There is a nice article by Linda Shoenberger as the March Fitness article on swimming all the events without the utter hopelessness of knowing you are guaranteed to be dead last in a competition environment. It starts:
"Once upon a time there was a swimmer who didn’t want to compete in swim competitions. She just wanted to do fitness swimming and enjoy the camaraderie of a USMS workout group.
"But she also wanted to swim all the pool races offered in USMS competition. She couldn’t imagine herself racing the 200 butterfly in front of a bunch of other swimmers, coaches and spectators. But she could imagine herself swimming the 200 butterfly in practice at a leisurely pace without the pressure of being at a swim meet."
So the coach encouraged people to do the Check-off Challenge and made time during workouts for swimmers who wanted to, to swim the events.
:)
(Nice coach, pat pat...)
Taking it easy & improve your self esteem is a good thing.
This year , at age 63 , I went off my rocker at practice one night &
went 1,000 fly !!!
What was I thinking ? I was really sore for a few days .
Taking it easy & improve your self esteem is a good thing.
This year , at age 63 , I went off my rocker at practice one night &
went 1,000 fly !!!
What was I thinking ? I was really sore for a few days .
