Glad I found this site! I swam competitively for about 10 years until my freshman year of college where I just gave it up because I was burned out.
It's been 20 years and I just started up a few weeks ago. I had a break of 10 days or so from an illness but I am back in the swing of things. I'm focused right now on building my endurance again and that is coming along. It's amazing how good technique is sooo key to swimming fast. I have about 50lbs I can lose and yet I can keep up or pass many people in the pool who have been swimming regularly much longer than I have.
It's great to be doing this again!
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Hey Mary ~ Welcome Back
I started back about 2 months ago after a 20 year layoff. I just wanted to encourage you to stay with it. I felt like I hit a bit of a wall after about 3 weeks in the water, but pushed through and I'm feeling great now. I had some of the same questions (SDK?) and concerns about jumping right in with a Masters team. I think the biggest lesson I'm learning is that I need far more rest than before. Rest is, as it should be, a much bigger part of my regimen than it was in the old days.
When you are ready for competition, what events would you do?
Stay after it!
Mike
Hey Mary ~ Welcome Back
I started back about 2 months ago after a 20 year layoff. I just wanted to encourage you to stay with it. I felt like I hit a bit of a wall after about 3 weeks in the water, but pushed through and I'm feeling great now. I had some of the same questions (SDK?) and concerns about jumping right in with a Masters team. I think the biggest lesson I'm learning is that I need far more rest than before. Rest is, as it should be, a much bigger part of my regimen than it was in the old days.
When you are ready for competition, what events would you do?
Stay after it!
Mike
