Did you swim today?
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27 laps, (1350m) 60 mins0
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Noon Hour Splash and Dash. Strangely for a week where the kids are off school due to Easter - Spring Break the pool was empty. 6 lane swimmers and 3 double lanes.
Might be because they did a Back wash of the Filters and all that water gets Dumped so they then add water which means the Pool was nice and cold. Perfect for me.
So I took advantage and did a Sprint Triathlon Timed Training swim - just to establish an early season base line. 30 lengths - 750m in ~18 minutes. Did not have a stop watch so was just using the clock at the side of the pool. Then did another 10 Crawl to get a clean 1km and added 500m of breast stroke.0 -
No work this week, so I got an hour of laps in before class. I lost count, but it was good. I was circle swimming with two people who were a good pace, so that's always fun.0
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whatta crap swim. My leg cramps are coming in sooner and I can't even do the distance I easily was completing a month ago. I have reached out to my physician but am not at all confident that I'll get help from the health co-op. Sorry to be a whiner.0
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@nuffer are you stretching before you swim? What about hydration? And, maybe a dumb question, but do you get enough potassium in your diet?
Cramps are definitely awful. I get them sometimes during long swims. (And as a former ballerina, I take no *kitten* from my calves, either!)
Stretching daily is totally the way to go.
(I did swim today. Crap swim. Clumsy and slow 1500 41:55)0 -
I got back in the pool this morning after a month hiatus. It was slow but I wasn't expecting much. Plus the pool was crowded. But let's see... 400 warm up, 200 pull, 200 breast, 200 kick, 100 back and 300 freestyle/cool down. I think it was about 40 minutes start to finish but I stopped to chat with a few people who asked where I had been. It wasn't until the last 200 yards that I felt like I was in any kind of groove at all.
All in all, it was good to be back.0 -
Did 3 miles freestyle again last night. Arm and shoulder seem OK. Maybe the solution for me is not swimming too frequently. I just do not like doing shorter distances so I've been doing 2 and 3 miles twice a week for the past 3 or 4 weeks. Rather than doing shorter distances on the other days of the week, I'm supplementing this with biking and walking everywhere I can. Bought a new bike a couple of weeks ago. Rode a hundred miles the first week. Nowhere near the calorie burn of swimming, but it is great to be outdoors in the Spring weather.1
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NoelFigart1 wrote: »@nuffer are you stretching before you swim? What about hydration? And, maybe a dumb question, but do you get enough potassium in your diet?
Cramps are definitely awful. I get them sometimes during long swims. (And as a former ballerina, I take no *kitten* from my calves, either!)
Stretching daily is totally the way to go.
(I did swim today. Crap swim. Clumsy and slow 1500 41:55)
Yes I do stretching, have tried a bunch of variations. Maybe I'm not doing them right? I hydrate a lot before a pool session, usually at least a quart on top of all the water I drink during the day. Have been stopping to drink during the swim as well. I tried magnesium supplements but considering potassium now as a banana is not helping. Otherwise I think I'm getting plenty of potassium from all the salads and veggies in my meals. (those are not always logged)
Have stopped trying to do flip turns and am pushing off the wall as gently as I can and still have my watch start a new lap.
Sorry again to whine, it's just so frustrating to have the endurance to go farther and faster but it's impossible when everything below the knees feels like it's trying to become a pretzel.0 -
whatta crap swim. My leg cramps are coming in sooner and I can't even do the distance I easily was completing a month ago. I have reached out to my physician but am not at all confident that I'll get help from the health co-op. Sorry to be a whiner.
Power aid zero just before and during the swim will help. Also, a teaspoon of mustard can work wonders For preventing cramps.
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4 miles yesterday and today.0
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27 laps, (1350m) 60 mins
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1 miles @ 78 minutes
and for cramps = HYDRATION HYDRATION HYDRATION0 -
3-peat week! 54 laps ~ 72 minutes0
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whatta crap swim. My leg cramps are coming in sooner and I can't even do the distance I easily was completing a month ago. I have reached out to my physician but am not at all confident that I'll get help from the health co-op. Sorry to be a whiner.
Sorry to hear you've been saddled with cramps. I used to get frequently them too. I realized later that it was the footwear I was wearing. I had this new pair of shoes that had a bit of a turned up toe (not elf-like, but enough). It was putting my toes in the wrong position for walking and then was not using them to push off properly when walking which led to weakness of the muscles and they were also always on a bit of a stretch. It translated to major cramps in the pool. Check your footwear situation. Even too much of a heel can do it.
