Did you swim today?
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Whatever pace you swim at, that's the perfect pace.Nice work, @Robertus. I envy your pace.
And @emmab0902, there is zero envy for that suit. It sounds horrible!1 -
4100 yards, 90 minutes.
25, 50, 75, 100, 100, 75, 50, 25 - warm up
10 x 50 @ 60 seconds 5 free, 5 free/back
5 x 100 @ 2:00
100 easy
5 X 100 @ 2:00
1000 kick with fins (400 flutter, 300 50 back/50 flutter, 300 25 dolphin/25 flutter
25, 50, 75, 100 - stroke technique (catchup and extended glide)
10 x 50 @ 60 seconds 5 free, 5 free/back
100, 75, 50, 25 cool down
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@emmab0902 good on you for cheering on those learning and accolades to the big Guys for inviting your boys out to join the game.No but yesterday was a great example of what goes around comes around. When I finished, I came outside to two very happy boys, who had been invited to join in and have a game with the big guys.
@Montepulciano Impressive set - copied and pasted into my set list, may never get around to it but its in my book. I have never done Ladders as part of warmup, 1000 kick that's insane-serious chops to you.
Schools out so the Pool schedule has changed to accommodate more swim lessons for the youth and swim time. Managed to get in at 6:30 tonight for 90 minutes of relaxation, 1 double lane and 2 swimmers with the rest of the pool as general Family swim. Mixed bag of impromptu sets - no plan - no idea of true distance. It was wet and cold is all that mattered. best guestimate 1600m.1 -
4 miles.1
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Today: 1 mile @ 69 minutes1
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4100 - forgot to look when I got in so I would guess around 90 minutes as it was the same workout as yesterday.1
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5 minutes. 125 yards, then I bailed out due to crowding. No more Monday/Wednesday evening swim for a couple of months. Swim and dive lessons only leave two lanes open for laps and that's too crowded for this lap snob.0
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5 minutes. 125 yards, then I bailed out due to crowding. No more Monday/Wednesday evening swim for a couple of months. Swim and dive lessons only leave two lanes open for laps and that's too crowded for this lap snob.
Sucks when you make the effort to get to the pool and get in, but can't do your workout. Yeah, Summer camp has begun where I workout, so having to tweak my work out time a bit too.1 -
1500m of Early morning paddling. Broken into 250m mini sets.
250m Front, 250m Back, 250m breast, repeat and rinse.1 -
4100 @ 90 minutes. Some day...one day in the future, I shall be faster.1
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Yesterday. 30 mins (on a time limit).
Pretty much hated every minute of it.
I don't like being out of breath. I get bored. I get fed up my breast stroke is still so useless (yes I've had lots of coaching...the last load made me go even slower!). It takes up precious time. Unlike cycling up hill (which I also hate on a bad day) you do not get a great view, or a pub at the end.
Perhaps not such a surprise that I spent pretty much all of today lying on the sofa feeling rubbish. I even went out for fish and chips as I could not gather the energy to cook.
Hopefully the next swim will be when I am on my way to being perky again! However good for you swimming is, I couldn't survive many swims like that one.0 -
Noon Hour Splash. With this being the Canada Day Long Weekend, along with the fact that school's are out for 2 months summer break. Families are heading off on vacation and the Town facilities are strangely empty. Ball Diamonds, Soccer Pitch's, Football fields, Swimming Pool etc.
A long winded way of saying 3 double lanes and 4 people, all regulars. Senior Life Guard said that she can tell the improvements in my stroke from all my Adult Swim club and Triathlon club lessons.
Still have things to work on and probably will forever. Fix one big issue and then work on the next one and the little niggley bugs.
Made the suggestion of a Mini-Triathlon club on Wednesday Evenings ( 6:00 - 7:30 ) for the 3 weeks before the Triathlon, as last year the pool was full of triathlon swimmers getting there time trials registered and general technique practise. She said if we came in with a workout plan the pool would allow extra lanes to be put in but at this time had already scheduled all the staff for the July/August calendar to allow them Holidays so did not see it as a possibility.
250m x 3 ( front, back, breast ) and repeat. ~1500m total.1 -
4100 yards, 95 minutes...people talked to me...it happens. Amused when people ask me if I am training for the Olympics...hah...snort...giggle...drown....bubbles...
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Its Canada Day and what most Canadians consider to be the official start of Summer Vacation season. As a result there was only 4 people in the pool. Room glorious room allowing me to do a big workout set without interfering with other swimmers. My left arm has always had an ugly entry into the water causing a distinct PLOP sound - like a rock dropped into water, under water there is a huge air bubble stream on my left side. Working on a clean entry of the finger tips and not dropping the wrists.
100m Warm up
Ladders - Stroke Technique ( catch up and glide, clean entry on left arm )
25, 50, 75, 100, 100, 75, 50, 25 ( 500m )
8 x 25 @ 45s ( 200m ) speed work or what passes for my speed work, Left arm aware.
