So I am new to Masters. Swam in HS and barely in college before getting burnt out. It has been about 10 years since then. I am 32 now.
I have been practicing for about 6 weeks for 3-4 evenings a week, and about 3000-3500 yrds per workout.
My high school personal best in the 50Y Free was 21.53. After only 2 weeks of workout, I did about 27-ish and in my recent meet this weekend, I went 25.41, so I have already improved somewhat, but I think getting down to 21s may take some time.
So I was just curious if anyone else had a similar story, how long did it take to get back to your HS times, if it was even possible for you? Years? Many Years?
-David
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It would be really neat if there was a site where you could track your race times over weeks/months/years and see a graph of % change, etc etc. Then after enough data was gathered, you could see averages by age group.
You can check your times against others in your age group here: www.usms.org/.../toptimes.php
And back to your earlier post, in due time your speed will be back. 32 years old is relatively young.
I started up again at age 41. After about 8 months of lap swimming I entered a meet.
My 1st 50 time was like a 24 low. (I had been :21.2 and :46.5 when I was 21.)
Some 5 year later I have clocked a few :22's. But I'm still looking for the elusive :21.
The weight room and push-ups just might make the difference this season.
It would be really neat if there was a site where you could track your race times over weeks/months/years and see a graph of % change, etc etc. Then after enough data was gathered, you could see averages by age group.
You can check your times against others in your age group here: www.usms.org/.../toptimes.php
And back to your earlier post, in due time your speed will be back. 32 years old is relatively young.
I started up again at age 41. After about 8 months of lap swimming I entered a meet.
My 1st 50 time was like a 24 low. (I had been :21.2 and :46.5 when I was 21.)
Some 5 year later I have clocked a few :22's. But I'm still looking for the elusive :21.
The weight room and push-ups just might make the difference this season.
