Hi, I'm new :)

Welcome aboard, Kitty. Nice times, first time out.

What type of "feet stretches" did you want to know about?

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Pretty new to swimming, and new to this NG.

Just wanna introduce myself and say Hello.

34 F, and just starting to take up swimming to stay in shape and enter a meet here and there. I
never swam as a kid, not in an organized manner. I discovered there is a wonderful group of
Master's swimmers in my area and started swimming there about a month ago.

I got coerced into my first swim meet this weekend. I did 49.07 on 50M LC and
1:58.?? on 100M LC.

Well, I was under 50sec and under 2 min, which is what I was hoping for. Compared to other people's
times, it is so sloooow! So frustratingly slow. And I have NO kick! (Anyone know of good stretches
for feet?) My teammates keep reminding me... "What more do you want, you just started barely 3
weeks ago" They keep telling me I'll get faster. Maybe by November I can get to low 40's or at
least 45 in a 50M

Well, anyway .... Hi everyone 🙂

Tao te Carl

"It takes a village to have an idiot." - Carl (c) 2003

Thanks for the welcome 🙂 Thos are decent times? Really? (okay, just keep telling me that) I'm
impatient, I wanna swim in high 30's, right now! If it kills me 😉

Today, I'm feeling like "wah wah wah, I'll never get faster" Nevermind that I'm extra tired today,
on a 4th day in a row, and I had a wild hair up my bum yesterday afternoon to go rollerblading... 8
miles. I haven't done that in 2-3 years.

Feet stretches... well, my feet don't point well. I'm reading ideally a 90° bend or more is really
helpful for the kick. My feet barely go 80° right now.

I'm trying to stretch them, slide my toes under something (a couch), lay back, give it a good
stretch. So we'll see. I don't know if there is anything else I should be doing. My kick really
sucks. I have strong legs, but I get no propulsion out of my kick yet. When we do kicking drills
with fins, I do really well, and I guess contrary to a lot of swimmers, I'll take kicking drills
over pulling drills any time. My upper body has some catching up to do.

Our coach does stroke clinics, but doesn't have any scheduled till late September... He also does
private lessons. I'm tempted to take a lesson or two, see if he can fix my kick. Then I'm thinking,
maybe wait another month, get in a bit better shape. I dunno.

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Welcome aboard, Kitty. Nice times, first time out.

What type of "feet stretches" did you want to know about?

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Pretty new to swimming, and new to this NG.

Just wanna introduce myself and say Hello.

34 F, and just starting to take up swimming to stay in shape and enter a meet here and there. I
never swam as a kid, not in an organized manner. I discovered there is a wonderful group of
Master's swimmers in my area

and

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started swimming there about a month ago.

I got coerced into my first swim meet this weekend. I did 49.07 on 50M LC and
1:58.?? on 100M LC.

Well, I was under 50sec and under 2 min, which is what I was hoping for. Compared to other
people's times, it is so sloooow! So frustratingly

slow.

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Quoted message said:

And I have NO kick! (Anyone know of good stretches for feet?) My teammates keep reminding me...
"What more do you want, you just

started

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barely 3 weeks ago" They keep telling me I'll get faster. Maybe by November I can get to low 40's
or at least 45 in a 50M

Well, anyway .... Hi everyone 🙂

Tao te Carl

"It takes a village to have an idiot." - Carl (c) 2003

Don't over do it, you're muscles need the rest.

If you keep swimming day after day you're times will go down instead of going up!!!

And Yes those are decent times for beginners.

Good luck with you're training

"DaKitty" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht news:krO_a.33540$ff.25337@fed1read01...

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Thanks for the welcome 🙂 Thos are decent times? Really? (okay, just keep telling me that) I'm
impatient, I wanna swim in high 30's, right now! If it kills me 😉

Today, I'm feeling like "wah wah wah, I'll never get faster" Nevermind that I'm extra tired today,
on a 4th day in a row, and I had a wild hair up my bum yesterday afternoon to go rollerblading...
8 miles. I haven't done that in 2-3 years.

Feet stretches... well, my feet don't point well. I'm reading ideally a

90°

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bend or more is really helpful for the kick. My feet barely go 80° right now.

I'm trying to stretch them, slide my toes under something (a couch), lay back, give it a good
stretch. So we'll see. I don't know if there is anything else I should be doing. My kick really
sucks. I have strong legs, but I get no propulsion out of

my

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kick yet. When we do kicking drills with fins, I do really well, and I guess

contrary

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to a lot of swimmers, I'll take kicking drills over pulling drills any

time.

Quoted message said:

My upper body has some catching up to do.

Our coach does stroke clinics, but doesn't have any scheduled till late September... He also does
private lessons. I'm tempted to take a lesson or two, see if he can fix my kick. Then I'm
thinking, maybe wait another

month,

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get in a bit better shape. I dunno.

"de Valois" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Welcome aboard, Kitty. Nice times, first time out.

What type of "feet stretches" did you want to know about?

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Pretty new to swimming, and new to this NG.

Just wanna introduce myself and say Hello.

34 F, and just starting to take up swimming to stay in shape and enter

a

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meet here and there. I never swam as a kid, not in an organized manner. I discovered there is a
wonderful group of Master's swimmers in my area

and

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

started swimming there about a month ago.

I got coerced into my first swim meet this weekend. I did 49.07 on 50M LC and
1:58.?? on 100M LC.

Well, I was under 50sec and under 2 min, which is what I was hoping

for.

Quoted message said:

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Quoted message said:

Compared to other people's times, it is so sloooow! So frustratingly

slow.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

And I have NO kick! (Anyone know of good stretches for feet?) My teammates keep reminding me...
"What more do you want, you just

started

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

barely 3 weeks ago" They keep telling me I'll get faster. Maybe by November I can get to

low

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40's or at least 45 in a 50M

Well, anyway .... Hi everyone 🙂

Tao te Carl

"It takes a village to have an idiot." - Carl (c) 2003

Two words: swim fins.

DaKitty left this mess on Thu, 14 Aug 2003 09:05:39 -0700 for The Way to clean up:

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Thanks for the welcome 🙂 Thos are decent times? Really? (okay, just keep telling me that) I'm
impatient, I wanna swim in high 30's, right now! If it kills me 😉

Today, I'm feeling like "wah wah wah, I'll never get faster" Nevermind that I'm extra tired today,
on a 4th day in a row, and I had a wild hair up my bum yesterday afternoon to go rollerblading... 8
miles. I haven't done that in 2-3 years.

Feet stretches... well, my feet don't point well. I'm reading ideally a 90° bend or more is really
helpful for the kick. My feet barely go 80° right now.

I'm trying to stretch them, slide my toes under something (a couch), lay back, give it a good
stretch. So we'll see. I don't know if there is anything else I should be doing. My kick really
sucks. I have strong legs, but I get no propulsion out of my kick yet. When we do kicking drills
with fins, I do really well, and I guess contrary to a lot of swimmers, I'll take kicking drills
over pulling drills any time. My upper body has some catching up to do.

Our coach does stroke clinics, but doesn't have any scheduled till late September... He also does
private lessons. I'm tempted to take a lesson or two, see if he can fix my kick. Then I'm thinking,
maybe wait another month, get in a bit better shape. I dunno.

"de Valois" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Welcome aboard, Kitty. Nice times, first time out.

What type of "feet stretches" did you want to know about?

DaKitty left this mess on Wed, 13 Aug 2003 12:11:47 -0700 for The Way to

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up:

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Pretty new to swimming, and new to this NG.

Just wanna introduce myself and say Hello.

34 F, and just starting to take up swimming to stay in shape and enter a meet here and there. I
never swam as a kid, not in an organized manner. I discovered there is a wonderful group of
Master's swimmers in my area

and

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

started swimming there about a month ago.

I got coerced into my first swim meet this weekend. I did 49.07 on 50M LC and
1:58.?? on 100M LC.

Well, I was under 50sec and under 2 min, which is what I was hoping for. Compared to other
people's times, it is so sloooow! So frustratingly

slow.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

And I have NO kick! (Anyone know of good stretches for feet?) My teammates keep reminding me...
"What more do you want, you just

started

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

barely 3 weeks ago" They keep telling me I'll get faster. Maybe by November I can get to low
40's or at least 45 in a 50M

Well, anyway .... Hi everyone 🙂

Tao te Carl

"It takes a village to have an idiot." - Carl (c) 2003

Tao te Carl

"It takes a village to have an idiot." - Carl (c) 2003

Thanks for the reminder 🙂 Yea, I do have tendency to overtrain.

Tomorrow is a very light day, and my shoulders need it! Just easy stretch out 1000.

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Don't over do it, you're muscles need the rest.

If you keep swimming day after day you're times will go down instead of going up!!!

And Yes those are decent times for beginners.

Good luck with you're training

"DaKitty" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht news:krO_a.33540$ff.25337@fed1read01...

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Thanks for the welcome 🙂 Thos are decent times? Really? (okay, just keep telling me that) I'm
impatient, I wanna swim in high 30's, right now! If it kills me 😉

Today, I'm feeling like "wah wah wah, I'll never get faster" Nevermind that I'm extra tired
today, on a 4th day in a row, and I had a wild hair up my bum yesterday afternoon to go
rollerblading... 8 miles.

I

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

haven't done that in 2-3 years.

Feet stretches... well, my feet don't point well. I'm reading ideally a

90°

Quoted message said:

bend or more is really helpful for the kick. My feet barely go 80° right now.

I'm trying to stretch them, slide my toes under something (a couch), lay back, give it a good
stretch. So we'll see. I don't know if there is anything else I should be doing. My kick really
sucks. I have strong legs, but I get no propulsion out of

my

Quoted message said:

kick yet. When we do kicking drills with fins, I do really well, and I guess

contrary

Quoted message said:

to a lot of swimmers, I'll take kicking drills over pulling drills any

time.

Quoted message said:

My upper body has some catching up to do.

Our coach does stroke clinics, but doesn't have any scheduled till late September... He also
does private lessons. I'm tempted to take a lesson

or

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

two, see if he can fix my kick. Then I'm thinking, maybe wait another

month,

Quoted message said:

get in a bit better shape. I dunno.

"de Valois" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Welcome aboard, Kitty. Nice times, first time out.

What type of "feet stretches" did you want to know about?

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>Pretty new to swimming, and new to this NG.
>
>Just wanna introduce myself and say Hello.
>
>34 F, and just starting to take up swimming to stay in shape and

enter

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a

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>meet here and there. I never swam as a kid, not in an organized

manner.

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>I discovered there is a wonderful group of Master's swimmers in my

area

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and

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>started swimming there about a month ago.
>
>I got coerced into my first swim meet this weekend. I did 49.07 on 50M LC and
>1:58.?? on 100M LC.
>
>Well, I was under 50sec and under 2 min, which is what I was hoping

for.

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>Compared to other people's times, it is so sloooow! So frustratingly

slow.

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>And I have NO kick! (Anyone know of good stretches for feet?) My teammates keep reminding
>me... "What more do you want, you just

started

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>barely 3 weeks ago" They keep telling me I'll get faster. Maybe by November I can get to

low

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>40's or at least 45 in a 50M
>
>Well, anyway .... Hi everyone 🙂
>
>
>

Tao te Carl

"It takes a village to have an idiot." - Carl (c) 2003

I use fins, Zoomers. And I use paddles for pulling and all that... I was just thinking couple
days ago, maybe I need to get longer fins for a little while... ? Might give me more of a
stretch? I'm not sure.

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Two words: swim fins.

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Thanks for the welcome 🙂 Thos are decent times? Really? (okay, just keep telling me that) I'm
impatient, I wanna swim in high 30's, right now! If it kills me 😉

Today, I'm feeling like "wah wah wah, I'll never get faster" Nevermind that I'm extra tired
today, on a 4th day in a row, and I had a wild hair up my bum yesterday afternoon to go
rollerblading... 8 miles. I haven't done that in 2-3 years.

Feet stretches... well, my feet don't point well. I'm reading ideally a

90°

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

bend or more is really helpful for the kick. My feet barely go 80° right now.

I'm trying to stretch them, slide my toes under something (a couch), lay back, give it a good
stretch. So we'll see. I don't know if there is anything else I should be doing. My kick really
sucks. I have strong legs, but I get no propulsion out of

my

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

kick yet. When we do kicking drills with fins, I do really well, and I guess

contrary

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

to a lot of swimmers, I'll take kicking drills over pulling drills any

time.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

My upper body has some catching up to do.

Our coach does stroke clinics, but doesn't have any scheduled till late September... He also does
private lessons. I'm tempted to take a lesson

or

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

two, see if he can fix my kick. Then I'm thinking, maybe wait another

month,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

get in a bit better shape. I dunno.

"de Valois" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Welcome aboard, Kitty. Nice times, first time out.

What type of "feet stretches" did you want to know about?

DaKitty left this mess on Wed, 13 Aug 2003 12:11:47 -0700 for The Way

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>Pretty new to swimming, and new to this NG.
>
>Just wanna introduce myself and say Hello.
>
>34 F, and just starting to take up swimming to stay in shape and enter

a

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>meet here and there. I never swam as a kid, not in an organized

manner.

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>I discovered there is a wonderful group of Master's swimmers in my

area

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and

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>started swimming there about a month ago.
>
>I got coerced into my first swim meet this weekend. I did 49.07 on 50M LC and
>1:58.?? on 100M LC.
>
>Well, I was under 50sec and under 2 min, which is what I was hoping

for.

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>Compared to other people's times, it is so sloooow! So frustratingly

slow.

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>And I have NO kick! (Anyone know of good stretches for feet?) My teammates keep reminding
>me... "What more do you want, you just

started

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>barely 3 weeks ago" They keep telling me I'll get faster. Maybe by November I can get to

low

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

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>40's or at least 45 in a 50M
>
>Well, anyway .... Hi everyone 🙂
>
>
>

Tao te Carl

"It takes a village to have an idiot." - Carl (c) 2003

Tao te Carl

"It takes a village to have an idiot." - Carl (c) 2003