Feel free to post both your short-term and long-term goals here relating to your swimming either as achievements with or without competition.
Here is my short-term goal while I am visiting in Texas:
To swim from the Joe Pool Lake Beach to the dam and back. Distance: 9.68 miles. I want to do this before October 6th.
The interesting thing is because I am in Texas, I have not been swimming the mileage I was doing when in Roatan. I have sort of been in a state of tapering throughout the week with a long swim on Sundays. AND, I am swimming further on those Sundays. Instead of swimming 6 miles, 4xweek, I am doing 4 miles three times a week with a long swim on Sundays; quite a reduction. The thought of over-training comes to mind as I ponder all this.
Next goal: 13 mile swim by end of November.
What are your goals?
Donna
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Is it realistic to try to meet or beat your times from 20+ years ago? I don't think I'll ever get close to my 50 free times from when I was a teenager (high :22), but maybe in distance events I will.
You're not alone in this one. Even though our She-Man is on the verge or turning in as good as or better times, I give her one of these :cheerleader:, but I guess it depends on how long 20 years ago was. That would make me about 40 back then. I won't even try to get those times; it would hurt way too much and I probably couldn't get close. Thus, part of the reason many of us oldies do distance; much ez-ier. Uh, to a point. Distance can be challenging, too, but what the heck!
donna
Is it realistic to try to meet or beat your times from 20+ years ago? I don't think I'll ever get close to my 50 free times from when I was a teenager (high :22), but maybe in distance events I will.
You're not alone in this one. Even though our She-Man is on the verge or turning in as good as or better times, I give her one of these :cheerleader:, but I guess it depends on how long 20 years ago was. That would make me about 40 back then. I won't even try to get those times; it would hurt way too much and I probably couldn't get close. Thus, part of the reason many of us oldies do distance; much ez-ier. Uh, to a point. Distance can be challenging, too, but what the heck!
donna
