I started swimming Masters as soon as I could at 25(this was before 19 and then 18 year olds could swim Masters-I'm 57 now.)
I gather this is not what most people do. Swimming was the only thing that allowed me to retain a veneer of sanity in college and med school so I was ecstatic at being with an organized group of swimmers at the first opportunity.
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Did two years of "B" team swimming in high school in the U.S. 1967-68. Prep school had plenty of fast or faster swimmers, but I was content to train together and be in the B team. Swam the 200 I.M. and the 100 butterfly (because no one else wanted to swim the darn fly). Started swimming or training with a local masters club a year ago. The only swimming in between had been playing around while water skiing, scuba-diving, snorkeling, but no lap swimming. One month after I started with the group I entered a 50 meter butterfly race and one of the girls asked me "can you swim 50 meters butterfly?" I could, but did it slowly. I am getting into shape but have lost no weight yet. The speed is there but the endurance has gone. And yet the quality of swimming in Brazil is so low that I actually win plenty of meets in my age group. Take care, billy fanstone
Did two years of "B" team swimming in high school in the U.S. 1967-68. Prep school had plenty of fast or faster swimmers, but I was content to train together and be in the B team. Swam the 200 I.M. and the 100 butterfly (because no one else wanted to swim the darn fly). Started swimming or training with a local masters club a year ago. The only swimming in between had been playing around while water skiing, scuba-diving, snorkeling, but no lap swimming. One month after I started with the group I entered a 50 meter butterfly race and one of the girls asked me "can you swim 50 meters butterfly?" I could, but did it slowly. I am getting into shape but have lost no weight yet. The speed is there but the endurance has gone. And yet the quality of swimming in Brazil is so low that I actually win plenty of meets in my age group. Take care, billy fanstone
