What are the odds of getting back to your high school or college times? I'm 40 and just got back into it 7 months ago. I was an age group swimmer from 9yrs old till 18yrs old.
Right now my freestyle is off about a second per 50yd. My 100yd *** was my specialty in high school and I am still about 5 seconds off that time... although I don't swim it nearly enough in practice.
How far off is everyone else off? Is there hope of being as fast as you were as a teenager?
Hello,
it all depends
I'm about as fast as I was at age 18 sr in high school (in sprints) but slower than I was at 23
event / 18 time / life best time / current
50 fr 22.0 20.4 21.4
100 fr 48.0 44.7 48.8
100 fl 52.0 48.8 51.8
200 im 1:56.4 1:51.4 1:58.3
it depends on
how much you trained
how long you trained
how good you were at your peak
how many years you took off
how bad of shape you let yourself get in
injuries
how you've been training recently
each persons story is different
I swim with a fellow who's 37 & he's swimming faster than he did in highschool and college
but maybe others can share their
high school times / peak times / & current times
What are the odds of getting back to your high school or college times? I'm 40 and just got back into it 7 months ago. I was an age group swimmer from 9yrs old till 18yrs old.
Right now my freestyle is off about a second per 50yd. My 100yd *** was my specialty in high school and I am still about 5 seconds off that time... although I don't swim it nearly enough in practice.
How far off is everyone else off? Is there hope of being as fast as you were as a teenager?
Hello,
it all depends
I'm about as fast as I was at age 18 sr in high school (in sprints) but slower than I was at 23
event / 18 time / life best time / current
50 fr 22.0 20.4 21.4
100 fr 48.0 44.7 48.8
100 fl 52.0 48.8 51.8
200 im 1:56.4 1:51.4 1:58.3
it depends on
how much you trained
how long you trained
how good you were at your peak
how many years you took off
how bad of shape you let yourself get in
injuries
how you've been training recently
each persons story is different
I swim with a fellow who's 37 & he's swimming faster than he did in highschool and college
but maybe others can share their
high school times / peak times / & current times
What are the odds of getting back to your high school or college times? I'm 40 and just got back into it 7 months ago. I was an age group swimmer from 9yrs old till 18yrs old.
Right now my freestyle is off about a second per 50yd. My 100yd *** was my specialty in high school and I am still about 5 seconds off that time... although I don't swim it nearly enough in practice.
How far off is everyone else off? Is there hope of being as fast as you were as a teenager?