I'm also wondering if you've changed your workouts? Were you adding more distance or speed lately? That possibly could do it - electrolyte balance stuff so Gatorade and banana might help. Also hypoxia workouts where you're not breathing as much can lead to cramping. I'm assuming you don't have something called spinal stenosis - that would do it too, but you'd get also cramping with all upright activities such as walking.
If your doctor clears you of all problems it might be worth your effort to get some Myofascial Release or ART done (physio/sports therapist) who can help work out some underlying knots in the muscle that are just waiting to jump up and grab you and ruin your workouts. That combined with calf/foot strengthening and mega stretching every day might do the trick for you.
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A 1500m Front Crawl noon hour swim in a very warm pool. Was exhausting. They did a backwash and cleaning on the weekend which caused the Pool to be cold because they had to add water to bring it up to the proper level = cold water. I loved it - but today the pool was very warm as the control system is older with only 2 temperature sensors in the water which means that it gets into a control oscillation where it is to cold, to warm, cool, warm and then finally stabilizes after about 3 days.0
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Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. This is a fantastic group. Swimmers are the best.
I did 65 minutes without stopping and no cramps at all. Felt some coming on toward the end but they never fully developed.
I drank a lot of water prior to jumping in ... probably 2.5 liters before hitting the pool. Also did extensive stretching. And had a banana. Too many variables to say which worked, or maybe it was a combination, but very happy to have a pain-free session.
Forgot to wear my Garmin watch but based on the fact that I felt fast, it was probably slow 0 -
Was about to leave to got to the YMCA for my swim before work when a loud von came from outside. Rare early morning thunder. That meant the pool would be closed for at least a half hour, aiming it did not thunder again.
So it will be an evening swim today.0 -
Was about to leave to got to the YMCA for my swim before work when a loud von came from outside. Rare early morning thunder. That meant the pool would be closed for at least a half hour, aiming it did not thunder again.
So it will be an evening swim today.
I hate when they close the pool for weather. It is VERY rare to have t-storms around here and I think they are hyper-safe about shutting down the pool when there's a little rumble out there. But because it's so infrequent, maybe once or twice a summer, it's not that bad.
Hope you got your miles in. I had a productive session tonight (2550 in an hour) and am closing back in on the pace I had a couple of months ago.0 -
3600 1:36:36 This amuses me as it was exactly the same time as last week.1
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Hope you got your miles in. I had a productive session tonight (2550 in an hour) and am closing back in on the pace I had a couple of months ago.[/quote]
I just remembered something else that may help you with calf and toe cramps. My daughter was a national level synchronized swimmer for many years. Having toe and calf cramps is a serious problem for synchro swimmers, since half the time they are upside down holding their breath and pointing their toes. The way the coaches manage cramping is by super strengthening and conditioning for the lower leg. They literally do HUNDREDS and hundreds of heel raises every day, both on flat and on edges of steps. They do lots of toe walking and also a lot of plyometric work on their toes. Then of course they stretch and stretch.
So you may want to consider doing a little dry land strengthening to help prevent the problem, if you aren't doing this already.
Glad you are getting back to your former swimming self.0 -
I had glorious swims yesterday and today ! Lane to myself, my playlist shuffled just the right tempos, and did a solid 45 minutes each day. Life doesn't get much better !!1
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I swam today after not making it for a week. Sure enough, I lost some ground...but not too much. Now my pool is closing for two weeks.
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Swimming in sweat. Over 4 hours of years work today. No time for the pool0
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Did 3.1 miles this afternoon.0
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Got to the pool a Little late and every lane had 4-6 people in it. Bit the bullet and went out to swim. It turns out half of the people swimming were close to finishing so after 250m the pool emptied out and there was only 6 people across 3 lanes . Made the next 1250m real easy.
Total of 1500m just paddling away on front crawl.
Looked at my page in the Swimming 100 km log book ( the pools way to encourage swimming ) at the pool and I am already up to 44 km for the first 3 months. Puts me on track for 160-170 km for the year. I will lose some days - weeks this summer due to Half Marathon and Triathlon races ( competitor and volunteer ).0 -
Good swims, everyone. I decided to keep my snotty viruses out of the pool this weekend so my sole cardio was 30 minutes yanking on the mower for its first outing yesterday.0
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1500 41:170
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4 miles this morning.
May hit the pool for another 79 laps after work to make is 11,000 yards, or 1 lap over 10km.
My current plan it to try and do that once a week.0 -
Did my 1.5 miles today. Missed it yesterday, but will try to get at least one or two more in before the end of the week0
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I got 40 min in before class, but my legs were opting out. It's really hard without their full participation...0
