Well I'm not much help data-wise as I never swam distance until Masters. I swam 200m free at my back-of beyond club only once a year and never dropped below 2.30. I beat that at the ripe old age of 28 having not swum much at all from age 18-25, and I went on to do a PR when I was 31 about 18 months after having my first baby.
Sprint-wise, I came very close to PRs in 50 free, 100 free and 50 fly (but was still a good 2 secs off my 100 fly) at 28 and before I got pregnant. After then I concentrated on longer distances - it was easier to train for the distance free than fly in the group I swam with. Maybe I missed a golden opportunity of swimming distance as an age grouper - who knows?
And now another 5 years on I staggered in at 2.33 on 200m free this summer in a hot pool shortly after finishing an IM. But that's what a second baby and an international move does to you!
:blah::blah::blah: So I have no idea really - personally I feel my distance has improved as I have got older and I find it harder to find that explosive excitement necessary to sprint.
Well I'm not much help data-wise as I never swam distance until Masters. I swam 200m free at my back-of beyond club only once a year and never dropped below 2.30. I beat that at the ripe old age of 28 having not swum much at all from age 18-25, and I went on to do a PR when I was 31 about 18 months after having my first baby.
Sprint-wise, I came very close to PRs in 50 free, 100 free and 50 fly (but was still a good 2 secs off my 100 fly) at 28 and before I got pregnant. After then I concentrated on longer distances - it was easier to train for the distance free than fly in the group I swam with. Maybe I missed a golden opportunity of swimming distance as an age grouper - who knows?
And now another 5 years on I staggered in at 2.33 on 200m free this summer in a hot pool shortly after finishing an IM. But that's what a second baby and an international move does to you!
:blah::blah::blah: So I have no idea really - personally I feel my distance has improved as I have got older and I find it harder to find that explosive excitement necessary to sprint.
