Looking at one-hour results, and just finishing New England Masters SCY Championships at Harvard, how is it that older swimmers are getting faster and faster, and pretty much everyone is getting faster and faster compared to a few years ago when there seemed to be more mortal swimmers?
What are older (45+ women; at this point 65+ men) swimmers doing that keeps them at such elite levels? Weights? Extensive training? How much of both? How do they have jobs and families and train? The field of fast swimmers is getting deeper and deeper. Anyone have idea as to why?
I want to know the secrets. Are the people who race now self-selecting more and more as elite swimmers? Has everyone swum all their lives? I know to swim hard you have to train hard, but I am baffled by sudden increase in amazing fast times and so many records getting broken.
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Is there anyone in the top ten for men 45-49 who did not swim in college? These guys all have strong swimming backgrounds and a lot of talent. Many were all Americans and swam for Division I schools. For us mortals, on the other hand, less isn't necessarily more. My experience has been very similar to (S)he-Man's.
BTW, George, "training smart" implies that you are actually doing some training!
Is there anyone in the top ten for men 45-49 who did not swim in college? These guys all have strong swimming backgrounds and a lot of talent. Many were all Americans and swam for Division I schools. For us mortals, on the other hand, less isn't necessarily more. My experience has been very similar to (S)he-Man's.
BTW, George, "training smart" implies that you are actually doing some training!
