Seems inevitable, no? Even though my practice times seem to be pretty consistent with intervals I was able to hold 5 to 7 years ago (mid to early
30's), now that I am 40, my races just seem to get slower. Its an odd scenario to be in. As an age grouper and into college, the older you got, the more you trained, the faster you swam. Now, it seems, mother nature is kicking things in reverse. While I still love to train, I'm finding less incentive to compete.
Anyone else come to this conclusion?
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Thanks for that excellent thread! It begs for a nice table that I can use!
It is an idea that I can ask rowers over at Concept2.com to see if we can come up with that table as well.
Christine,
go to the competition tab on the USMS home page and click the Top Ten link. This is not a simple table but rather a database of all top 10 swims in each age group for the past many years. It is similar in principle to the Concept 2 tracking except that the usms table is meant to include ALL sanctioned meets whereas the Concept 2 tables only list those who have entered data.
If you want to see times further down than the first 10, then click the Current Top Times link on the competition tab. This will get you to a much larger database for the current swim seasons. You can browse through the age groups separately to see how it changes with age.
Thanks for that excellent thread! It begs for a nice table that I can use!
It is an idea that I can ask rowers over at Concept2.com to see if we can come up with that table as well.
Christine,
go to the competition tab on the USMS home page and click the Top Ten link. This is not a simple table but rather a database of all top 10 swims in each age group for the past many years. It is similar in principle to the Concept 2 tracking except that the usms table is meant to include ALL sanctioned meets whereas the Concept 2 tables only list those who have entered data.
If you want to see times further down than the first 10, then click the Current Top Times link on the competition tab. This will get you to a much larger database for the current swim seasons. You can browse through the age groups separately to see how it changes with age.
