tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853996895732294413.post7751863438056458016..comments2023-04-02T04:15:20.836-07:00Comments on The Long Swim: Never too old to learn...Karen Throsbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718131663334624711noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853996895732294413.post-57817506781507870772014-03-24T13:00:58.511-07:002014-03-24T13:00:58.511-07:00Hi Mark, I think I've been lucky, plus I had a...Hi Mark, I think I've been lucky, plus I had a long background in swimming so although my stroke was flawed, I think I had incorporated those flaws pretty well and the shoulders had been fine. But then suddenly, it went...I don't know why - age? Bad luck? A very long summer of swimming? Anyway, it's a great learning opportunity and I've gained a lot of knowledge about how to take care of my shoulders and what I need to do with my stroke. So it's all for the good. I'm doing well at the moment, so fingers crossed. KxKaren Throsbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718131663334624711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853996895732294413.post-84814688258248106112014-03-24T12:36:29.756-07:002014-03-24T12:36:29.756-07:00Hi Karen, Really surprised to hear about your shou...Hi Karen, Really surprised to hear about your shoulder pain as I always envisioned that you had the stroke sorted after all your swimming adventures. Without seeing Ray Gibbs with all the cameras at Swim Canarywharf I would have had to knock swimming on the head in 2011 after Windermere. He knew enough about his own shoulder pain years ago to swim with a really good catch and then identify that problem in distance swimmers. Some people get away with it as they just have the chance to put more miles in or came from a terrific swimming background. Stroke can be really unforgiving.... Recently I started to put the 'beans on too early' as he puts it and any tightness in the shoulder has gone again - my first lesson for a year. As you say - never too old to keep learning. Hope you get to where your shoulders need to be.Mark Sheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15701759281506134393noreply@blogger.com