alpinerabbit
02-06-2007, 11:53 PM
Thought y'all wanted to not only hear the problems, but also the little successes.
So When did I start this? *leaves back thru forum* Mid-October.
I had about a private class a week in the beginning, a few less during December and Jan, but joined a group class since Jan. We also went to the pool to practice at least one more time each week.
Had another private lesson yesterday and he said it was looking good - my limitation was no longer technique (although that could be improved in infinite increments) - I can do 150 (3 lengths) freestyle now, that wears me out though. I can swim 1 km if I do breaststroke (all or part of) every second lane.
So now it's "don't forget the drills" and work on endurance. My other training is definitely helping recovery, HR goes down very quick after a few lanes, but it will be another while until I can do an entire 500 or 1000 freestyle..... and let's not talk about times.
So When did I start this? *leaves back thru forum* Mid-October.
I had about a private class a week in the beginning, a few less during December and Jan, but joined a group class since Jan. We also went to the pool to practice at least one more time each week.
Had another private lesson yesterday and he said it was looking good - my limitation was no longer technique (although that could be improved in infinite increments) - I can do 150 (3 lengths) freestyle now, that wears me out though. I can swim 1 km if I do breaststroke (all or part of) every second lane.
So now it's "don't forget the drills" and work on endurance. My other training is definitely helping recovery, HR goes down very quick after a few lanes, but it will be another while until I can do an entire 500 or 1000 freestyle..... and let's not talk about times.