Have you improved over time? I'm talking actual time improvements compared to lifetime bests.
I consistently swam sporadically for several years. Get it?
For the past 9 months I have been training and racing fairly consistently and I finally feel like I'm on the verge of actually improving.
I have swam a number of best times in off events. I have not bested any of my big ones.
What has your experience been? I'm talking about lifetime bests.
I'm 33. I swam DIII in college. so, I was ok but not great or anything.
I'm mainly interested in your actual experience. Things that have actually happened. Rather than what is supposed to happen.
most people seem to be talking improvements from starting over at Masters....yes I have big improvements since then and now here are some examples:
50m br 36.04 --> 33.37 (jan 2007 - nov 2008)
100m br 1:22.47 -- > 1:13.42 (fall 2006 - mar 2009)
100m IM 1:10.98 --> 1:08.63 (mar 2007 - nov 2008)
200m IM 2:36 --> 2:26:28 (fall 2006 - mar 2009)
100m free 1:09.90 --> 1:00.94 fall 2006 - sept 2008)
but to your guestion....
Have you improved over time? I'm talking actual time improvements compared to lifetime bests.
......I'm mainly interested in your actual experience. Things that have actually happened. Rather than what is supposed to happen.
I was a breaststroker in college, and my times are far from personal best in all distances.
same goes for IM, fly and free.
but I am better in my off events. 100back was 1:06 when active, but 1:03 now.
of my main events if I am going to be able to reach a life time best, I would have to guess it will come first in the 200m ***, since I was never much a distanse breaststroker. If I can get more time in the pool my goal time for next summer is my life time best for the 100m ***.
of my secondary strokes I would guess I will reach life time bests in the 200m free, only 2 seconds to go there, and my goal is to swim it 4 secs faster than last time. just need to learn how to swim it.
and looking back to distance swimming, I am much better now than I was then. but I think that is because then it was something I had to do and now it's something I like doing.
in 1993, 94 and 95 we did a 10,000yd (9100m) swim. it took me between 2:10 and 2:15 each year. I averaged ~1:28/100. in 2007 I swam 6300m in 90 minutes 1:25/100
most people seem to be talking improvements from starting over at Masters....yes I have big improvements since then and now here are some examples:
50m br 36.04 --> 33.37 (jan 2007 - nov 2008)
100m br 1:22.47 -- > 1:13.42 (fall 2006 - mar 2009)
100m IM 1:10.98 --> 1:08.63 (mar 2007 - nov 2008)
200m IM 2:36 --> 2:26:28 (fall 2006 - mar 2009)
100m free 1:09.90 --> 1:00.94 fall 2006 - sept 2008)
but to your guestion....
Have you improved over time? I'm talking actual time improvements compared to lifetime bests.
......I'm mainly interested in your actual experience. Things that have actually happened. Rather than what is supposed to happen.
I was a breaststroker in college, and my times are far from personal best in all distances.
same goes for IM, fly and free.
but I am better in my off events. 100back was 1:06 when active, but 1:03 now.
of my main events if I am going to be able to reach a life time best, I would have to guess it will come first in the 200m ***, since I was never much a distanse breaststroker. If I can get more time in the pool my goal time for next summer is my life time best for the 100m ***.
of my secondary strokes I would guess I will reach life time bests in the 200m free, only 2 seconds to go there, and my goal is to swim it 4 secs faster than last time. just need to learn how to swim it.
and looking back to distance swimming, I am much better now than I was then. but I think that is because then it was something I had to do and now it's something I like doing.
in 1993, 94 and 95 we did a 10,000yd (9100m) swim. it took me between 2:10 and 2:15 each year. I averaged ~1:28/100. in 2007 I swam 6300m in 90 minutes 1:25/100
