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
Two responses:
1. It was 100m not yds. So that should clear up any questions on that one.
2. I know this is a huge goal, I'm not that ignorant. I work very hard for what I get, and if I can't get there...so what? Yeah, I'll be upset, but at least I will know that I did my best and it just wasn't for me. Right now I just need to prove to myself if I could have been there or if my 3rd grade goal of being in the olympics was just too much.
I have 4 years. No I will not move schools, education is more important to me that fulfilling a sport-related goal.
I have found a competitive team that has a masters program (for morning practices) and will allow me to practice with the high school elites when marching band is over in the fall. Until then I have morning practices m/w/f, water polo practices tu/th afternoon, and dry land tu/th morning. That's more than I'm used to and will carry my through December.
At that point I can move up with the elites in the spring, no more band, and still have water polo. Baylor's not that competitive, so practices for that are only 2 hours 2 days a week.
I'll have you know that I quit swimming for two reasons: one, my coach was horrible, a ***, and didn't push us, just yelled at us for being 'horrible'. Two, I had to choose two of band, school, or swimming. And because my coach was horrible and if I stayed in band they would not let me stay in Varsity I just said (in my 17 year old hot temper) that I quit. It probably wasn't the right answer, but you really can't change the past.
Last thing. I asked for help, not criticism. I don't need a reality check because I know how hard this is going to be. I used to watch Gary Hall Jr. practice every day when I swam club at Phoenix Swim Club. I saw what he went through, but then I saw how he came out of it. I may be 20, young, and ignorant, but please don't underestimate my stupidity.
Two responses:
1. It was 100m not yds. So that should clear up any questions on that one.
2. I know this is a huge goal, I'm not that ignorant. I work very hard for what I get, and if I can't get there...so what? Yeah, I'll be upset, but at least I will know that I did my best and it just wasn't for me. Right now I just need to prove to myself if I could have been there or if my 3rd grade goal of being in the olympics was just too much.
I have 4 years. No I will not move schools, education is more important to me that fulfilling a sport-related goal.
I have found a competitive team that has a masters program (for morning practices) and will allow me to practice with the high school elites when marching band is over in the fall. Until then I have morning practices m/w/f, water polo practices tu/th afternoon, and dry land tu/th morning. That's more than I'm used to and will carry my through December.
At that point I can move up with the elites in the spring, no more band, and still have water polo. Baylor's not that competitive, so practices for that are only 2 hours 2 days a week.
I'll have you know that I quit swimming for two reasons: one, my coach was horrible, a ***, and didn't push us, just yelled at us for being 'horrible'. Two, I had to choose two of band, school, or swimming. And because my coach was horrible and if I stayed in band they would not let me stay in Varsity I just said (in my 17 year old hot temper) that I quit. It probably wasn't the right answer, but you really can't change the past.
Last thing. I asked for help, not criticism. I don't need a reality check because I know how hard this is going to be. I used to watch Gary Hall Jr. practice every day when I swam club at Phoenix Swim Club. I saw what he went through, but then I saw how he came out of it. I may be 20, young, and ignorant, but please don't underestimate my stupidity.
