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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4300 yards today with 6 X 300 (one at 90% race pace, one at pool current pace repeated three times)
3000 tomorrow with fast 25s and 50s and LOTS of rest. I like John Smith's work to rest ratio.
Thursday and Friday train with Rich Abrahams plus some technical work to make sure strokes are in the groove - probably 2 2-hour sessions. Maybe first dive practice this year (not possible where we normally train).
Following week 3 hard days with Rich and begin taper on Thursday April 17.
Will do some walking and rowing on the Concept 2 as well. No more weight work or stretch cordz.
Irregular taper time in the pool since our local training facility is closed. Probably will get in 4 days the week following start of taper and 3 the week of the meet.
Our times are smoking fast at this point in training. Grace has blown away all her high-altitude practice times so far this year Hope we aren't peaking too soon.
4300 yards today with 6 X 300 (one at 90% race pace, one at pool current pace repeated three times)
3000 tomorrow with fast 25s and 50s and LOTS of rest. I like John Smith's work to rest ratio.
Thursday and Friday train with Rich Abrahams plus some technical work to make sure strokes are in the groove - probably 2 2-hour sessions. Maybe first dive practice this year (not possible where we normally train).
Following week 3 hard days with Rich and begin taper on Thursday April 17.
Will do some walking and rowing on the Concept 2 as well. No more weight work or stretch cordz.
Irregular taper time in the pool since our local training facility is closed. Probably will get in 4 days the week following start of taper and 3 the week of the meet.
Our times are smoking fast at this point in training. Grace has blown away all her high-altitude practice times so far this year Hope we aren't peaking too soon.
