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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I've certainly enjoyed reading the posts on this forum and it's been a big help in motivating me to stay consistant in getting to workouts.
The "goals" question required some thought --- how to keep it interesting and stay realistic. I've finally developed a plan.
Right now, at just under 62 years old, I'm about where I was at age 11. If I could do the times I did when I was 17 I'd be a the top in of my age group in several events, but that is just not going to happen. However if I could get to my 14 year old speed by the time I turn 65 I'd be able to match a lot of the times the top 65-70 year olds are doing today. What makes it interesting is that as a kid, one got faster just by getting older, bigger and stronger. Unfortunately that's no longer a given, rather, the opposite is true. But there is one hope, we didn't know much about what we were doing in competitive swimming back 40 years ago compared to what is known today. The insights available on this forum alone go far beyond the framework we operated in back in the sixties, and that helps me dream of improvement, rekindles the flame.
Next step, I just want to be 12 again!
I've certainly enjoyed reading the posts on this forum and it's been a big help in motivating me to stay consistant in getting to workouts.
The "goals" question required some thought --- how to keep it interesting and stay realistic. I've finally developed a plan.
Right now, at just under 62 years old, I'm about where I was at age 11. If I could do the times I did when I was 17 I'd be a the top in of my age group in several events, but that is just not going to happen. However if I could get to my 14 year old speed by the time I turn 65 I'd be able to match a lot of the times the top 65-70 year olds are doing today. What makes it interesting is that as a kid, one got faster just by getting older, bigger and stronger. Unfortunately that's no longer a given, rather, the opposite is true. But there is one hope, we didn't know much about what we were doing in competitive swimming back 40 years ago compared to what is known today. The insights available on this forum alone go far beyond the framework we operated in back in the sixties, and that helps me dream of improvement, rekindles the flame.
Next step, I just want to be 12 again!
