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
Go Madeline!
Yours is a completely realistic and attainable goal - to qualify for 2012 US Olympic Trials. Given your club swimming history and that mid 58 swim, there is no physical reason why you can't get to the cuts.
It is not impossible and it also doesn't take the sacrifice of your life, schooling, or other activities! You CAN do them all (and well), you just need to make sure you are training right for YOU.
Not sure if you are only interested in the 100 free, or whether you are more a 50/100 swimmer or a 100/200 swimmer. Since you only mentioned the 100 free, i'll assume that is your one focus.
Try breaking down your goals into 3-4 month increments with a reset after each major breakthrough.
From here to December, try swimming some USA meets - can you qualify for US Nationals in Dec in Atlanta?
100 free 51.89 SCY or 58.89 LCM
50 free: 23.89 SCY or 27.29 LCM.
Then you'd get back to national competition. Best of all, that meet has a LCM Invitiational on the last day (Sunday, I think) that is open only to the qualifiers.
If not that meet, then train for some fast meet near year end 2008. See where you are. Adjust training after that. Then train for whatever sectionals or grand prix type meet come up in the spring.
Go Madeline!
Yours is a completely realistic and attainable goal - to qualify for 2012 US Olympic Trials. Given your club swimming history and that mid 58 swim, there is no physical reason why you can't get to the cuts.
It is not impossible and it also doesn't take the sacrifice of your life, schooling, or other activities! You CAN do them all (and well), you just need to make sure you are training right for YOU.
Not sure if you are only interested in the 100 free, or whether you are more a 50/100 swimmer or a 100/200 swimmer. Since you only mentioned the 100 free, i'll assume that is your one focus.
Try breaking down your goals into 3-4 month increments with a reset after each major breakthrough.
From here to December, try swimming some USA meets - can you qualify for US Nationals in Dec in Atlanta?
100 free 51.89 SCY or 58.89 LCM
50 free: 23.89 SCY or 27.29 LCM.
Then you'd get back to national competition. Best of all, that meet has a LCM Invitiational on the last day (Sunday, I think) that is open only to the qualifiers.
If not that meet, then train for some fast meet near year end 2008. See where you are. Adjust training after that. Then train for whatever sectionals or grand prix type meet come up in the spring.
