I've been working out with the age group/high school team in the mornings. I'm off this week so I didn't have to leave practice early to go to work. Went 5000 yards--the last time I did that Jimmy Carter was in the White House. Overall felt pretty good. Swam some fly, went 6:05 for a 500 free at the end of a distance set. Disclaimer--it took me two years to work up to this.
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Originally posted by TheGoodSmith
People.... people.... people.......
Remember, this is just Masters Swimming. If you are going over 4,000 a day in the pool, you need to get out of the pool and go home to your family. Hell, if you don't have a family, then get out and go home to hold the remote control. Holy cow..... that's serious yardage
Rule of thumb: People who go more than 4,000 a day are usually under the age of 30 and swim USS.
Let's stay focused here. We are old and we drink beer.
We may be old, but speaking for myself, I am younger now doing 4300 than I was when I used to do only a mile a day. I have developed a better satisfaction with myself, both physically and emotionally, by achieving a goal of upping my daily yardage. And that reflects on the way I interact with others.
Will I continue to increase my yardage? Can't say. I'm doing an open water swim for the first time in my life this summer (August, in Ft. Collins -- I can pick you up on my way through Denver!), the weekend after my 47th birthday. Depending on how that experience goes for me, I may rest on my laurels and drop back to 3000 or so, or I may decide to reach for even more. And if it kills me, I will have died doing what I love. (My hope is to die making love to my wife, but being done in by swimming would be an adequate second choice.) :)
Originally posted by TheGoodSmith
People.... people.... people.......
Remember, this is just Masters Swimming. If you are going over 4,000 a day in the pool, you need to get out of the pool and go home to your family. Hell, if you don't have a family, then get out and go home to hold the remote control. Holy cow..... that's serious yardage
Rule of thumb: People who go more than 4,000 a day are usually under the age of 30 and swim USS.
Let's stay focused here. We are old and we drink beer.
We may be old, but speaking for myself, I am younger now doing 4300 than I was when I used to do only a mile a day. I have developed a better satisfaction with myself, both physically and emotionally, by achieving a goal of upping my daily yardage. And that reflects on the way I interact with others.
Will I continue to increase my yardage? Can't say. I'm doing an open water swim for the first time in my life this summer (August, in Ft. Collins -- I can pick you up on my way through Denver!), the weekend after my 47th birthday. Depending on how that experience goes for me, I may rest on my laurels and drop back to 3000 or so, or I may decide to reach for even more. And if it kills me, I will have died doing what I love. (My hope is to die making love to my wife, but being done in by swimming would be an adequate second choice.) :)
