Masters Swimming Survey

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. 35 (Off and on) 2. 27 3. 9 4. 10 5. 100 *** 6. Anything above 100 7. Anything below 100, except 50 ***

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. 2.5 years 2. 23 (just before the 24th birthday though) 3. No age group 4. See above 5. Still trying to figure this out 50 free maybe 100 free 6. 50 free maybe 100 free (I know *gasp* not fly) 7. This is a long list ... 200 of anystroke except free, and anything over a 200 free ... 8. Event you still want to/need to/feel like you will improve on ... 50 fly and 100 fly I added a #8 to retain my FlyQueen status ...

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. 1.5 2. 44 3. 1.5 4. 44 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. Yes

1) 3 years of masters swimming 2) started master's swimming at age 45. Many years of fitness swimming previously. 3) 11 years age group, including 1 1/2 years of division III collegiate swimming 4) First swam competitively at age 8 5) Best events- 50/100 back 6) Favorite events- any IM. This shows the truly versatile swimmers 7) Hated event- 200 free. Haven't swam this in many decades. I'm afraid it will expose my limitations as an athlete!

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 Okay. I've been lurking for a while with only an occassional comment or question so I'll join the party. 1. 5 2. 50 3. n/a 4. n/a 5. 500 free 6. 200, 500, & 1650 free 7. IM's - all of them

1. # years of masters swimming - 15 years 2. age started masters swimming - Started when I was 25 (not any experience before) 3. # years of age group experience - N/A 4. age started age group swimming, N/A 5. best masters event - 100 back (8th place in Latin American master event) behind 1 Cuban, 3 Brazilians, 1 Venezuelian, 1 Argentinian and 1 other Mexican. 6. favorite masters event -100 free, 200 IM SC 7. most hated masters event - None You sound like a mean backstroker Alex! Congrats on your high placing in that very tough and widespread competition! And Heather.....You will break the 1:00 barrier in the 100 fly someday....Did you happen to read my prior posting about that? Just keep moving forward the way you are and you will get there sooner than you think....Remember that you are a flyer now (self declared) even if its not quite your best event at the moment. Newmastersswimmer p.s. Great to see the new postings from some of the newest posters!

Heather- you are shaking my confidence in the universe as I understood it. I can tell you're softening towards the breastroke (at least the 50).

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 Those of us in the *** faster than Back fraternity always care about welcoming another member!

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:

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. Off and on (more off then on) for 4 years 2. 39 3. 5 4. 6 5. 50/100 *** 6. 100/200 IM 7. 200 Fly or any distance freestyle