How many yards a practice do you swim?

Originally posted by aztimm To be fair, I'd have to give Ion tons of credit. For starting swimming so late in life, he's made tons of improvements. When I looked through my recent copy of, "USMS Swimmer," it seems focused on people who've been swimming forever, or maybe returned after swimming in high school, college, olympics, etc. Would be nice if there was some focus on those of us who started later in life, especially someone who is able to catch back up. I agree Tim. It is brought in here the example of the Bulgarian who escaped thru an open water swim. The article doesn't focus on a late bloomer who became a competitive swimmer as an adult. The article harps on escaping Bulgaria thru a swim, and that's it about what swimming it notes. The article is about politics, with swimming as an aside. My posts are about starting swimming late in life and becoming competitive as an adult. And by the way, in line with the article's focus of escaping Bulgaria -and not at all on swimming competitively later in life- I was born in communist Romania, and escaped it at 18. I went to France for 11 years where I studied. Then I went to Canada for 6 years with the skills I developed in France. Then I went to U.S. for 9 years with the skills I developed in France and Canada. But my posts are primarly not about escaping Romania, they are about starting swimming late in life and becoming competitive as an adult.

Originally posted by aztimm To be fair, I'd have to give Ion tons of credit. For starting swimming so late in life, he's made tons of improvements. When I looked through my recent copy of, "USMS Swimmer," it seems focused on people who've been swimming forever, or maybe returned after swimming in high school, college, olympics, etc. Would be nice if there was some focus on those of us who started later in life, especially someone who is able to catch back up. I agree Tim. It is brought in here the example of the Bulgarian who escaped thru an open water swim. The article doesn't focus on a late bloomer who became a competitive swimmer as an adult. The article harps on escaping Bulgaria thru a swim, and that's it about what swimming it notes. The article is about politics, with swimming as an aside. My posts are about starting swimming late in life and becoming competitive as an adult. And by the way, in line with the article's focus of escaping Bulgaria -and not at all on swimming competitively later in life- I was born in communist Romania, and escaped it at 18. I went to France for 11 years where I studied. Then I went to Canada for 6 years with the skills I developed in France. Then I went to U.S. for 9 years with the skills I developed in France and Canada. But my posts are primarly not about escaping Romania, they are about starting swimming late in life and becoming competitive as an adult.