Did you swim today?
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Hello everyone - still haven't been swimming but Dad is now out of hospital which is good.
On the not so good side I also went to see a specialist yesterday about some hand and arm pain and apparently this is due to a thoracic outlook restriction something or other which the Doc believes was brought on by my sternum injury last September. The Doc made me do some simple movements to test flexibility (which I was fine with) but this morning my sternum is painful again, so I will stay out of the water for another few days to rest it. Physio is not booked for another couple of weeks though, so when I do swim again it will be "light swimming" if there is such a thing
And as for the five people circle swimming - to me that is more the norm than the exception - its OK when everyone is roughly the same speed, but gets painful when there are faster/slower swimmers - luckily the lanes are large enough that you can overtake whilst circle swimming provided there are no swimmers that are flaying their arms about.0 -
2500m
12x50 mixed on 60
8x125 20 seconds rest (3 breaststroke 2 backstroke 3 freestyle)
10×50 pull odds free evens breaststroke
4x100 free on 1.45 all sub 1.25
My coach is trying to start teaching me how to learn my pace and get better at keeping a steady pace.0 -
1450 38:35
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@gentlygently we are swimming at the Olympic park. It looks like a gorgeous venue, I am going for the experience, I certainly won't be coming home with any medals like emmab! There are time cut offs and I am pretty comfortable for my backstroke and for the freestyle it is a bit of an unknown. My first official races are coming up next 2 weekends. This weekend I'm swimming in 2 relays and the weekend after that individual events (100IM and 100free)
@60sPanda sorry to hear about your arm and hand problem. Weird how it was related to your earlier injury....
There was swim practice last night but no swimming because we had to do the team photo and it actually took an hour! Who would've thought it took 60 minutes to get 50 swimmers to sit/stand still.....0 -
Was able to get back again after work yesterday to make it a 10KM day.
4 miles this morning.0 -
A nice brisk evening and much better pace. 2700y in 61 minutes including 200y of kickboard/fins.0
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By 6pm this evening the European Masters had reached its maximum capacity of 14,000 swimmers. Sadly, I didn't get my entries in on time... Registration opened on Monday at noon. Oh well. At least I hadn't booked my flights and accomodations yet, some of my teammates had. Only 4 out of 18 managed to get in before the cut off.0
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aliciamariaq wrote: »By 6pm this evening the European Masters had reached its maximum capacity of 14,000 swimmers. Sadly, I didn't get my entries in on time... Registration opened on Monday at noon. Oh well. At least I hadn't booked my flights and accomodations yet, some of my teammates had. Only 4 out of 18 managed to get in before the cut off.
Oh bugger am gutted for you
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No swimming today BUT just booked flights and accommodation for the Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games in Australia in October. And entered the World Masters Games to be held in New Zealand in April 2017!0
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Wow great swims everyone.
Been swimming but haven't checked in this week.
Swam Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
Been feeling more tired than usual last 2 weeks and struggling abit with motivation, but my times have been pretty good!
Tuesday, did 3 sprint sets with some kids and their coach after my swim - had planned on my usual 2.5km but ended it 2/3 of the way through as I felt exhausted and out of it - then a coach asked me to join his trainees in some sprints!
I had stopped sprint sets towards the end of last year after a health scare that had me at the ER after one of my sprint sessions, which turned out to be no cause for alarm.
So I think I might be do some training with them, to keep things interesting and improve my speed!1 -
1450 38:140
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aliciamariaq wrote: »By 6pm this evening the European Masters had reached its maximum capacity of 14,000 swimmers. Sadly, I didn't get my entries in on time... Registration opened on Monday at noon. Oh well. At least I hadn't booked my flights and accomodations yet, some of my teammates had. Only 4 out of 18 managed to get in before the cut off.
Oh bugger am gutted for you
I know, a real bummer. But hey, now I am curious about this World Masters Event in April 2017!0 -
AquaticQuests wrote: »Wow great swims everyone.
Been swimming but haven't checked in this week.
Swam Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
Been feeling more tired than usual last 2 weeks and struggling abit with motivation, but my times have been pretty good!
Tuesday, did 3 sprint sets with some kids and their coach after my swim - had planned on my usual 2.5km but ended it 2/3 of the way through as I felt exhausted and out of it - then a coach asked me to join his trainees in some sprints!
I had stopped sprint sets towards the end of last year after a health scare that had me at the ER after one of my sprint sessions, which turned out to be no cause for alarm.
