Yet...... another comment on "elitism" in masters swimming. This ongoing battle of two imaginary groups....... the selfish former elite swimmers and the non elite counter parts.
Yes..... The Evil Smith and I have taken great pleasure throughout the last decade trying to secretly split USMS into these two groups. Our efforts to perpetuate this divide and fuel our intolerance for "learners" is now being undermined..... :-)
One Big Happy Family: Marcinkowski’s Masters
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"Butcher, Zerkle and others say numbers have soared because Marcinkowski has tried to strip the elitism from masters swimming, often thought to be populated with former competitive stars who have little tolerance for learners."
If you are starting from scratch without a swimming background I would say a 6-8 year progression would get your times down to within 10-20% of where they could/will end up. That's with about 10 to 15K of training a week.
If you had a good swimming background and it's not a techique issue, it should happen maybe 2-4 years with steady training.
Of course this is my guess.
A typical progression always shows tremendous gains initially, with a gradual plateau.
I started swimming in 2005. My progression in the 100 SCY free is this:
date 100 free
4/2/2006 1:10.24
4/30/2006 1:08.76
1/21/2007 1:04.00
3/11/2007 1:03.22
4/28/2007 1:01.75
11/4/2007 1:03.98
2/9/2008 1:02.52
4/5/2008 1:01.04
10/26/2008 59.31
1/25/2009 58.01
If you are starting from scratch without a swimming background I would say a 6-8 year progression would get your times down to within 10-20% of where they could/will end up. That's with about 10 to 15K of training a week.
If you had a good swimming background and it's not a techique issue, it should happen maybe 2-4 years with steady training.
Of course this is my guess.
A typical progression always shows tremendous gains initially, with a gradual plateau.
I started swimming in 2005. My progression in the 100 SCY free is this:
date 100 free
4/2/2006 1:10.24
4/30/2006 1:08.76
1/21/2007 1:04.00
3/11/2007 1:03.22
4/28/2007 1:01.75
11/4/2007 1:03.98
2/9/2008 1:02.52
4/5/2008 1:01.04
10/26/2008 59.31
1/25/2009 58.01
