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)
In masters 18 years, starting at age 36.
Age group for 11 years (age 7-17), still occasionally swam AG meets until about 7 or 8 years ago.
Best events - 50 free, 100 free, 50 back, 100 back
Like most everything including open water except 200 fly and all breaststroke events.
Dislike that evil breaststroke.
If anyone really cares:
1. 25 years of Masters swimming
2. 29 years of age
3. Swam high school and college but never year round
4. 30 - Swam some USA Swimming meets up to about age 37
5. Breaststroke, distance free
6. When I was competing more 200 Breaststroke (just now getting back to it as the kids are now off at college - swimming of course.)
7. Backstroke - my breaststroke 100 has always been 6-10 seconds faster than backstroke!
Leo
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
Answers:
1. 9
2. 28
3. None
4. N/A
5. 200 ***
6. 100 ***
7. 200 Fly
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
After seeing most replies, I feel like Methuselah now.
OK. Here goes
1. # years of masters swimming
five (in 2007)
2. age started masters swimming
59 (in 2002)
1+2=64
3. # years of age group experience, if applicable
Three. No age group. Was in the men's team; guess it could be called "Open"
4. age started age group swimming, if applicable
Started at 17, stopped at 20 (Club team). Restarted swimming at question #2
5. best masters event
50 Free LCM
6. favorite masters event
see 5. above
7. most hated masters event
None (because I don't swim what I don't like).
Cheers!
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
1. Four
2. 47
3. Five
4. Thirteen
5. Open water/ocean races
6. Open water/ocean races in Hawaii
7. Anything in a pool, especially if it involves backstroke.
1. About 3.5 years total.
2. 35 the first time 40 presently
3. 11 years of age group exp.
4. I started age group swimming at 7 years of age
5. I have not raced since high school but I still go for FLY and IM's
6. See above.
7. Distance races, anything over 400 meters.
Got Boost
1. # years of masters swimming: 10
2. age started masters swimming: 23
3. # years of age group experience, if applicable: Never swam on an age-group team (but started on my middle-school team at age 12 for 3 years, then swam 2 1/2 years in high-school, and 4 years collegiate)
4. age started age group swimming, if applicable: N/A
5. best masters event: 400 im
6. favorite masters event: 200 fly (nothing feels quite as good as back-siding it and taking out the field in the last 50)
7. most hated masters event: 200 fly (nothing sucks more than taking it out too hard, and getting overtaken in the last 50!)
.... If you would like to participate, please answer the following: :)
1. # years of masters swimming (four and a half) after 20 years off.
2. age started masters swimming (40)
3. # years of age group experience (5) plus 4 in college
4. age started age group swimming (13)
5. best masters event (anything backstroke)
6. favorite masters event (50 free)
7. (Dare I say breaststroke)
