A non-scientific survey on masters swimming experience(s). If you would like to participate, please answer the following: :)
1. # years of masters swimming
2. age started masters swimming
3. # years of age group experience, if applicable
4. age started age group swimming, if applicable
5. best masters event
6. favorite masters event
7. most hated masters event
I guess I'll go first:
1. 1 year
2. 44 years old
3. 9 years experience, including some collegiate/abrupt halt due to rotator cuff
4. 11 years old (year round stuff)
5. 50 back
6. 50 fly/100 IM
7. 1500/distance free (I hate it even more than breaststroke)
A non-scientific survey on masters swimming experience(s). If you would like to participate, please answer the following: :)
1. # years of masters swimming
2. age started masters swimming
3. # years of age group experience, if applicable
4. age started age group swimming, if applicable
5. best masters event
6. favorite masters event
7. most hated masters event
This looks interesting... here I go...
1. ~2
2. 54
3. No age group swimming at all
4. See no. 3
5. Best masters event... my first 50 free which remains my PR, tho still pretty slow, 51
6. Favorite masters event is a tough one: The 50 free b/c I don't get lapped too much or at all (if LC) ;) and it gives me a chance to see how fast I can make my slow body go... but also like open water swims b/c I enjoy being outdoors and in natural bodies of water--learned to swim mostly in a bay, so it's like a homecoming.
7. Most hated masters event: Quick note: I'd rather not use the word "hated" but I took a stab at the 100 IM (hey it was the senior games and I was feeling reckless!) and t'weren't purty. But it was kind of fun in a weird way to try an event where I don't feel confident about meeting any goals except to manage to sustain the butterfly for the whole 25 yards and actually finish. But when IM sets come up in practices.... :help:
A non-scientific survey on masters swimming experience(s). If you would like to participate, please answer the following: :)
1. # years of masters swimming
2. age started masters swimming
3. # years of age group experience, if applicable
4. age started age group swimming, if applicable
5. best masters event
6. favorite masters event
7. most hated masters event
This looks interesting... here I go...
1. ~2
2. 54
3. No age group swimming at all
4. See no. 3
5. Best masters event... my first 50 free which remains my PR, tho still pretty slow, 51
6. Favorite masters event is a tough one: The 50 free b/c I don't get lapped too much or at all (if LC) ;) and it gives me a chance to see how fast I can make my slow body go... but also like open water swims b/c I enjoy being outdoors and in natural bodies of water--learned to swim mostly in a bay, so it's like a homecoming.
7. Most hated masters event: Quick note: I'd rather not use the word "hated" but I took a stab at the 100 IM (hey it was the senior games and I was feeling reckless!) and t'weren't purty. But it was kind of fun in a weird way to try an event where I don't feel confident about meeting any goals except to manage to sustain the butterfly for the whole 25 yards and actually finish. But when IM sets come up in practices.... :help:
