Hey y'all! I'm new to the board--well, I've been lurking, but I finally decided to get an account and post. :)
I'm seriously considering starting to swim masters. I swam competitvely when I was a child, but I quit when I got to be a junior in high school (I'm 30 now). I did some lap swimming off and on through college as most of my jobs involved the pool (life guard, swim instructor, asst pool manager, asst swim coach). In November, I started swimming laps regularly. I try to swim 3x a week--which can be difficult since I work full time and I'm in grad school part time (taking 2 classes)--but I always manage 2x.
Anyway, I was swimming over Christmas break, and that's when I realized how much I miss swimming and miss competing. I have struggled with whether or not I am ready to begin swimming masters yet for almost a month now. At first, I told myself that I wasn't ready because I can't do a 100 fly without wanting to die at the end. I am able to swim 500 yds without stopping. The workouts that I do (ones that I've found online) are between 2,500-3,000 yds, and I swim for about an hour. What kind of yardage should someone who is swimming/practicing be able to swim? How do you know if you are "ready" or not? I definitely don't think that I'm ready for meets yet, but I would like to start practicing with a team.
Thanks for your suggestions!!!
Take care!
definitely the full range of abilities. my masters team has people that swam Division 1 in college, also some D-2 and D-3 swimmers. we've got people that swam age group and/or high school. and then we've got the folks who just started swimming within the last few years. and i don't mean swimming competitively, i mean swimming at all! so don't worry about how good your times used to be, just get back in the pool and have fun! if you're even contemplating starting masters, you've obviously missed swimming during your time out of the water! (i know i did when i took a 3 year break, and i was playing water polo at the time!?!)
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definitely the full range of abilities. my masters team has people that swam Division 1 in college, also some D-2 and D-3 swimmers. we've got people that swam age group and/or high school. and then we've got the folks who just started swimming within the last few years. and i don't mean swimming competitively, i mean swimming at all! so don't worry about how good your times used to be, just get back in the pool and have fun! if you're even contemplating starting masters, you've obviously missed swimming during your time out of the water! (i know i did when i took a 3 year break, and i was playing water polo at the time!?!)
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