Since I have been back swimming I have read a number of threads, comments, articles, where adults are swimming and working out with the local USS age group team.
This has been something I have considered for quite some time for all of the obvious advantages, but I have taken no action because of my slowness, fatness and old ageness.
I can't believe it, but I finally got the nerve up to contact the local USS swim coach to see if I could workout with the team and she said yes! I'm scared and excited all at the same time.
For those of you who swim with the age groupers, is there anything I should know? Any advice?
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Dorothy, I couldn't agree more.
I usually take written comments like those made in email forms with a HUGE grain of salt, so I am not reading anything into that comment until I actually get to a practice.
However, that may explain why there are very few swimmers in this area and after doing some research on meet results from last summer, this team really has no standouts. The team with all the good swimmers is the same pool where the closest masters team swims.
On the other hand, I posted the coach's comment out of context and I feel it necessary to explain where it came from. I sent the Coach an email introducing myself, explaining that I belong to USMS and USS and am trying to regain some of the speed I had 26 years ago. I wanted to downplay my ability so all I said was that my recent race times would qualify under the "C" qualifying times for USS (the slowest). So, perhaps the Coach just felt it fair to let me know that this is not going to be a cake walk.
I'll find out soon enough next week. But, that's the beauty of being an adult, I don't have to do anything I don't want to do. So if the Coach is a tyrant, I'll just won't come back.
Dorothy, I couldn't agree more.
I usually take written comments like those made in email forms with a HUGE grain of salt, so I am not reading anything into that comment until I actually get to a practice.
However, that may explain why there are very few swimmers in this area and after doing some research on meet results from last summer, this team really has no standouts. The team with all the good swimmers is the same pool where the closest masters team swims.
On the other hand, I posted the coach's comment out of context and I feel it necessary to explain where it came from. I sent the Coach an email introducing myself, explaining that I belong to USMS and USS and am trying to regain some of the speed I had 26 years ago. I wanted to downplay my ability so all I said was that my recent race times would qualify under the "C" qualifying times for USS (the slowest). So, perhaps the Coach just felt it fair to let me know that this is not going to be a cake walk.
I'll find out soon enough next week. But, that's the beauty of being an adult, I don't have to do anything I don't want to do. So if the Coach is a tyrant, I'll just won't come back.
