Greetings:
I am 76, 300 lbs, no big health problems..................I have started to swim once again after 30 years or so with the goal of losing weight and to improve my overall health (Not to mention respect !)What started me was I said to myself,shXt, I am not going out like this!!
My background in swimming was as a lifeguard and basic swimming instructor...never raced...all 50 years ago.
I have started to swim in our condo pool which is 17 yards long, I do 52 laps freestyle in about 40 min.once a day.I enjoy the "workout", I enjoy the feeling of accomplishment and have a feeling of over all wellbeing and I am losing weight (Along with a 1500 cal diet and walking 2 miles each day)
Until I found this forum I had planned on increasing my lap count to 100 each day. I was a happy camper....I still am but........:)
After reading threads here and seeing some of the numbers and times I wonder if I am kidding myself ?
Any comments would be appreciated.
Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!
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Greetings once again:
Sorry, been on the road with out a laptop (I know,I know hard to believe!)
Thank you all for your comments, funny my wife said about the same as one of the comments above...."just do your thing"!
On the question asked on the laps, I have always called a lap the distance between two walls...once over, once back = two? I have hit 120 of the little devils as of today. I am doing the laps in about 42 seconds per lap....I think I will continue this pace until I seek out the Masters program, continue to build my distance, then face the other shoe (time)when I go "formal".
Again thanks.........................Lastrun
Since I wrote this thread and since reading all the threads I have decided to just do my "thing" until after the new year and then seek out a Masters program.
Thanks to all, what a wonderful community!!!
Greetings once again:
Sorry, been on the road with out a laptop (I know,I know hard to believe!)
Thank you all for your comments, funny my wife said about the same as one of the comments above...."just do your thing"!
On the question asked on the laps, I have always called a lap the distance between two walls...once over, once back = two? I have hit 120 of the little devils as of today. I am doing the laps in about 42 seconds per lap....I think I will continue this pace until I seek out the Masters program, continue to build my distance, then face the other shoe (time)when I go "formal".
Again thanks.........................Lastrun
Since I wrote this thread and since reading all the threads I have decided to just do my "thing" until after the new year and then seek out a Masters program.
Thanks to all, what a wonderful community!!!