So I think I might be do some training with them, to keep things interesting and improve my speed!
That's great that you can keep up! Way to go!0 -
I did not swim today but I did yesterday. I'm easing into the gym and alternating days on the elliptical with days in the pool.
I don't really know what I'm doing in terms of building up endurance swimming. Presently I am just alternating strokes so I can keep moving... until I have to take a couple of minutes to catch my breath. Right now I am cycling through breast stroke, side stroke, free style laps for an hour, resting when I need to.0 -
I don't really know what I'm doing in terms of building up endurance swimming. Presently I am just alternating strokes so I can keep moving... until I have to take a couple of minutes to catch my breath. Right now I am cycling through breast stroke, side stroke, free style laps for an hour, resting when I need to.
For what it is worth, I used this exact method to build up endurance, slowly but surely dropping out the easier strokes in favor of the crawl I need to use in open water events. I'm not a brilliant swimmer even now, but I am much better than I was!0 -
NoelFigart1 wrote: »I don't really know what I'm doing in terms of building up endurance swimming. Presently I am just alternating strokes so I can keep moving... until I have to take a couple of minutes to catch my breath. Right now I am cycling through breast stroke, side stroke, free style laps for an hour, resting when I need to.
For what it is worth, I used this exact method to build up endurance, slowly but surely dropping out the easier strokes in favor of the crawl I need to use in open water events. I'm not a brilliant swimmer even now, but I am much better than I was!
Thanks for the feedback. It's good to hear from someone that's already blazed this trail. My rule of thumb is that consistency trumps and as long as I'm not causing myself injury then the worst that can happen is I develop some bad habits regarding form. I've always been a good, strong swimmer but there's a difference between brief short instances of effort and sustained effort. My form mainly starts to flag when I have pushed my pace on a lap too hard and I get fatigued and start to struggle to control my breathing.0 -
aliciamariaq wrote: »aliciamariaq wrote: »By 6pm this evening the European Masters had reached its maximum capacity of 14,000 swimmers. Sadly, I didn't get my entries in on time... Registration opened on Monday at noon. Oh well. At least I hadn't booked my flights and accomodations yet, some of my teammates had. Only 4 out of 18 managed to get in before the cut off.
Oh bugger am gutted for you
I know, a real bummer. But hey, now I am curious about this World Masters Event in April 2017!
www.worldmastersgames2017.co.nz
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I swam today: 1/2 mile @ 41 minutes0
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It's Thursday, the day I leave work early and treat myself to as long a swim as I want (or can handle!). I think it was about 2000y in 53 min. Then class. I'm looking forward to a great sleep tonight.0
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1450 38:240
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27 laps (1350m) 60m
Starting to love the smell of chlorine in the morning.0 -
2400m
4x 50 free
4x 50 kick IMO
3x 200 free negative split
4x 75 as br, fly/br/fly, back, free
4x 50 fly kick
400 free even pace
8x 50 as 2x(fly/back, back/br, br/free, free/fly)
100 easy
Everything was with a 20 second rest interval.0 -
2950 yards in 66 minutes, gradually getting faster.0
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1500 39:500
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28 laps (1400m) 60mins0
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Great swims everyone!
Haven't checked in for awhile. Swam last Thursday.
Also swam today - 2.5km 57 min today!
Hopefully will be mixing it up with sprint sessions now to keep things interesting!0 -
1700m in 50mins
300 mix warmup
200 kick
3x100 IM with 20s rest
200 kick
4x50 free on 60 @ 80%
200 kick
300 mix cool down
I'm going well with increasing my distance by 100m each time I swim. What I was really happy with this session was my times in the 50 free. Did it in 44/45/45/45 (normally 44/47/48/49) so seeing some tangible improvement is very encouraging
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Noon Hour Struggle. Family Day Holiday ( provincial not federal Holiday )
The Pool was a Zoo - started with 3 in a lane - I left when it was at 5 per and 1 more person was dipping there feet over the wall indicating they wanted to join in, and people were still coming in and standing at pool side trying to decide.
750 m in 35 minutes. arggggggg.0 -
Good morning - finally back in the pool after an almost two week break. Managed 1600m in about 35 mins (I lost track of the clock) as I was late in the water after tube problems. Then the pool was crowded - Juliet3455 - five people in a lane I wish!! This morning we were up to 8 at the peak 0
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No swim this morning. Gym closed due to bad weather. I grump...
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