Keeping track of my training and Masters comeback after an 18-year layoff. I'll be posting daily workouts and, when time permits, I'll fill in the details of my background.
Why come back after 18 years? Who knows really. Here are a few possibilities:
1. A good way to channel my mid-life crisis energy.
2. I can swim a 50 breaststroke.
3. I can swim a 50 fly.
4. I wasn't doing anything useful at 5:00AM anyway.
5. Brown hair is over -rated.
6. Grey hair is inevitable.
7. I don't have to wear a "speedo".
8. That SDK thing looks like cheating to me.
9. Cheating should make it easier to go fast.
10. To find out how much I've lost.
Anyone else out there making a comeback?
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So...I'm trying to set realistic goals for an October 11th meet. They're calling the meet a "Sprint Pentatholon". It is dual sanctioned. The session I'll compete in is Saturday afternoon and only has two age groups (13-14 & Open), and the events are 50s of each stroke and the 100 IM. I plan to swim all five events.
Here are my recent 25 times from a sprint practice (from a push):
Free 11.5
Back 15.0
*** 15.4
Fly 12.8
The last time I tested (August 15th), I could bench press 250 and squat almost 400 pounds.
After 5 weeks of comeback training, I only started swimming "fast" in practice a week ago. I plan to spend the remaining 4 weeks (3-4 workouts per week) emphasizing speed in my workouts.
Does anyone know a way to extract goals from these variables? Is there anything else I should take into account? I'll be doing timed swims over the next couple of weeks, but wondered if anyone has an idea of how fast I might be able to go based on my first set.
So...I'm trying to set realistic goals for an October 11th meet. They're calling the meet a "Sprint Pentatholon". It is dual sanctioned. The session I'll compete in is Saturday afternoon and only has two age groups (13-14 & Open), and the events are 50s of each stroke and the 100 IM. I plan to swim all five events.
Here are my recent 25 times from a sprint practice (from a push):
Free 11.5
Back 15.0
*** 15.4
Fly 12.8
The last time I tested (August 15th), I could bench press 250 and squat almost 400 pounds.
After 5 weeks of comeback training, I only started swimming "fast" in practice a week ago. I plan to spend the remaining 4 weeks (3-4 workouts per week) emphasizing speed in my workouts.
Does anyone know a way to extract goals from these variables? Is there anything else I should take into account? I'll be doing timed swims over the next couple of weeks, but wondered if anyone has an idea of how fast I might be able to go based on my first set.
