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emmab0902
emmab0902 Posts: 2,338 Member
edited November 2024 in Social Groups
Has anyone got any pool or open water events they are training for?
Last year was my first competitive season after 27 years off - had probably swum less than ten times total in those years!!

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  • girlwithcurls2
    girlwithcurls2 Posts: 2,293 Member
    Emma, I'm in awe of your fitness level in general. Your swim times astound me. I think they're half what mine are. Can't wait to hear your results!
  • NoelFigart1
    NoelFigart1 Posts: 1,276 Member
    Sharkfest Boston 2015 (end of Sept)
    Sharkfest Alcatraz 2016 (Beginning of August)

    I swim to finish rather than win, but still. Keeps me training.

    Good luck in your meet, Emma.
  • AquaticQuests
    AquaticQuests Posts: 947 Member
    edited September 2015
    Found out last Friday that there's a meet this Friday!
    What isn't cool is that rather than the freestyle I train with day in day out, I'll probably be expected to instead swim IM or butterfly or backstroke.
    Haven't swum a stroke other than freestyle all year, so today I gave the other strokes a go and they felt absolutely alien, and I inadvertently gulped more than a few mouthfuls of pool water in the process!

    To think that my daily swims consisted of IM sets throughout until Dec 2014?

    To make matters worse my Achilles has been playing up from last week, for no apparent reason. Hope I'll be able to swim though, as this tends to be the only meet that I swim in a year!
  • emmab0902
    emmab0902 Posts: 2,338 Member
    AquaticQuests wrote: »
    Found out last Friday that there's a meet this Friday!
    What isn't cool is that rather than the freestyle I train with day in day out, I'll probably be expected to instead swim IM or butterfly or backstroke.
    Haven't swum a stroke other than freestyle all year, so today I gave the other strokes a go and they felt absolutely alien, and I inadvertently gulped more than a few mouthfuls of pool water in the process!

    To think that my daily swims consisted of IM sets throughout until Dec 2014?

    To make matters worse my Achilles has been playing up from last week, for no apparent reason. Hope I'll be able to swim though, as this tends to be the only meet that I swim in a year!

    Yep I have been having to do mainly freestyle at masters sessions and my backstroke (which has historically been my best stroke) has suffered.

    At first meet on 19 September I am swimming 50 100 and 200 back 100 free and 100 IM. All in one 2.5 hour session!
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