Okay, so maybe it isn't the fastest time in the world, but I started swimming in October, so this 5 months and I have dropped it by a whole minute1!!
LZ was thinking that I would be at the 1:30 mark in six months, and she is right. I have been working out three (including her session) times a week lately, I really should up it to four and do a longer workout on Wednesdays, but getting up so early is just not my thing. But I digressed. I think that with the 3/4 days of workout I can get the time to 1:15-1:20, but if I want to get it below that I am going to have to work harder and probably up the workouts to 4/5 days a week. I think also another 20 pounds would make a huge difference.
But thinking of competing makes me actually want to quit swimming all together. I have this physical response when I think about it, I just can't really explain.
It is the meets, they are long and stressful. And it is the age thing. When I think about it I think I am 53 by the time I actually got good enough to compete I would be 54 - pushing 55, and I would have what 10 years maybe? If I am lucky?
Sometimes I think I waited too long.
LZ was thinking that I would be at the 1:30 mark in six months, and she is right. I have been working out three (including her session) times a week lately, I really should up it to four and do a longer workout on Wednesdays, but getting up so early is just not my thing. But I digressed. I think that with the 3/4 days of workout I can get the time to 1:15-1:20, but if I want to get it below that I am going to have to work harder and probably up the workouts to 4/5 days a week. I think also another 20 pounds would make a huge difference.
But thinking of competing makes me actually want to quit swimming all together. I have this physical response when I think about it, I just can't really explain.
It is the meets, they are long and stressful. And it is the age thing. When I think about it I think I am 53 by the time I actually got good enough to compete I would be 54 - pushing 55, and I would have what 10 years maybe? If I am lucky?
Sometimes I think I waited too long.
Whether you swim competitively or not, in 10 years you'll still be 63.
ReplyDeleteIf you swim competitively, you'll be a lot healthier age 63 & TSH's lungs will be in better shape due to them getting LOTS of exercise from CHEERING for T3.
GO T3!
1:11.5 or bust! Dive & do flip turns & SMOKE the time of "Little T from Ohio"
Holy crap! Ten years is an eternity! Go for it.
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