What are your new years resolutions for swimming? Mine is to get on a regular practice schedule and stick with it.
also my goal times for the colonies zone scy champs are
50 free-21.3 going for top 10 for usms 18-24 age group
100 free-47.99 going for top 10
50 fly-23.75 going for top 10
100 ***- 1:02.99 might be good enough for top 10
100 IM-57.99
I wanted to swim 50 *** instead of IM but the 50 *** and 50 free are back to back with the 50 free being after ***. Im really trying to get a good time in the 50 free so im not doing 50 ***. Im mad about that becasue 50 *** is my second favorite event.
I also want to get in a LCM meet this summer.
Well, I'm still early on in getting back some long lost athleticism so these goal times might seem a bit weak to many others that have posted. I'm only truly 3 months back in the game at this point so I shave off considerable time at every practice. So while these goals seem lofty they are probably highly attainable with a decent workout ethic.
event - goal - (current time)
50 BR - 38.0 - (41.13)
100 BR - 1:26.0 - (1:30.08)
100 IM - 1:18.00 - (1:23.6)
Practice my fly well enough so that I enter in the 100 Fly at 1 meet without flailing (maintain good form).
Capatalize on the fact that I haven't swam in a while so I have the perfect opportunity to unlearn old bad habits.
200m IM 't have a clue when I can go 100% again :(
Swedish Masters Championship is already in the end of March...hopefully I am back in business by then.
Best regards
/Per
Here are mine for the new year.
Be more constent in practices(i.e. fewer slacker days)
Continue to improve my strokes for free,back and fly(sorry breastrokers...can't stand this stroke)
Go under :50 in the 100 free unrested/unshaved
Go under 1:50 in the 200 free unrested/unshaved
Go under :55 in the 100 back unrested/unshaved
See how close to 2:00 in the 200 back in can get(maybe even go under)
Meet a many posters on the usms forum as I can.
The big one... enjoy swimming even more this year than the last.
I wish an injury-free year for all of us folks.;)
I want to fine tune my technique in free:blah:
Swim 4 -5 times a week :agree:
Find a suitable goggle that will not hurt :(
Lower my best 200 free by at least 12 sec. :rolleyes:
Motivate my daughter to stay in the school's swimming team :groovy:
Meet some people writing in this forum :wave:
stay cool:D
hmm new years resolutions are kinda late for a college swimmer, since our season is half way done, but I do have some goals in terms of times to meet by the end of the season which is in only a short month and a half.
50 free: under 24.90
100 free: just hit that 54 mark
200 free: 1:58.
100 fly: 59.
50 fly: 27.0
I'm guessing that those events are the only ones I get put in through the end of the season.
I also want to just lose some weight that never came off after the summer, and just tone up again...without looking manly like my brother calls me.:shakeshead:
and i need to enjoy swimming again.
Actually swim in a meet this year.
Try and break :55 100 Back
Under 2:00 200 Back
Under 1:00 100 IM
Under 2:10 200 IM (My breastroke sucks)
Imopove my time in La Jolla next September
:woot:
My first is just to get comfortable in the pool again, and give my hip a chance to heal (as much as it can at this point). Then I'd like to get up to where I can practice with a Master's team (though I have to say, after years of God-awful early ice times, what's with the 6am MS pool time?):frustrated: Along the way though, I need to drop some baby weight, and prep for the next baby.
Oh, and my best HS swim team buddy is going to start back too. She's 3 hrs away, but it'll still be nice to have someone else to get back in to it with. . . not to mention travelling to meets as adults sounds like a lot more fun than the HS trips we used to take. :)
After months of frustration and pain, I finally threw in the towel on trying to rehab my shoulder/back/neck on my own and "swim through" the pain. I'm out of the water for a while. :( I went to the doctor last week and I'm starting official physical therapy Jan. 3rd. My resolution is to get my shoulder well and BE PATIENT when I try to get back. I tend to try to do too much too soon and reinjure myself. Hopefully I'll be better by March when I hope to swim in our St. Pat's meet. My other resolution is to not worry too much about my times and just enjoy swimming for "the health of it".
After months of frustration and pain, I finally threw in the towel on trying to rehab my shoulder/back/neck on my own and "swim through" the pain. I'm out of the water for a while. :( I went to the doctor last week and I'm starting official physical therapy Jan. 3rd. My resolution is to get my shoulder well and BE PATIENT when I try to get back. I tend to try to do too much too soon and reinjure myself. Hopefully I'll be better by March when I hope to swim in our St. Pat's meet. My other resolution is to not worry too much about my times and just enjoy swimming for "the health of it".
Beth:
So glad you're back! I hope you a had a wonderful holiday!! I hope the PT helps. Try to hang in there, twin sister. I've been laying low for about 6 weeks or so too and just doing some very easy workouts and cross-training. So my New Years resolution is similar to yours: Be patient, do my RC and scapular stabilizing exercises religiously and not rush back to hard swimming too fast.
I also would like to swim more with my team (not just by myself), build more endurance, work on my breaststroke and have fun with my new monofin. I'd like to be in better shape for Zones and meet some of the posters here at that meet.
