Hello All...
My name is Elizabeth and I have a quick question. I used to be a swimmer but haven't since high school because I do not do well with competing for time.
But I love the distance... so my question is this....
Is there long distance swimming that is more based on endurance than on time... if so, what is this called? Is this a professional event thing, or is there ameteur... What's the longest distance out there... etc. etc.
Thanks, I appreciate any comments.
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Open water is what fascinates me...
I think for now what I'll need to do is get out to the Y, and start training... I remember enough from High School to work on my own, and I'll look into masters after a few years of training...
Any recommendations on when a person is ready for masters?
I have a lot of rebuilding to do... first of all, though I've lost 55 pounds so far this year, I'm still overweight and have to keep going on weight loss, I also have weight induced asthma, and I am now a 1 week old ex-smoker.. Smoked for 15 years and decided to quit to get back into swimming.. so my lungs are pretty messy right now... so I've got a lot of work ahead of me and I don't want to jump right in and think "I can compete" cuz I know better than that...
I think my biggest concern really is that I was average in school for swimming, I couldn't tell you what my times were or anything... our coach only focused on the ones she felt could get our team to win which meant she focused on 2 people who I certainly wonder now if they made the olympics, one girl in every meet would win atleast 8 events... simply amazing swimmer) anyway, I was average and I do worse when competing... hence why I don't think I would do well with short distance as I do with long distances... even as a smoker and weight induced asthma, I could still swim 2 miles out to the ocean and 2 miles back which I did on my honeymoon... I was slow, but I did it. ROFL... imagine with training and not smoking... that's more of what I'm hoping for.
Anyway, I'm going to keep reading and researching...
Thanks for the advice guys,
Love,
Elizabeth
Open water is what fascinates me...
I think for now what I'll need to do is get out to the Y, and start training... I remember enough from High School to work on my own, and I'll look into masters after a few years of training...
Any recommendations on when a person is ready for masters?
I have a lot of rebuilding to do... first of all, though I've lost 55 pounds so far this year, I'm still overweight and have to keep going on weight loss, I also have weight induced asthma, and I am now a 1 week old ex-smoker.. Smoked for 15 years and decided to quit to get back into swimming.. so my lungs are pretty messy right now... so I've got a lot of work ahead of me and I don't want to jump right in and think "I can compete" cuz I know better than that...
I think my biggest concern really is that I was average in school for swimming, I couldn't tell you what my times were or anything... our coach only focused on the ones she felt could get our team to win which meant she focused on 2 people who I certainly wonder now if they made the olympics, one girl in every meet would win atleast 8 events... simply amazing swimmer) anyway, I was average and I do worse when competing... hence why I don't think I would do well with short distance as I do with long distances... even as a smoker and weight induced asthma, I could still swim 2 miles out to the ocean and 2 miles back which I did on my honeymoon... I was slow, but I did it. ROFL... imagine with training and not smoking... that's more of what I'm hoping for.
Anyway, I'm going to keep reading and researching...
Thanks for the advice guys,
Love,
Elizabeth
