Competitive Progression

Does anyone know of a blog link to a successful Masters swimmer's personal training progression? What I am looking for is a swimmer who, like many Masters swimmers, was out of the sport for a while, then came back to it having to start over. My curiosities are: - How long from getting started did it take to become competitive again. Competitive meaning you aren't necessarily breaking records, but are winning your age group a reasonable amount of time and when not winning, still finishing with the pack. - During the progression, what was the workout schedule? Was it every day evenings + morning workouts? Only evenings? Saturday practices? - Did your diet change, are you now eating more or less, different composition? - Were you slim already or did you have to lose weight as part of your training? I am trying to figure out how hard to train. I have been back in the water off and on for about 9 months, mostly casually 1-3 coached evening workouts a week (about 3500m each workout). I know I need to ramp it up if I want to compete. I am less concerned about winning, more concerned about just making swim meets worth the time to register and drive, etc. If this means morning and evenings and diet changes, I will do them, but dont want to burn out either, so would be nice to see what successful Masters swimmers have done. If you are such a swimmer, and want to either share here or have a email conversation, just send me a message. Me: - Swam school and club teams from age 6 through a year in college. (Best time was something like 20.63 in 50 free yards in high school.) - After college, didnt really do any kind of workout program until now. - Age 32 (33 in a few months) - My focus is on sprint events 50's and 100's. - Height: 6'1", Weight: 218 (have lost about 20 lbs since I have started swimming again, hoping to lose another 20, but not shedding them as quickly with the same workout/diet as the first 20)