Hi everybody,
I am a new contributor to the forum, though I have been reading the threads here for a long time.
I am interested to hear stories from masters swimmers who are competing because of 'unfinished business' from their high school swimming days/college swimming days.etc
I swam in college and graduated in 2006. The college was D1 but one of the slower conferences. I was not close to making NCAA's. I have swam a little bit of masters on and off since then. It's been on my mind for quite a while but recently I realized how much 'unresolved swimming regrets' I have. I have decided to up my training and see what I can do.
So I guess my question is, for all of you who have returned feeling like you have some gas left in the tank, how has your experience been? Any words of advice or wisdom to share? And the ultimate question, have you managed to exorcise any of those swim demons by returning?
Thanks in advance for reading this.
There are a lot of good insights in this thread. I guess I have been so fixated on times recently that I have forgotten about all the other great dimensions of masters swimming - health, fitness, new milestones, competitions, friends.etc.
I find it pretty easy to think about 'what if' this happened or that happened, or I did this, or I did that and I know that goes beyond the pool.
Still, dwelling never does any good so thanks everybody for sharing your perspectives and giving me food for thought.
Yeah, I've got a lot of those "what ifs" myself and I try not to think about them because there is nothing I can do about them now. As you say, dwelling doesn't do any good.
But I am trying to swim smarter, train smarter, and race smarter than I used to. I think that sort of looking back can be productive.
There are a lot of good insights in this thread. I guess I have been so fixated on times recently that I have forgotten about all the other great dimensions of masters swimming - health, fitness, new milestones, competitions, friends.etc.
I find it pretty easy to think about 'what if' this happened or that happened, or I did this, or I did that and I know that goes beyond the pool.
Still, dwelling never does any good so thanks everybody for sharing your perspectives and giving me food for thought.
Yeah, I've got a lot of those "what ifs" myself and I try not to think about them because there is nothing I can do about them now. As you say, dwelling doesn't do any good.
But I am trying to swim smarter, train smarter, and race smarter than I used to. I think that sort of looking back can be productive.
