Breaking 1:00 in the 100 free SCY for the 1st time

This is a big red flag to me. If you can improve your kicking you will get under a minute for a 100 free. 1:00 for a 50 kick is not good. Lots of people who are poor kickers end up giving up on it, but if you want to sprint you have to have a good kick, IMO. My advice is to really work on your legs. This will have the added benefit of helping your start (where you feel you go too deep and end up "dead in the water"). Use fins sometimes if you want, but don't start using them as a crutch. All that will happen then is you'll take them off and be a bad kicker again. It's frustrating. Women that don't want to get their hair wet fly past me on a kickboard. Part of it is that my legs are so weak I give up. But at the same time it is like running when I did triathlons. It was always my weak link but if I ran too much I would get to the point where I was so sore that I couldn't run any more. Same thing. I know Ande will tell me to read his kick faster stuff. It doesn't work for me. A couple of all out 50s and I would be done for a week.

I completely agree! I reached that milestone with a 1:08.99 in March. As a non high school / non college / completely inactive couch potato until age 30 swimmer, I would love to break the 1:00 mark or do something top-10ish before age catches up, but I'll also be happy to just keep swimming until my 70's. Although it will be 2050 by then and maybe 70-year-old women will be breaking 1:00 on a regular basis. haha well done! yeah I took up swimming 8 years ago at 33, not knowing that swim workouts even existed (but was taught to swim as a baby). Got a 1.07 last year wearing the $20 Finis almost outlawed "tech" suit. There's no way that'll every happen again :)))

Are you not doing nationals in your home town? If not, lame, double lame. I second that! Would that be Lame^3 or Lame^4 :banana: or are you volunteering during the meet hence not swimming...

Kicking is definately important, but refining technique should also help you get under a minute. Establishing a good body line and a good catch with high elbow and fingers down should also help. I've seen distance swimmers who hold a minute pace using great body position and distance per stroke. I'm not a great kicker and I eventually got under a minute. Below are my 50's and 100's since I started swimming. I'm 46 now, started swimming at 40. 4/2/2006 30.28 1:10.24 4/30/2006 28.70 1:08.76 1/21/2007 26.86 1:04.00 3/11/2007 26.83 1:03.22 4/28/2007 26.85 1:01.75 11/4/2007 27.16 1:03.98 2/9/2008 1:02.52 4/5/2008 26.60 1:01.04 10/26/2008 59.31 1/25/2009 26.21 58.01 3/15/2009 30.38 1:00.27 2/7/2010 29.57 1:00.68 3/7/2010 26.52 57.92 3/27/2011 26.09

Alright my friend, I have call ya on this one. If he doesn't want to do nationals, then he doesn't have too, even in his own town. Maybe he has prior plans for family or business. Maybe, he just doesn't want too. Either way, it's not lame if he doesn't feel like swimming in the meet. Boo boo. If you have a national competition in your home town or even close by you have an obligation to attend and support the cause. It's part of your membership agreement, I looked it up.

Hey Herb, your 50, 100 & 200 are 27.7, 1:01, 2:21 you swim 3-4 times a week. & go up to 4-5 for a couple of months to end the spring season. you do 2000-3000 SCM a workout. you kick a 50 in a minute you want to do a 5k later in the summer & will get your yardage up to 4000 f not doing much Weight lifting you're 6'1, 220 lbs My knee was blown out and I have poor circulation in my legs and they are just overall weak. wore a $30 jammer didn't shave didn't wear a cap ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ what were your splits for 100? to go under 1:00, you need more speed you went 27.7 in the 50, you need to be 27 low 26 high develop the ability to take your 100 out in 28 low do the testing and training I suggest for Help My flutter Kick is Horrible focus on improving your 25 kicking speed Help my Speed is Horrible focus on improving your 25 kicking speed even if you're training for the 5k, it won't hurt you to do a few fast 25s in every practice do 6 x 25 swim odds FAST on :20 evens very easy on :40 and 6 x 25 kick odds FAST on :30 evens very easy on :50 Then do the rest of the workout you planned for the day lose weight go from 220 to 205, 200 or 195 swim 5 or 6 times a week, swim 3500 to 4000 a practice, sometimes pop it up to 4500 or more a practice wear a faster suit wear a cap shave train hard for a meet then rest a bit before it

Where is it citied in the agreement? Auburn is 4 hours from here. I don't plan to attend. Will this revoke my usms membership? If he doesn't want to go, what's the big deal? Your membership is revoked for other reasons. I filed a petition with the home office board of directors and the review is pending. I just can't imagine having the best meet of the year in your home town at your home pool and skipping it. But, to each his own. I'm not going to Auburn, or Aubrun as they say there, either.

Charlotte Davis has 101 USMS Top Ten times and 11 world records and she never swam in high school. She quit competitive swimming at age 13 to compete in synchro. PNA's Wet Set newsletter just did a story about her last month: www.swimpna.org/.../2011_03_Wet.pdf Since the theme is breaking 1:00 in the 100 ... Charlotte Davis was the first woman over 60 to do it, at last year's SCY nationals. Here's the heat. Her splits were 29.35 + 30.06 = 59.41 ... A really beautiful swim!

I know Ande will tell me to read his kick faster stuff. It doesn't work for me. A couple of all out 50s and I would be done for a week. You're right. He will. ;) You've got to start somewhere. Maybe the best place to start is by doing easy kicking and don't even worry about how fast you're going. Then you can gradually add in some fast kicking and start timing yourself periodically. Kicking is hard. I get destroyed in kick sets by people who I can beat easily while swimming, but I know it's important so I do it.

Are you not doing nationals in your home town? If not, lame, double lame. Alright my friend, I have call ya on this one. If he doesn't want to do nationals, then he doesn't have too, even in his own town. Maybe he has prior plans for family or business. Maybe, he just doesn't want too. Either way, it's not lame if he doesn't feel like swimming in the meet.