I hope confetti tossing is allowed here...
I started swimming on October 12th of this year. The first time out, I would do one length (25 yards) of *** stroke and need an oxygen tank at the end of the pool. Trying a freestyle lap got me about 1/4 the way across before I felt like my lungs were going to blow.
So I kept with it. I do endurance building things M and W and then 'marathon swims' on Fridays where I am adding 50 yards each week until I get to a mile. (72 laps). I had to do nothing but freestyle recently because of my groin pull, and have been taking it easy. My goal was to start with one minute between a 25 yard lap of freestyle and decrease that time 5 seconds per week until I was at 0. This week, I was supposed to be at 25 seconds. Anyhow, today, out of nowhere, I went for my first freestyle lap, got to the end of the pool and said to myself, hmm...I'm not tired...so flip and keep going! So I flipped and went back the rest of the way! I didn't have to stop!
I couldn't believe it! If I hadn't gotten creeped out by the covered deep end of the pool and its creepy drains and creepy lane lines hanging into the water looking like dead legs, or other body parts, I think I would have been able to go farther - I tend to swim as fast as I can out of the deep end which wears me out. I was the only one in the pool or I wouldn't have creeped out. Long phobic story that dates back to my childhood, spared for another day and another topic.
Anyhow, I am very pleased that I have made such progress. Swimming rocks and it has made my chiropractic adjustments less frequent, my muscles stronger and longer, and a leaner me - with a resting heart rate of 53 now. WOO HOO!
(Letting my Roomba vacuum up the confetti now)...
-Marian
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Congrats!
I've always been a swimmer but didn't really swim any laps for over 7 years due to lack of a pool, and although I could always do breaststroke, late August when I found a good lap pool, after 25 yards of freestyle I thought I was about to die. So I started swimming freestyle one way, breaststroke the other way, increasing it little by little to the point I was doing sets of 100 yards, swimming a total of 500 yards per day. Until one day in September I wasn't so tired after 100, so kept going and stopped at 800 yards when it was time to jump in the shower and go back to work (I was swimming during my lunch time). Now I swim 2000 yards per day, and although I do have some intervals, it's been a while since I've felt completely out of breath when reaching the other side of the pool.
I can definitely relate to your story and know how good it feels, congrats!!
Congrats!
I've always been a swimmer but didn't really swim any laps for over 7 years due to lack of a pool, and although I could always do breaststroke, late August when I found a good lap pool, after 25 yards of freestyle I thought I was about to die. So I started swimming freestyle one way, breaststroke the other way, increasing it little by little to the point I was doing sets of 100 yards, swimming a total of 500 yards per day. Until one day in September I wasn't so tired after 100, so kept going and stopped at 800 yards when it was time to jump in the shower and go back to work (I was swimming during my lunch time). Now I swim 2000 yards per day, and although I do have some intervals, it's been a while since I've felt completely out of breath when reaching the other side of the pool.
I can definitely relate to your story and know how good it feels, congrats!!
