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?
Okay, for starters, I'm not going to any meets right now...I get my butt kicked plenty in workout, okay?! I wish I had the time to go to meets, but I would have to travel OOT every time (by myself, since we don't really have a masters team, and no one else goes to meets either), and I'm really busy taking my 15 year old to Sectionals etc.
So, my slowness is in workouts. I just want to be able to keep 100's on the 1:15 w/out fins (again). :rant3: Maybe I'm slacking off in workout, but man, after a couple of rough swims, I just need to REST!. But everyone else can keep on going!! My solution...I'm trying to use my son's Bowflex every other day, I'm taking B-12 injections every month (to help build more lean muscle & pick up my energy level) and swimming at LEAST 3500 yds each time I get in. Sometimes I do a bit more, like today, it was really pretty outside & I was feeling happy, so before I knew it I had done 5000. But I didn't go hard the whole time, because I was training by myself, with only the clock and leisure swimmers to keep me on my toes. I just can't always train with the group due to my job. :(
With all you people doing the sprints and shorter distances, I am definitely going to be sure to do distance - there's not many people out there left doing those events! :rofl:
Shhh! Don't tell everyone!
Other than the 200 free, the events I swam at Nationals were all pretty easy to place top ten in--at least compared to the shorter events.
Oh yeah, suuuuuure. That just means I'd have to go 5:16 500, 11:54 1000 or 22:18 1650. Hmm, actually to get 10th all I would have had to do was finish the 1650. Not sure if that could happen but hey, blind squirrels and acorns and all that. Maybe next year at LCM Nats? Give the 800 a try?
Paul
With all you people doing the sprints and shorter distances, I am definitely going to be sure to do distance - there's not many people out there left doing those events! :rofl:
Shhh! Don't tell everyone!
Other than the 200 free, the events I swam at Nationals were all pretty easy to place top ten in--at least compared to the shorter events.
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?
If your workout times are the same as several years ago, but your races are slower, perhaps you need to rest more before big meets.
With all you people doing the sprints and shorter distances, I am definitely going to be sure to do distance - there's not many people out there left doing those events! :rofl:
That's my plan!
