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.
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Im getting there. I set a goal to go under 2 minutes in the 200 SCM free. Ive only swum two meets so far since starting training for real in December 2008: February 2009 - 2:07.44, April 2009 - 2:04.23. I dont know my lifetime best for the 200, but I know I never got under 2 min (quit in 1st year university to drink beer and mountain bike with my mates), so thats what Im aiming for.
My biggest obstacles are 1) bad shoulders - too many biking accidents have left me with really finnicky shoulder joints. I have to be very careful about my stroke technique, weights, dryland, etc etc. and 2) burnout. I train solo, so staying motivated can be an issue.
My 50 and 100 free still blow, but are slightly better than when I was age group. Ive gotten bigger, and more powerful than when I was younger, and that helps, but I still have no idea how to sprint.
Id like to figure out my pitiful breaststroke and do some IMs in the future, as well as concentrate more on the 400 free. But first that 2 min 200...
Im getting there. I set a goal to go under 2 minutes in the 200 SCM free. Ive only swum two meets so far since starting training for real in December 2008: February 2009 - 2:07.44, April 2009 - 2:04.23. I dont know my lifetime best for the 200, but I know I never got under 2 min (quit in 1st year university to drink beer and mountain bike with my mates), so thats what Im aiming for.
My biggest obstacles are 1) bad shoulders - too many biking accidents have left me with really finnicky shoulder joints. I have to be very careful about my stroke technique, weights, dryland, etc etc. and 2) burnout. I train solo, so staying motivated can be an issue.
My 50 and 100 free still blow, but are slightly better than when I was age group. Ive gotten bigger, and more powerful than when I was younger, and that helps, but I still have no idea how to sprint.
Id like to figure out my pitiful breaststroke and do some IMs in the future, as well as concentrate more on the 400 free. But first that 2 min 200...
