First swim competition as Masters swimmer (would be from old forum)

I remember your first post, too!  It's funny to hear your mom referred to as 67QueenMum.  She would get a kick out of that!

Like King Frog, I am always on the lookout for new Forumites joining us here.  Unfortunately, the new forums seemed to have killed the traffic-- although, it was dropping off over the past few years on the old forums.

Congratulations on crushing your one goal and putting in a great effort to accomplish your other goals!

On Sept. 11, I competed in my first meet since Dec. '19.  My autonomic nervous system was on the fritz, so I wasn't able to really race.  I just swam my races cautiously.  My second meet was on the 24th (the Georgia Golden Olympics), and I felt really good.  I raced my first 200 fly since before COVID, and I was happy I swam it clean--- slow, but in good form.  I also raced the 50 and 100 fly and did well (for me).  My 50 breast was off, but I did REALLY well (again, for me) in the 200 backstroke.  I raced my best time since 2014, and I felt ok afterwards.  (My recent flare had subsided a few days before the meet, so I felt I could give a cautious but good attempt at racing.)  I ended up with 3 golds and 2 silvers, and I had fun!

Good luck in your future meets, 67!

Cheers!

Elaine

I had not expected to be nervous.  I thought I'd be fine, I was too old for that.  I was one of the later ones to go in, so I had to wait for about 30 minutes.  I was sitting down with a heart rate of 100-110, and my resting is in the low 40's!  But I did well.  10K, had hoped to break 2:15, but swam 2:16.06.  Had hoped to be the fastest local (folks from 17 states swam), but the guy known as Fast Eddie beat me by a minute.  Had hoped to be top 10 in men, and I was 3rd.  My splits were incredibly consistent, only varying 3 seconds per 100 for the whole race.

And yeah, I am disappointed that the forum seems to have seriously lost its activity.  Too hard to read, and I have been left with the impression that rather than address concerns the members have, USMS wants us to just suck it up and get over what the new ones look like, kind of how the standard response from one well known company to issues is "you're doing it wrong."  Traffic dropoff should be sending a message.

Now to relearn how to swim fly.......

I had not expected to be nervous.  I thought I'd be fine, I was too old for that.  I was one of the later ones to go in, so I had to wait for about 30 minutes.  I was sitting down with a heart rate of 100-110, and my resting is in the low 40's!  But I did well.  10K, had hoped to break 2:15, but swam 2:16.06.  Had hoped to be the fastest local (folks from 17 states swam), but the guy known as Fast Eddie beat me by a minute.  Had hoped to be top 10 in men, and I was 3rd.  My splits were incredibly consistent, only varying 3 seconds per 100 for the whole race.

And yeah, I am disappointed that the forum seems to have seriously lost its activity.  Too hard to read, and I have been left with the impression that rather than address concerns the members have, USMS wants us to just suck it up and get over what the new ones look like, kind of how the standard response from one well known company to issues is "you're doing it wrong."  Traffic dropoff should be sending a message.

Now to relearn how to swim fly.......

I agree.  I was part of the beta testing group, and none of my suggestions or requests were done, as far as I know.  All of our suggestions and requests ended up in a black hole-- either because they weren't willing to make those changes or it couldn't be done within the platform.  Either way, I miss the previous forums, especially back in the earlier days of my membership.  The only GOOD thing with the new forums is the disappearance of some of the previous members that I hope never return...