After a 20+ year lay-off I started swimming again in the spring of 2007. I was a decent D-I college swimmer from 1982-1986, and in the interim I got fat, ran marathons, and road cycled, in no particular order.
Since resuming swimming, I have continued my old habit of recording my workouts, weight, etc quite rigorously.
This summer at LCM Nationals I came very close to my (unrealistic) goals in my two main events, the 50 and 100 ***.
Next summer I will have aged up to the 45-49 age group, and I hope to give Mr. Guthrie a run for his money (haha).
My question:
Should I start a swimming blog? Is anyone interested in reading about the training of a sprint breastroker (30.4 and 1:08. LCM this summer)?
If so, should I create it on a special site, or here at the forums like Ande has done?
What type of information would readers find interesting - just workout sets, or also detailed times, diet, moods, etc?
FYI, I train alone, typically during the lunch hour, either in an indoor 25m pool or (during the summer) in an outdoor 48y pool (that's no typo).
Fire away!
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Jim,
First off welcome back! I'm a former D1 swimmer as well and just started back. Keeping a blog for me was the best solution to keeping thoughts, workouts, etc. in one place. I'm too lazy to keep writing it all in a log book and keeping track of it. With the blog I can work on it from home or at work (when there is time). Here is a link to my blog. It took me about two hours to get it all set up. Have fun and again WELCOME BACK!
jeffpalm-swimming.blogspot.com/
Jim,
First off welcome back! I'm a former D1 swimmer as well and just started back. Keeping a blog for me was the best solution to keeping thoughts, workouts, etc. in one place. I'm too lazy to keep writing it all in a log book and keeping track of it. With the blog I can work on it from home or at work (when there is time). Here is a link to my blog. It took me about two hours to get it all set up. Have fun and again WELCOME BACK!
jeffpalm-swimming.blogspot.com/
