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
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....
Whoa there. I understand that some folks may have expressed doubts but please don't lump everyone into that category.
It sounds like you are on right path. But consistently swimming 1:10s in practice will make you really good at swimming 1:10s. If you are not already, mix it up, do some lactic sets of 10x100 on 5:00 sprints. If you're training SCM, fast 125s. Throw in descend sets, kick sets, wall drills (EZ free between the flags, sprint free inside the flags), kick sets, kick sets, kick sets.
Sounds like you are doing the right thing for you, keep it up and keep us posted!!!!!!
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....
Whoa there. I understand that some folks may have expressed doubts but please don't lump everyone into that category.
It sounds like you are on right path. But consistently swimming 1:10s in practice will make you really good at swimming 1:10s. If you are not already, mix it up, do some lactic sets of 10x100 on 5:00 sprints. If you're training SCM, fast 125s. Throw in descend sets, kick sets, wall drills (EZ free between the flags, sprint free inside the flags), kick sets, kick sets, kick sets.
Sounds like you are doing the right thing for you, keep it up and keep us posted!!!!!!
