masters swimmer to this, how do we explain the fact that you're now swimming faster? :confused:
Originally posted by Glenn
I swim 4000 yards 5 times a week now and at age 54 and 8 months I am 4 seconds faster than I was in college! Twenty years ago I swam 3 times a week probably 3500 each session and I struggled to break 6:00 in the 500. At last years SC Nats I went 5:33. So, yes, it is yardage and intensity, regardless of the age group!:)
That's impressive. If we believe the theory that your VO2max (sorry!) was developed in high school and college, and we attribute your success as a Masters swimmer to this, how do we explain the fact that you're now swimming faster? :confused:
