For those that started not long ago - a question that could serve as motivation (Page 2)

I_tri - 2005-01-11 7:49 PM
When I think back, some of my best and clearest memories are from those fantastic workouts. Like running across a cow field while on vacation in Wells, England and watching the steam come off the field, or swimming in lake MI and feeling the sun touch my face every time I turned to breathe, or biking to the barn in the rain to see my pony... Even though I've gotten into and out of shape a few times, I really want to stay fit this time, because those moments of clarity are precious.
Katie

Ken - 2005-01-11 9:20 PM
The hardest part is always the first month. Then you start to notice the results. You feel and see yourself getting stronger and this provides even more motivation. So, any first timers out there, please stick with it. You'll also find that once you realize what you can accomplish, not even the longest distances will seem insurmountable.

gr8brindle - 2005-01-11 10:35 PM
After about a 1.5 months, I went swimming at the UIC pool with my cousin [who's in the military]. and we first did three laps straight. Then he said, lets do 4 laps straight it's only one more than three. So, we did this no problem and he continued with the "it's only one more than the last" statement until he got me to TEN STRAIGHT LAPS. I was exhausted but extatic.

From then on, my confidence grew in swimming, eventually a couple of years after this I joined a masters swim team, where i was working out for 1.5 hours intensively.

But am here now, just starting out, all over again due to injury. It's not a big deal the second time around. ;0)

Keep at it with the training!

Wookiee - 2005-01-11 9:21 PM



I thought the front crawl had been renamed "freestyle" when I was watching the olympics but then they had a commentator explaining that the freestyle races were exactly that - freestyle. The swimmers are allowed to choose any stroke they want to swim the race. The front crawl is the fastest stroke so that is what everyone chooses but there is nothing in the rules that would prevent them from choosing the side stroke, butterfly, back stroke, breast stroke, trudgen or even the dog paddle.