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?
I just got back in the water 2 months ago after roughly 20 years out since HS. I would love to become as fast as my 17-yr-old self, but what I'm much more interested in is just being able to swim like I once did.
To me, this means looking and feeling fast and powerful in the water. It means being able to complete most any workout in any stroke. I don't care so much if I swim a few seconds slower in meets, as long as times are still respectable, but I want to feel that same oneness with the water that I had back when I was young. I want races to be the sort of hard but effortless fun they can be when everything clicks.
I also wouldn't mind kicking some major butt on the swim leg during triathlon season, but we'll save that discussion for a different post.
I just got back in the water 2 months ago after roughly 20 years out since HS. I would love to become as fast as my 17-yr-old self, but what I'm much more interested in is just being able to swim like I once did.
To me, this means looking and feeling fast and powerful in the water. It means being able to complete most any workout in any stroke. I don't care so much if I swim a few seconds slower in meets, as long as times are still respectable, but I want to feel that same oneness with the water that I had back when I was young. I want races to be the sort of hard but effortless fun they can be when everything clicks.
I also wouldn't mind kicking some major butt on the swim leg during triathlon season, but we'll save that discussion for a different post.