4 x 50 @ 60s ( 200m )
2 x 100 @ 2:00 ( 200m )
100 easy ( 100m )
2 x 100 @ 2:00 ( 200m )
4 x 50 @ 60s ( 200m )
8 x 25 @ 45s ( 200m )
Kick Split Ladders
50 free & 25 kick
25 free & 50 kick
25 free & 25 kick
25 free & 50 kick
50 free & 25 kick
25, 50, 50, 25 - Back Stroke
100 breast Cool Down
75 free Cool Down
50 back Cool Down
2475 meters - 90 minutes in the Cold Refreshing Water. 0 -
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@Montepulciano I believe it is because when I learned to swim I could not do Bi-lateral breathing and was always breathing on my right shoulder and this meant my stroke was not balanced. One of my swim coach's jokingly suggested it was my watch weighing down the wrist. Ironically one of the other mature swimmers in the local pool has a similar issue with her right arm - she drops her wrist just before entry and rolls her hand sideways so it enters pinky finger down with the fingers facing slightly out ( parking brake & right turn ) then she rolls back to a palm down position. I have done lots of lengths with a pull buoy concentrating on arm position ( Zipper Drills & Fist pulls ) with all breathing on left shoulder.Montepulciano wrote: »Nice workout @juliet3455 - Why is always the left arm?? Love the ladders. Happy Canada Day!0 -
My car broke down on the way to the pool and ended up having to buy a new battery, so missed training and had to do a 5km run instead
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I signed up for a Total Immersion workshop, for week after next. Everyone says it will help me swim more effectively, with less effort. I'm very hopeful. Wish me luck? 1
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MightyLolo wrote: »I signed up for a Total Immersion workshop, for week after next. Everyone says it will help me swim more effectively, with less effort. I'm very hopeful. Wish me luck?
Let us know how it goes, lots of luck!
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Nothing like a tough session after a week and a half off to make you feel unfit!
2800m
300 warmup
3x 200 free negative split on 3.30
8x 50 fly kick
400 as 25 br 75 free per 100
4x 75 br on 2.00
300 free build each 100
400IM
100 easy
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Still on the IR list for running so trying to get a little extra Pool Time.
Double Dip Day, neither one was a great swim/workout. Huge crowds at noon and in the evening they only had one double lane open - 4 swimmers.
Up the edge and down the middle to minimize collisions.
Between the two swims I did manage to get in 2600m of paddling.0 -
4 miles today.
2000, 3000, 2050. FC.0 -
I hadn't been training like I should. For some reason the cold water freaked me out enough that I couldn't get in to do my proper open water training for an event.
I did finally do it, but did two miles rather than four. And boy was it challenging.2 -
4100 yards, 88 minutes, really it was just less rest...which is good.1
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Been out of the water for over 3 weeks while on a trip to Europe. Hoping to get back in tonight, but not super hopeful for a great swim as we basically ate and drank for three weeks straight, lol... I did get a chance to swim in open water while in southern France. Holy smokes. Even with bilateral breathing, sighting was really tough. I had no idea that I was being pushed off course so much by the current. It was a ton of work. Noel, I feel for you!!
Great to see all of the swims going on here! @MightyLolo good luck with your TI workshop! I envy you. I have been trying to incorporate some of the TI techniques through video and reading, but there are no opportunities for a workshop near me. I keep checking though. Slowing my kick to a 2-beat kick has allowed me to swim longer without breaks. Tell us how it goes!1 -
Had to shoehorn it in to the schedule but got 40 minutes in for just over 2K yards. Felt great to be back in the water!2
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Didn't go tonight. Feeling disillusioned.
After getting back into swimming nearly two years ago, and training by myself for the first six months, I was excited about rejoining the club I competed for as a teenager. And even more excited when the masters squad became officially registered with New Zealand Master Swimming.
But after a few things that have happened recently, I'm now wondering if I should just go back to training on my own.
Combination of things. Losing coach sucks but then even his programmes hadn't been what they were. Last year I really felt challenged and that it was beneficial. This year there's no clear focus.
Plus nobody really wants to compete. I thought quite a few would be interested in an upcoming meet. It's not too far away and it's just a fun one, nothing serious. But nobody else was remotely keen. That was the point of us becoming a registered club.
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Maybe you need to more openly challenge the club members to lIve up to the point of registering - either you will effect a change of heart, or find out there are other reasons why people wanted to rehister and you are never gping to get them to conpete... And you can make an informed choice after that Emma?
Anyway - 1k of IM in my slow and steady 36mins plus a few laps of honour to take it to a 40 mins swim. I am not swimming at my best endurance wise... But i went.
To keep me amused, I counted laps by thinking of flowers - a allium, b buttercup etc. All went well til s when - after a few gulps of chlorine in a mistimed dolphin kick breath - i could not think of a songle flower beginning with s, for all 50m!
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@emmab0902 I agree with @gentlygently throw a little challenge out to the club. For me it is ironic as I live in Northern Alberta, Canada and don't have a masters swim club or enough people who swim to organize a club. This means we have limited events due to location and long distance travel required to get to them. Most events are run parallel to a Triathlon or Junior swim club. So we always seem to have a group of people who are going or who want to go, even if we are split between the events or join up with friends from another community to make one group.
No swim last night as I went out for a run - the first since May 20 when I torn a calf muscle.
@gentlygently sunflower, sweet pea, snap dragon were the 3 common ones I thought of.1
