Today, I swam the 200 yards free in 2:09.11.
This beats my previous best of 2:09.54 from April 1994.
I challenged the 2:09.54 in the past 11 years, over 20 times, many times under what I learned the hard way to be the wrong preparation, and never came close.
My result will be posted officially in the USMS databse.
I won't be able to make the 2005 Short Course Nationals, but hopefully I will make the 2005 Long Course Nationals.
The reason that I bring this success here is that there are some lessons to learn from it:
1.) to pursue virtue and excellence by meeting the intrinsic requirements that come to having a worthwhile goal (in my case, the goal is to stay in my prime intellectually and physically, for longtime), that's intelligence and tenacious work;
I immigrated to U.S. and relocated within U.S. on job skills in science to live my lifestyle;
this lifestyle comprises now, over 39 weeks of the 2004-2005 season so far, of 1,093 kilometers of training (an average of 28.025 kilometers per week, or 30,828 yards per week, no matter the holidays, tapering or illness, that includes kicking, strokes, and technique quotas), the most mileage I slowly built my late starter physiology up to in life, mostly under a Masters club with primarly college and age group swimming expertise, which I searched for and choosed;
I also cross train consistently in weights and running;
2.) I scrutinize self-indulgence and greed (to an employer who was asking me to work overtime like his Japanese employees do, even though I was ahead in schedule in a project, and who thought that I am a slave to him giving me a work visa, I stated "You know, my life doesn't depend on you." and I walked away from a near six-figures salary because it was jeopardizing my swim training; I looked for and found another) and I scrutinize good intentions backed up by feelings without hard data.
2:09.11 and staying in my prime, that's a tribute to 1.) and 2.).
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The reason behind Ion’s posts is not the issue with me. I could care less if he after praise, congratulations, accolades or a forum to showcase his PLAN to achieve the goals he set. Am I impressed? Yes, actually I am impressed that he set a lofty goal then implemented a plan to achieve this goal and then worked the plan! Good job!
What I am not impressed with is his ongoing need to ALWAYS throw the Late Bloomer equation into the mix. I believe that I/we chose swimming as my/our sport. Swimming did not choose me/us. I came to swimming with the God given talent I was blessed to have or not have. I came to swimming with life’s experiences and limitations and positives and negatives and anything else that happened to me, was given to me at birth or developed throughout my life. I never asked for any quarter, nor was I given any quarter. I chose swimming on SWIMMINGS terms, not my terms. Not my set of standards, not my window to look out and view what I perceive are good times are or not so good times.
I also take issue with the fact the he belittles others when they challenge his thinking or accomplishments, yet he continues to hide behind this Late Bloomer nonsense. OK, you are a Late Bloomer, but you cannot change that, there are no categories to swim in USMS called “Late Bloomer”, and the times you swim are relative ONLY to your own thinking and the standard set forth in competition. No more and certainly no less!
I cringe when I read the crutch nonsense about Late Bloomer…..get over it, you chose to COME TO SWIMMING REGARDLESS OF WHEN YOU BEGAN…AND THAT WAS YOUR CHOISE! You are here....deal with it.......ON THE TERMS EVERYONE ELSE EXCEPTS!
The reason behind Ion’s posts is not the issue with me. I could care less if he after praise, congratulations, accolades or a forum to showcase his PLAN to achieve the goals he set. Am I impressed? Yes, actually I am impressed that he set a lofty goal then implemented a plan to achieve this goal and then worked the plan! Good job!
What I am not impressed with is his ongoing need to ALWAYS throw the Late Bloomer equation into the mix. I believe that I/we chose swimming as my/our sport. Swimming did not choose me/us. I came to swimming with the God given talent I was blessed to have or not have. I came to swimming with life’s experiences and limitations and positives and negatives and anything else that happened to me, was given to me at birth or developed throughout my life. I never asked for any quarter, nor was I given any quarter. I chose swimming on SWIMMINGS terms, not my terms. Not my set of standards, not my window to look out and view what I perceive are good times are or not so good times.
I also take issue with the fact the he belittles others when they challenge his thinking or accomplishments, yet he continues to hide behind this Late Bloomer nonsense. OK, you are a Late Bloomer, but you cannot change that, there are no categories to swim in USMS called “Late Bloomer”, and the times you swim are relative ONLY to your own thinking and the standard set forth in competition. No more and certainly no less!
I cringe when I read the crutch nonsense about Late Bloomer…..get over it, you chose to COME TO SWIMMING REGARDLESS OF WHEN YOU BEGAN…AND THAT WAS YOUR CHOISE! You are here....deal with it.......ON THE TERMS EVERYONE ELSE EXCEPTS!
