My first year of swimming in 2008 was 100% Public Lane Swimming. I joined my local swimming club to get my asa registration but they had no Masters section and could offer no pool time. All my competitive efforts were based on my training 3-4 times a week approx an hour each session. I did Ok winning a few events at Open meets and finally scraping a silver for the 50m Free (Splash and Dash) at the asa Masters (sc) at Sheffield in October 2009. I am currently and will likely remain a sprinter at heart, although I would love to swim a competitive 200M at some time.
Now talking about 200M brings me to the reason I am happier today. Last night I had my first session back at my Club, Gloucester masters. I joined Gloucester after my minor success at Sheffield in 2009. The problem with doing my own sessions is that they were based on my memory of sessions I did with my coach Arthur Dann when I was a boy of 15/16. I am also very lazy. I needed to train with like minded master swimmers and after looking at Masters Clubs within evening commuting distances from Rural Herefordshire I decided on Gloucester.It is a 60+ mile round trip but Gloucester are a strong club who do well nationally and have a presence at many Open meets.
Anyway to stop my meandering on and on my first session back after a 4 month break due to Shoulder surgery. Luckily it was a Lactate Tolerance session so total was steady and all went well.
We were asked to swim 4 x 75 at 200 sprint speed. I said anything over 50 is not a sprint. I was assured that 200's are indeed a sprint event. I havn't swam one for 38 years so thought I'd do one at our open meet in April . Will it be a sprint??? Time will tell.
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