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.
I'd be very excited with a 4:55.
In distance swimming you really have to swim your own race. I know what you mean when the person next to you takes off right away. It can definitely psych you out, but you've got to try not to let it affect you.
Gee, the 200 fly? It sure isn't my best event. I only swim it because not many other people want to, so you can be a mediocre flyer and still place well! I went 2:07 a couple years ago and that was a decent swim. I totally died last year and went 2:10. I'd be happy with a 2:07 this year.
The 200 fly is my sixth event this year so I might not even get to swim it. I'm a little worried because the 200 IM is pretty late on Sunday and I'm flying out Sunday evening. If the sixth event gets dropped, and the meet is long on Sunday I could end up only getting to swim four events :(
I'd be very excited with a 4:55.
In distance swimming you really have to swim your own race. I know what you mean when the person next to you takes off right away. It can definitely psych you out, but you've got to try not to let it affect you.
Gee, the 200 fly? It sure isn't my best event. I only swim it because not many other people want to, so you can be a mediocre flyer and still place well! I went 2:07 a couple years ago and that was a decent swim. I totally died last year and went 2:10. I'd be happy with a 2:07 this year.
The 200 fly is my sixth event this year so I might not even get to swim it. I'm a little worried because the 200 IM is pretty late on Sunday and I'm flying out Sunday evening. If the sixth event gets dropped, and the meet is long on Sunday I could end up only getting to swim four events :(
