I was always wondering how much time you can shave down in like, 1 year .It is very interesting to know some experiences you had, guys - i.e. what is the biggest time improvement you ever had in one year.Any stroke and distance are welcome :-)))
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I now see it was fisgrrl with the nice stroke count.....and I also noticed that she does seem to like long distance freestyle, so I'm guessing that my first inclination was the correct one....Necessity is the mother of invention....(i.e. if you swim enough long distance freestyle, perhaps you eventually have to develop a stroke count like that out of necessity).
I am a little afraid to even use the clock at workout these days b/c I don't want to know how slow I might actually be swimming......I will, eventually, need to actually use it as our first official Masters practice is this Tuesday (It's a brand new team that just formed at my local YMCA)....I have met the coaches many times on the pool deck and we've talk about various drills and such....but so far, My interval training has been based on 30 seconds rest per swim, or 20 seconds rest per swim (all approximations in my head) without ever really glancing at the clock.....I HOPE I have a big drop in time this year.....but I have to realize that coming back to swimming after an 18 year layoff means that I probably will not swim very fast times this year.....but who knows?? Nationals isn't until May!
I now see it was fisgrrl with the nice stroke count.....and I also noticed that she does seem to like long distance freestyle, so I'm guessing that my first inclination was the correct one....Necessity is the mother of invention....(i.e. if you swim enough long distance freestyle, perhaps you eventually have to develop a stroke count like that out of necessity).
I am a little afraid to even use the clock at workout these days b/c I don't want to know how slow I might actually be swimming......I will, eventually, need to actually use it as our first official Masters practice is this Tuesday (It's a brand new team that just formed at my local YMCA)....I have met the coaches many times on the pool deck and we've talk about various drills and such....but so far, My interval training has been based on 30 seconds rest per swim, or 20 seconds rest per swim (all approximations in my head) without ever really glancing at the clock.....I HOPE I have a big drop in time this year.....but I have to realize that coming back to swimming after an 18 year layoff means that I probably will not swim very fast times this year.....but who knows?? Nationals isn't until May!
