IT is hard not to compare yourselves to others!!!!
Former Member
Hey all
As some of you may have read I started swimming with a masters program on the 7th of Sept after 22 years ( give or take a year LOL) I am 41 mom of 2, work full time , had thyroid cancer ( but now it is gone:cheerleader:) I am also 25 to 30 pounds overweight since my surgery.
Getting back into the pool was tough but now I love it ( the first day was the worst I was nervous). The problem is I think I should be swimming like I did when I was younger and I am comparing myself to the others in the pool. The coach says that I am doing great and do not appear as tired, but MAN I am behind a good portion of the people. I can actually get lapped in kicking with a board. I am so bad at it. My last practice I just told myself this is for me and swam for myself. I am figuring that no one is looking over at me and saying anything. It is all in my mind not theirs.
I guess I wonder how long until you see great improvement?I know that my cardio is getting better but still needs a ton of work. At my age will it take a full season to really improve? I am swimming 4 mornings a week.
It is interesting to note that even in our 40's we still compare ourselves to others. All in all this back to swimming is wonderful but tougher than I thought it would be LOL LOL
Katie
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Former Member
Thanks everyone for the words of wisdom.
I am really really enjoying my swimming. More than I thought I would. The early mornings are getting easier to which is nice. My one ear bothers me so I have ordered some good earplugs for it.
I have found a couple of woman who swim about where I do, so we are sharing a lane. They actually maybe a little better so that is nice to. ( I am a little more out of shape and they have been swimming for longer than I have, I must remember I only started Sept 7th) This morning when we were given part of our workout the coach gave us a drill of swimming 400 metres at 75% H/R. He said lanes 1 to 5 do the 400 and lane 6 do 200. I immediatley thought I would be in the lane 6 group but nope. So I guess I am doing better than I thought. There were a couple of new people and I made sure I said hi as I know how intimidated I was in the beginning. The one lady looked terrified.
I think as I get my cardio and endurance up I will feel better. I do the entire workout but I seem to be breathing much harder than some. I am also about 2 lengths of the pool behind a large group. So my goal is to start making that smaller..
All in all life is good and I am enjoying it.
Katie:groovy:
Thanks everyone for the words of wisdom.
I am really really enjoying my swimming. More than I thought I would. The early mornings are getting easier to which is nice. My one ear bothers me so I have ordered some good earplugs for it.
I have found a couple of woman who swim about where I do, so we are sharing a lane. They actually maybe a little better so that is nice to. ( I am a little more out of shape and they have been swimming for longer than I have, I must remember I only started Sept 7th) This morning when we were given part of our workout the coach gave us a drill of swimming 400 metres at 75% H/R. He said lanes 1 to 5 do the 400 and lane 6 do 200. I immediatley thought I would be in the lane 6 group but nope. So I guess I am doing better than I thought. There were a couple of new people and I made sure I said hi as I know how intimidated I was in the beginning. The one lady looked terrified.
I think as I get my cardio and endurance up I will feel better. I do the entire workout but I seem to be breathing much harder than some. I am also about 2 lengths of the pool behind a large group. So my goal is to start making that smaller..
All in all life is good and I am enjoying it.
Katie:groovy:
