Comments on: Why I Relish Timing My Swims—even as they get slower and slower and . . . https://www.totalimmersion.net/blog/relish-timing-swims-even-get-slower-slower/ Total Immersion Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 By: Thomas j https://www.totalimmersion.net/blog/relish-timing-swims-even-get-slower-slower/#comment-6332 Tue, 29 Aug 2017 22:09:00 +0000 http://www.totalimmersion.net/blog/?p=4855#comment-6332 Yes terry, our PRs are a moving target as we age or are injured. The effort and heart produce satisfaction!

]]> By: Lidoplace https://www.totalimmersion.net/blog/relish-timing-swims-even-get-slower-slower/#comment-6328 Fri, 25 Aug 2017 07:36:00 +0000 http://www.totalimmersion.net/blog/?p=4855#comment-6328 What an inspiration Terry – I have yet to accomplish 25m comfortably but look forward to being able to count my strokes!

]]> By: Patrick Quinn https://www.totalimmersion.net/blog/relish-timing-swims-even-get-slower-slower/#comment-6327 Thu, 24 Aug 2017 15:44:00 +0000 http://www.totalimmersion.net/blog/?p=4855#comment-6327 I have got into an irrepressible habit of counting strokes per lap and I am delighted to find this RPE chart. I do find that as I increase the overall effort per repeat even slightly I tend to reduce the number of strokes per lap. But I AM consciously trying to reduce the number SPL anyway….not that it gets any better with age. I do remember some years ago when I swam a 200 yards race in Kingston you pointed out that I had 21 SPL. and you thought that good for my age and height. I had never even thought of such measure up to that point, but today it is a compulsion. I suppose that next time I actually compete it will be more like 25,
although in practice I aim at 21. I am, after all nearly 87 so I don’t really care that much about it until I am in the water….then the compulsion takes over.
see what you have done to me Terry…you have turned me into an SPLC.
Any way it is always a delight to read your ever-inspiring reflections.

]]> By: Cathy Taber Fisher https://www.totalimmersion.net/blog/relish-timing-swims-even-get-slower-slower/#comment-6326 Wed, 23 Aug 2017 23:53:00 +0000 http://www.totalimmersion.net/blog/?p=4855#comment-6326 Yes, thank you Terry for your inspiration!

]]> By: Joel Dorfan https://www.totalimmersion.net/blog/relish-timing-swims-even-get-slower-slower/#comment-6325 Wed, 23 Aug 2017 21:16:00 +0000 http://www.totalimmersion.net/blog/?p=4855#comment-6325 Thanks Terry, as always, for the inspiration.

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