I'm retired, and this is a passion that keeps me busy. I used to dream about retiring, so that I could work out as much as I wanted. Now I am, and I do. I live simple, and don't have many other distractions. I rarely do any speed work or very high intensity. It's an all volume addiction. When I race, I do short tapers and active recovery. I'm not all that fast, but I can hold my own as a local age grouper. According to Strava, if my math is right, I averaged 22.7 hours/week. But, as mentioned, mostly high volume at a comfortable/enjoyable level. I should add that I was away from the sport of triathlons for 29 years, but never away from staying fit as a marathon runner (still a focus), and several years as an ultra marathon runner (ended up not being for me). I was fighting plantar fasciitis from hell in 2016, and started serious cross training to stay in shape. On a whim in 2017 I entered a sprint tri, and was immediately re-hooked. Only this time things are different. I'm not working full time, with young kids at home like I was in the 80's. Now every day is Saturday and I can do whatever I want. I'd work out more if I could, but the old body is doing all it can handle.

Thanks Littlefoot and Fuller! Swimming has become my new super addiction. I sucked back in the day. But today with youtube, I've actually learned how to swim respectably. It also helps that I'm retired military, and have life time free access to the pool, at the local AF base, 2 miles from my house. And possibly the best part, is that as I grow older, my better running and cycling days are long gone... and my strength in the gym is a shadow of what it used to be... but swimming is the only thing that I'm still getting better at!

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