Did you swim today?
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2700 in 75 minutes1
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Fastest mile I swam was 29:15, when I was severely overtrained. Haven't worked on speed since then and may not again, but you guys are tempting me!1
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Fastest mile (1650 yards) I did was...a very,very long time ago. I try and enjoy what I am doing and not look back too much.
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@emmab0902 Glad to see that you are able to get back into the water. Good call on walking away when you feel discomfort/pain.
@Montepulciano Great distance/speed. There is always someone who is a better swimmer which gives us a goal to reach for.
@MonkeyMel21 I always hope that the pool is cool as I get a better swim in. Nice working on incremental ladders.
Triathlon Swim Club again last night. 1200m of drills. They keep throwing us in the water slide recovery pool - simulates swimming in the rough churned up water at a group start - great for breathing confidence. Today they had 2 of us at the same time for a 30 second swim so you had the crowd and churned up water. The outflow from the water slide would throw you around so there was a little incidental bumping/contact with the other swimmer. As the gorilla in the group I am nervous when paired up with any of the ladies. A really enjoyable drill actually.2 -
Montepulciano wrote: »Montepulciano wrote: »Welcome home, fishgutzy.
Swam 3200 in an hour 19 minutes. Doing some sets that are a touch longer, so that is good.
Damn. If could swim my 4 miles at that pace of be done in about 45 minutes instead of 130 minutes.
You may have missed that hour in there...so an 79 minutes...which is about 30 minute miles...ish.
Haha! I keyed on the numbers.
Had a Dick Lexik moment.0 -
5000 yards this morning. Planning another 6000 after work. That's about 10km.
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Wow nice double work out, fishgutzy!
3200 yards 73 minutes...there that way there are no hours and things.
You know you are a distance swimmer when three quarters of the way through your workout you finally find you rhythm/stroke
Accomplishment for the week 2 sets of 4 X 100 on the 2:00 minutes. 0 -
2100m today. Too much breaststroke though!
200 warmup
4x 100 br as swim/kick by 25
4x 100 free on 1.45 holding 1.24 race
2x 100 as alt br fast/free steady by 25
2x 100 br long glide
4x 50 back on 1.20
100 free steady
4x 50 IMO on 60
200 warmdown
Turns still hurt. And I'm having to drive the car with my left leg/foot lol.1 -
2400m
400 warm up
8x100 on 2min
4X 100 kick on 2:30
12x50 on 1:15
200 cool down
Nice long intervals so I could concentrate on stroke and pace. Enjoyed that.2 -
I swam Monday, Thursday and today (Saturday). They all followed the same pattern of 45-55 minutes of mixed drills, kicking, and swim sets. This morning was fantastic though. The pool doesn't open until 8:00 so I was swimming in daylight and the sky was a perfect blue. As I did backstroke, the droplets that my hands threw into the air sparkled in the sun. It was quite pretty! I also managed to not run into the lane lines once while swimming backstroke and my speed sets were speedier than usual, all around 54-55 seconds for 50yds. I'll call it a good one and hopefully keep the good mood through the day.
My oldest daughter is coming home to visit on Monday after moving across country the first week of January. For once I am hoping the weekend speeds by!2 -
mpeters1965 wrote: »I swam Monday, Thursday and today (Saturday). They all followed the same pattern of 45-55 minutes of mixed drills, kicking, and swim sets. This morning was fantastic though. The pool doesn't open until 8:00 so I was swimming in daylight and the sky was a perfect blue. As I did backstroke, the droplets that my hands threw into the air sparkled in the sun. It was quite pretty! I also managed to not run into the lane lines once while swimming backstroke and my speed sets were speedier than usual, all around 54-55 seconds for 50yds. I'll call it a good one and hopefully keep the good mood through the day.
My oldest daughter is coming home to visit on Monday after moving across country the first week of January. For once I am hoping the weekend speeds by!
Sounds like a great swim. I swim indoors, which is lovely when it is snowing or raining, but I miss out on the sun across the water. Have a great visit with your daughter.1 -
not today, I had to work :
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Didn't get to the pool today. Chest congestion and phlegm. Got a little worse today. Hard to swim when I'm coughing up a lung.
I still think it is a reaction to pollen in China last week.
Hopefully I can swim tomorrow.0 -
Feel better fishgutzy.
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Today I started putting arms and kicks together for butterfly stroke. I believe it's going to work!4
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MightyLolo wrote: »Today I started putting arms and kicks together for butterfly stroke. I believe it's going to work!
I hope it does!Montepulciano wrote: »
Sounds like a great swim. I swim indoors, which is lovely when it is snowing or raining, but I miss out on the sun across the water. Have a great visit with your daughter.
