Did you swim today?
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2300m all with strapped fingers plus paddles to keep finger still.
8X50 as 25 kick/25 swim
100 IM (I only did free and br)
4X25 free
200 free
4X50 kick
300 free
4X75 free
300 kick
4X100 kick
The last 4X100 were meant to be swim but my strapping tape was falling off by then so finger was starting to hurt hence just did kick.0 -
Good morning - AQ - I am very impressed with the tumble turns - I can only manage these when I am doing sprints and not for a long swim (but I know I should....). This morning was 1km in 19mins 50 secs (woo hoo - under the 20 min mark at last!). 5 x 100 sprints and 10 x 50 m sprints followed by a 200m cool down.0
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1350 36:100
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2.5km 56 min with tumble turns!1
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Well I did but it was more of the Personal Worst rather than the PB variety.... Body really slow (a week of toothache now....). I was doing a new routine based on 4s and 2s - for 42 minutes ofcourse - that atleast I know I will improve on pretty quick.
Good job with the tumbles AQ, and hope your finger heals fast Emma. And woo hoo as you say Panda.
Ok - off to the dentist (again!)0 -
4 miles so far today. Planning another 79 laps after work for a 10km day.
This AM was
3000 free (54 minutes)
500 Kick board and fins
500 hand pads and pull buoy
2000 free
1050 free.
Today was a rare time when I was the fastest in the pool without being either the only one in the pool or the youngest
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I cut out soda except on an occasional eating out. Water with a squirt of lemon is my normal beverage. Never been a fan of sugary soda. At least not since I stopped drunking over 33 years ago.AquaticQuests wrote: »
My weight has been creeping up too, as I've been hitting the Coca-Colas pretty hard this year, so I'm going to go back to strictly water to keep a lid on things!
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Campus closed on Friday after the great swim on Thurs. Hit it today -- 1.5 miles ~ 72 minutes. No more snow predicted this week, so I'm hoping for at least 2 more swims this week!0
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@emmab0902 you are simply unstoppable!!!
My hero!0 -
Not such a good morning this morning - pool was crowded with people swimming different paces and switching from free to drills etc constantly so it was hard for me to get a rhythm going. Stuck it out for 1.8km then had enough (particularly with the girl who would rest at the end, then as soon as I was about to turn to start she would push off and do slow breaststroke in front of me - I think she liked me touching her feet to tell her to let me go past!!!)0
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1350 36:070
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1 mile + 2 laps (I added one more, gutzy!)
I didn't keep track of time, because that wasn't my intent. I was getting some laps in before my cardio class. It was "Tabata Monday" and this lady knows what real tabata should be. She's got us on a progressive overload program and while it's brutal at the time, it's working. We're adding slowly. However, she was running late and I was not quite done with my planned workout, so I kept swimming. By the time she arrived, I was closer to a mile, and feeling quite fatigued (busy weekend with late nights), so I decided to swim a mile and call it quits. But then gutzy's voice appeared in my ear and said, "How about one more lap?" and then I remembered that I already added one more lap to my mile, so how about one more than that...
It felt good, but I was glad that I skipped the tabata after that. It might make next week a little harder though.
Emma, I'm so sorry to hear about your finger. You can't catch a break! AQ, tumble turns are on my to-learn list one of these days, but the breathing issue you speak of terrifies me. Gutzy, keep going!!!! Awesome swims! Panda, I had that same girl in front of me last week, lol! Gently, I hope the tooth issue is solved. Frustrating how something totally unrelated can give you a crummy workout.0 -
In the midst of a hellificent day, 1.5 miles and 72 minutes way from my cell phone and email felt absolutely luxurious!0
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1525 yd in 42 minutes. Still getting back into the swing of things and I'm very slow, but I am liking my new Garmin Swim.0
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Er hem - to some of us 1525 in 42 mins counts as an aspiration...!
( personally - I can do 42 mins, or go at a similar pace to this, just not the two together v often ...)
Lots of swimmers at my perfectly average pool do longer workouts, and faster ones than me ... and many more do much slower, much shorter and much chattier ones.....
So no way is 1525 in 42 'very slow'. Just a speed you might be wanting improve on lots .. or in my case, might not. Whatever our speeds and distances we are all getting healthier and happier as we get wetter.
I much prefer to think of myself as a (moderately paced!) mermaid than a mock turtle....
