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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Swam through high school, then intramurals in college. Did other exercise - weights, cycling, racquetball, water skiing, then finally started swimming at 45 after essentially 23 years of no swimming as exercise. That was two years ago. I needed some kind of organized exercise to keep me active. I race now and a big help has been an excellent coach.
Weird thing is that I'm a better breastroker now than anything else. I do not remember ever racing breastroke in high school. One thing that is the same - I still hate distance swimming.
Swam through high school, then intramurals in college. Did other exercise - weights, cycling, racquetball, water skiing, then finally started swimming at 45 after essentially 23 years of no swimming as exercise. That was two years ago. I needed some kind of organized exercise to keep me active. I race now and a big help has been an excellent coach.
Weird thing is that I'm a better breastroker now than anything else. I do not remember ever racing breastroke in high school. One thing that is the same - I still hate distance swimming.
