Hey Ya’ll
This is something I need to post. Last night I was watching the women’s swimming at the Olympics with my parents. After a side comment on how I “could have been there” by my mom I realized that she was right. In high school I was a Varsity swimmer with my 100 Fr at 58.54. This was me, not trying too hard, and focusing on other things. This included skipping practices and only working out once a day on school days. I’m now newly 20, and only 3 years out of practice (only…). I want to get back to where I was, if not better.
So as of now I have decided to set a goal to get to the Olympic time trials for London 2012. It’s a big goal, as I’m also in the band, H2O polo and studying to be a Mechanical Engineer. All I said was time trials, if I make it further I’m going for it, but all I want is to make it to time trials. I have 4 years, 14 days, and about 9 hours until the opening ceremonies of those Olympics.
So what do I ask of ya’ll? SUPPORT! Please help me to keep up with my workouts (I will be joining a local masters program). I’ll also be posting more often in this forum.
Thanks for your support, hopefully you’ll start to hear my name more often.
Madeline
Parents
Former Member
if it's meters
you might stand a chance
if it's yards
you have a lot of work and not much hope
top be safe it will probably take a
54.0 LCM to make the 2012 team in the 100 free
maybe 53.7 to be safer
In your enthusiasm to put the girl in her place you forgot to read what she said. Goal is to make trials, not the team. You also missed the part about "support."
Step one to make the goal happen is to get in the water. You two: quit band and water polo. Your climb is very steep so you cannot afford the distractions. You will need to devote 2-4 hours aday for the next 4 eyars to do this. The reason that Ande was being skeptical is that most of us have heard your story before. What always happens is the person will get in the water a few hours per week and not come remotely close to giving it a real effort. Chances are you will be like everyone else. But that is 100% your choice.
if it's meters
you might stand a chance
if it's yards
you have a lot of work and not much hope
top be safe it will probably take a
54.0 LCM to make the 2012 team in the 100 free
maybe 53.7 to be safer
In your enthusiasm to put the girl in her place you forgot to read what she said. Goal is to make trials, not the team. You also missed the part about "support."
Step one to make the goal happen is to get in the water. You two: quit band and water polo. Your climb is very steep so you cannot afford the distractions. You will need to devote 2-4 hours aday for the next 4 eyars to do this. The reason that Ande was being skeptical is that most of us have heard your story before. What always happens is the person will get in the water a few hours per week and not come remotely close to giving it a real effort. Chances are you will be like everyone else. But that is 100% your choice.
