After a 2 1/2 month layoff out of the pool from Feb to mid April with tendonitis in both shoulders Im finally getting back in the groove after a few months back in the water. Shoulders feel great and like new. I was in PT for months and also going to a chiropractor, both worked magic on me.
Im not swimming as intense yet because there is no reason to. I have no plans to compete this summer but come fall I will be ready to go at it. I have been spending time doing more cross training. Running 3 miles a day, pounding the weights instead of the beers when I was out of service, and currently just swimming 4 days a week. The swimming will go to 6 days a week in fall. I am finally at a base pace of 1:10 per hundred. Meaning now I can finally make intervals of 10x100 on 1:10 or 10x200 on 2:20. It's not my ideal base interval but seems like a milestone for me after struggling once I got back in water.
To me its been a long recovery. I put on 20 lbs while not swimming, yikes! Good news thats all gone :-) I'm really looking forward to the fall and competetion again. So any 100 and especially 200 fliers that wanna race, lemme know :-)
greg
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Definitely a good career move for him. I just hope the USS kids do not bail out on team. I remember going into my senior year a new Y was built. The Y I had been swimming at all my life was small but team was fierce. Our coach went to the new Y and practially the whole team switched over to new Y leaving old Y with not much of a team.
If they do not get in the right coach with good knowledge, I can see the elite kiddos bailing and going to the cross town rival dayton raiders. Hope that does not happen, only time will tell and see who the replacement is.
greg
Definitely a good career move for him. I just hope the USS kids do not bail out on team. I remember going into my senior year a new Y was built. The Y I had been swimming at all my life was small but team was fierce. Our coach went to the new Y and practially the whole team switched over to new Y leaving old Y with not much of a team.
If they do not get in the right coach with good knowledge, I can see the elite kiddos bailing and going to the cross town rival dayton raiders. Hope that does not happen, only time will tell and see who the replacement is.
greg
