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
In all fairness, I was a bit (okay, more than a bit) of a slacker in practice as a kid. I work pretty hard now. I would think that if you really worked hard as a kid, it would be quite difficult to match those times as an adult.
I did work my butt off as a kid - 10 workouts a week, full scholarship to a D1 school, Olympic Trials, etc. I'm certainly not going to come anywhere close to that swimming 2 workouts a week. :rofl:
I made my very short-term goal and dragged myself to the pool tonight.:D
In all fairness, I was a bit (okay, more than a bit) of a slacker in practice as a kid. I work pretty hard now. I would think that if you really worked hard as a kid, it would be quite difficult to match those times as an adult.
I did work my butt off as a kid - 10 workouts a week, full scholarship to a D1 school, Olympic Trials, etc. I'm certainly not going to come anywhere close to that swimming 2 workouts a week. :rofl:
I made my very short-term goal and dragged myself to the pool tonight.:D