I swim indoors for about half the year but really enjoy getting out. The only real downside when we are outside is that there are no rafters to look at and keep my backstroke straight!3 -
I swim indoors. I'm a redhead; I do outdoor stuff in sleeves and a hat. 4
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MightyLolo wrote: »I swim indoors. I'm a redhead; I do outdoor stuff in sleeves and a hat.
Ha! That's the same for my husband and oldest daughter. It's a part of why she moved from Florida to Washington state. She got a sunburn through the car window while we were driving through Nebraska in January! (She also says Florida is weird, which is actually quite true. When you read the weirdest news stories, they always seem to originate here!) My youngest and I are darker but I'm still all about sunscreen! The sun here is brutal.0 -
O2 sat is down to 94%. Usually 99/100.
Congestion sux.
Thunder storms this afternoon. Pool closed during this.0 -
Dang, fishgutzy, I hope you feel better forthwith!
New instructor today; my old instructor got a promotion. I will miss her, but it's hard to begrudge her that acknowledgment of her awesomeness.
The new instructor isn't bad; I feel like what she had us doing with the kickboards, helped my stroke rather than ruining it. It's hard to explain; I'm gonna play the 'beginner card' and not try.
And lots of exercise! The kickboard laps had me winded.3 -
MightyLolo wrote: »I swim indoors. I'm a redhead; I do outdoor stuff in sleeves and a hat.mpeters1965 wrote: »Ha! That's the same for my husband and oldest daughter. It's a part of why she moved from Florida to Washington state. She got a sunburn through the car window while we were driving through Nebraska in January!
@MightyLolo & @mpeters1965 As a Blonde I can understand your families troubles. I always say that I could get a Sunburn under a 100 Watt Light Bulb. Hard to believe that I once worked doing Survey Work on Highway projects = Working under the sun!! LoLo I understand the Joy/frustration in seeing an instructor move on. The senior instructor at our little pool is now spending more time travelling to other Local Pools doing Life Guard certification courses so we get to see less of her
Got a really good swim in today - all of 5 people in the pool for the 60 minute Lane Swim.
250m crawl, 250 breast, 250 back. Then a 750m Crawl Time Trial ( 19:12 ) for a baseline number for the August Sprint Triathlon. This is my first personal TT ( not an official TT ) for getting the swim groups assembled so slowest swimmers start first and are swimming with people who have very similar times. Since the Sprint Triathlon swim is in the pool it's important to be brutally honest or you could end up in a slower group or faster group creating lots of passing/blocking frustrations. I expect I will get this down to 18 mins or less based on last years numbers and the fact that I have definitely improved my stroke length/rotation, kick and bi-lateral breathing over last year.
100m cool down mixed Breast, Back, Crawl and Back kick. 1600m total.
A little to much " Social Time" with friends at the wall - should have been able to get in 2000m.2 -
At the doctor's office now. When it gets to over a week without getting better, my wife says it is time to go get it checked.
So here I sit.0 -
Hope the Dr. has something that will help!0
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Bronchitis. Picking up a Z-pack at CVS later.
Worst thing I brought back from a trip so far.0 -
Bronchitis sucks. Take care of yourself, fishgutzy
3200 yards @ 65 minutes. Best part was a sixish year old and her mom came over and asked me to show them how to do the breaststroke correctly.2 -
Ooh nasty Fishgutzy - get well soon.
Not a swim to write up (I had my daughter with me...) but it is really amazing how much loss of form happens in a few weeks off swimming (holidays).
So a good way I guess to remind me to breathe when head out of water not in, to look for the markers when doing backstroke, roughly what to do with the arms for butterfly ..and how steep that hill on the walk home can feel sometimes. And so a good easing back.
My whole body feels better for it - literally from top to toe.2 -
Noon hour splash and dash. 1650m.
1000m Crawl
3 x 75m w25 Kick & 50 Breast ( 225m )
3 x 75m w25 Back & 50 kick ( 225m)
200m Back
It was a nice day in the Pool1 -
Got half an hour of practice in today; my crawl stroke seems to have recovered from the kickboard fiasco, and my whipkick has gotten better, as has coordinating arms with dolphin kick for butterfly. But the only two things I can keep track of arms and legs for entire laps, are still crawl and backstroke.
I was glad I could fit it in today; I have a four-hour job interview tomorrow, and I don't ever get to swim on Wednesdays, right now.
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Good luck with the interview MightyLolo. 2
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meh swim but after a lot of days (maybe seven?) off, glad to stay close to pace. 2200 yards in something like 50 minutes. After a bonus weekend of beer and food, happy to have it.
Get those lungs back in shape, @fishgutzy -- take yer time0
