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
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Former Member
So it's been what a month ish? Well things are going well. I've got 6-9 hours a week in the pool, 4 hours for dryland, and an extra 4 hours in the pool working out with water polo. I've lost weight, at least I think I have, I never weighted myself in the first place...
I'm consistently swimming 100fr on the 1:10 interval at practices. And considering that I've been out of the water for what...3 years?...That to me seems pretty damn good. My 100bk seems to be a bit faster than my 100fr at this point.
I have realized that I really need to work in my turns and my calves. I had surgery on my right ankle this summer to reconstruct the ligaments. I have full flexability back, but the strength is an issue. Turns are where I am falling behind.
My coach (he's the masters coach and high school coach) has made minor corrections in technique, but he thinks what I really need is to up the endurance because my technique is pretty good.
Now do ya'll believe me that I'm not going to just up and quit? I'm not sure what more I need to prove to ya'll to get any respect for at least TRYING to achieve a goal. I mean seriously, even if I try and don't meet my goal, I should at least get the credit for getting my butt back in the pool and giving it a shot....
So it's been what a month ish? Well things are going well. I've got 6-9 hours a week in the pool, 4 hours for dryland, and an extra 4 hours in the pool working out with water polo. I've lost weight, at least I think I have, I never weighted myself in the first place...
I'm consistently swimming 100fr on the 1:10 interval at practices. And considering that I've been out of the water for what...3 years?...That to me seems pretty damn good. My 100bk seems to be a bit faster than my 100fr at this point.
I have realized that I really need to work in my turns and my calves. I had surgery on my right ankle this summer to reconstruct the ligaments. I have full flexability back, but the strength is an issue. Turns are where I am falling behind.
My coach (he's the masters coach and high school coach) has made minor corrections in technique, but he thinks what I really need is to up the endurance because my technique is pretty good.
Now do ya'll believe me that I'm not going to just up and quit? I'm not sure what more I need to prove to ya'll to get any respect for at least TRYING to achieve a goal. I mean seriously, even if I try and don't meet my goal, I should at least get the credit for getting my butt back in the pool and giving it a shot....