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NoelFigart1 wrote: »
Turtles with watches! We could have our own swim team...0 -
Managed to get over 11000 yards last week. Started off the week last night with 2500 and a little competition with a fellow slow swimmer in the next lane over. Definitely improved my pace.0
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I'm so glad to see others reveling in their slow-ocity
I need to actually time my distance, but I was thinking yesterday as I did 1800 how loooong it took me. I was thinking, of your blog, Noel: "Slower than Christmas" and I thought as I was swimming that my blog would be called "Slower than Noel" 1 -
Slower than a Dolphin, Slower than a Turtle, Faster than a Rock.
Swim Lessons Today so 1200m of Drills in the hour.0 -
girlwithcurls2 wrote: »I'm so glad to see others reveling in their slow-ocity
I need to actually time my distance, but I was thinking yesterday as I did 1800 how loooong it took me. I was thinking, of your blog, Noel: "Slower than Christmas" and I thought as I was swimming that my blog would be called "Slower than Noel"
Okay, that cracked me up! You should time yourself, though. You're probably faster than you think.
Anyone who joins the US Masters still has time to do the hour-long Postal swim. I only managed 2200 last year, and I was close to the bottom for my age group. Maybe we should all join and try it Saturday morning. You'd just need someone to fill out the chart. Pick someone with a high boredom tolerance!0 -
I did swim today, after a week off. I only swim Tues/Thurs at this time of year and the pool pump was on the fritz last Thursday morning. I swam for about 45 minutes, with mixed sets, working a bit more on back/breast strokes. I'm going to a US Masters stroke clinic this Sunday and am really looking forward to it!
I haven't done the 1 hour postal but I think I swim about 2,300 yards in an hour, so I embrace my turtle-ness, too, or am happy being a moderately paced mermaid or faster than a rock. Slower than Christmas, faster than Noel, slower than him, even with her. They are all fine with me. With Masters, I think the saying goes "He who slows the slowest wins" or something like that.
AQ - I saw your comments about being out of breath after tumble turns. I'm finding the more I do them, the less that is a problem so keep up the good work and I bet it will get better. I also find that it is becoming just as natural to do a flip turn as an open turn. I still can't do them worth a damn if I am using a pull bouy though.
Sorry about your finger Emma. I sprained mine about 18 months ago and swimming was a trial for a while. I kept whacking it on the lane lines or on the side of the pool.0 -
Did 4 miles in the morning (141 laps)
Went back for more after work. 79 more. To make 10km plus an extra. Can't do just 219 laps. 1 -
Nice swim this morning - 2km in 40 mins and 5 seconds - quite happy with that. Finished with 500m mixed strokes (no fly). Reading about the tumble turns makes me think I should stop being lazy and start incorporating them more into my swims..... sounds exhausting though.0
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1350 35:120
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4 miles eye opener.0
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Er - something like 42 mins (but i forgot what time i got in the pool) and something like 1100/1200m (but i lost count).
So the toothache is getting better and the body is going faster but the brain sure as heck is still sinking.
Indeed Some nice lady guarded my handbag for me when i fogot my locker was unlocked whilst I showered....
Next week body and brain up to scratch I hope!
(Ps tumble turns - mmm are't those the things that get chlorine up your nose, stop you having a long deep breath and er stop you gliding to the edge when you are out of form?! It is really hard to see the attraction...but jeepers i admire those who do them!)1 -
Tumble turn is a flip turn. Not ready to try it yet. Need padded boots if I wish to do learn.0
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gentlygently wrote: »
(Ps tumble turns - mmm are't those the things that get chlorine up your nose, stop you having a long deep breath and er stop you gliding to the edge when you are out of form?! It is really hard to see the attraction...but jeepers i admire those who do them!)
That's exactly what they are, gently! At least at first (and still occasionally with the chlorine up the nose) anyway. I learned them just to learn something new and to gather admiration from other swimmers, because they are not going to admire my fantastic form (swimming or body).
Breathing is a crutch! Who needs it anyway!1 -
I never really had a problem with water up my nose doing freestyle. I just exhale out my nose hard when I'm upside down. The hardest thing for me to learn was not slamming into the bottom of the pool at the shallow end. (I swim in a pool with a 3'3" shallow end.) I lost a lot of elbow skin until I got better.
I never have learned to do a backstroke flip without water going up my nose. I have to wear a nose clip to do backstroke flips.0
