Senior Masters Swimming?

:oldman: I have noticed that there might be a need to be a thread for those of us with dual membership in the USMS and AARP. Yesterday I reregistered in the USMS on my last day of eligibility in the 45-49 bracket. I also mailed my AARP application, and today I have aged into the 50-54 bracket. "Swimming past 50" is on order along with a large bottle of Alieve. Since getting back into the pool this time, I have been looking at psyche sheets and meet results. There has been a lot of attrition. There are still some survivors knocking down respectable times. I saw Gary Schatz a couple of years ago and he was still looked like he was in the same shape he was back in the 80s and his current times are still damned fast, but I kind of imagine that Gary is an exception in the bracket. So I was thinking that there might be a place for a thread for those of us that are now grayer and less aerodynamic, that have had a couple of surgerical proceedures, and perhaps have cardiologist on retainer(for me a gall bladder removal, lapriscopic repair of a knee, and a cardiac catherization) . A spot for those who associate the snap, crackle, and pop in the morning as the sound of getting out of bed rather than a breakfast cereal.:cane: The cardiologist keeps threatening me to lose weight, and a recent week with the boy scouts (a time consuming passion outside the pool) showed me how out of shape I had gotten. So on July 2, I got back in the water. I have an Orthopedic surgeon working with me to avoid doing a tendon reduction surgery on a shoulder, so the stretching and physical therapy exercises are being taken seriously. With work, scouting, and family commitments the goal is to swim 3 times per week Last Night's Workout SCYds (workout #12) 300 swim 4:30 4 x100 IMs 2:00 - 1:39-1.42 (looking for oxygen bottle) 4 x100 Free 2:00 - 1:29 -1:32 (DPS) 3 x100 *** 2:15 - 1:50's (working stroke count) 2 x 100 Back 2:15 (noticeable shoulder pain) 4 x 25 Fly 200 kick 4 x 50 free 1:00 3 x 50 *** 1:15 2 x 50 back kick 4 x 25 fly working sdk 100 kick 100 warm down Ice down shoulder The intervals and distance reflect where I am now. I know where I used to be and doubt that I will ever go another 52.5 100 yard fly or a 2:18 200 Br. but I am in the pool now and figuring out where I want to go next. I read Ande's workouts and Paul's and am impressed. I read and modify the posted stroke workouts out there to what fit my current capabilities. So, a thread for us semi kind of old folks, where we can compare pains and progress in our own thread. Its a good day to be on this side of the grass. Don