I'm going to shoot for the moon...help?

hello Madeline, sorry if we / I seemed harsh, w've seen this a lot a 58 LCM 100 fr is decent the 2012 womens 100 fr OT LCM cut is likely to be 57 something for help give us more info about you height & weight then & now 50 100 200 fr times lcm scy the type of training you did when you basically need to set your goal figure out your starting point list your reasons make a plan then implement your plan and track your outcomes to improve you need to: join USS & USMS get in shape to train then push your limits each day test you abilities often swim in a few USS meets, there will be several at the swim center in austin train consistently lift weights & exercise to get strong some people say Swim Faster Faster has helped them consider starting a swimming blog here's mine swim blog if you ever find yourself in austin feel free to drop in for the longhorn masters practices www.utexas.edu/.../schedule.html keep us posted on your progress Good luck ande 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.

hello Madeline, sorry if we / I seemed harsh, w've seen this a lot a 58 LCM 100 fr is decent the 2012 womens 100 fr OT LCM cut is likely to be 57 something for help give us more info about you height & weight then & now 50 100 200 fr times lcm scy the type of training you did when you basically need to set your goal figure out your starting point list your reasons make a plan then implement your plan and track your outcomes to improve you need to: join USS & USMS get in shape to train then push your limits each day test you abilities often swim in a few USS meets, there will be several at the swim center in austin train consistently lift weights & exercise to get strong some people say Swim Faster Faster has helped them consider starting a swimming blog here's mine swim blog if you ever find yourself in austin feel free to drop in for the longhorn masters practices www.utexas.edu/.../schedule.html keep us posted on your progress Good luck ande 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.