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'll add one more thing. If you want to dominate the rankings, I think you should stick to distance free. The times you are posting now are without question among the best for women in masters. Let's face it, not as many people swim the distance events. Your times in the 50 and 100 free are very good, but there are lots of people who can swim 50s and 100s fast. Do you know how many women went faster than your PB of 5:12 in the 500 free at last years Nationals? Exactly one (5:10 by Courtney Mills, 28).
I'll add one more thing. If you want to dominate the rankings, I think you should stick to distance free. The times you are posting now are without question among the best for women in masters. Let's face it, not as many people swim the distance events. Your times in the 50 and 100 free are very good, but there are lots of people who can swim 50s and 100s fast. Do you know how many women went faster than your PB of 5:12 in the 500 free at last years Nationals? Exactly one (5:10 by Courtney Mills, 28).
