Did you swim today?

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  • Macstraw
    Macstraw Posts: 896 Member
    Great job, everybody!!! Hopefully I can get in the water toward the end of the week. Still waiting to find out if I'm out for most of November with a big job, now the possibility exists that may get pushed back to January.......
  • Bruceapple
    Bruceapple Posts: 2,027 Member
    YES: 1 mile x 35 MIN + 1x 39 min
    Thanks for the compliments all.
  • 60sPanda
    60sPanda Posts: 303 Member
    That's brilliant Bruce. Well done.
  • NoelFigart1
    NoelFigart1 Posts: 1,276 Member
    1300 39:47

  • Macstraw
    Macstraw Posts: 896 Member
    Awesome job, Bruce & Noel!!!! I still can't swim this week, but I just found out the big job at work that would have killed most of November has been pushed back to January so I should be back in the water next week.........
  • cw106
    cw106 Posts: 952 Member
    500m most days.
    1km today freestyle as i have located an old fave tried- and- tested protein shake to up my levels pre workout,as the core/ weight training/ gym cardio takes it toll.
  • 60sPanda
    60sPanda Posts: 303 Member
    Had a good swim this morning - 1 mile in 31 minutes! Followed by leisurely breast/back/crawl to complete the 2 km swim (I am odd - I count my distances in both miles and km).
  • NoelFigart1
    NoelFigart1 Posts: 1,276 Member
    1100yds 34:17 Slacked today.
  • Bruceapple
    Bruceapple Posts: 2,027 Member
    YES: 1 mile x 33 min. (personal record) + 1x 42 min
    Thanks for the compliments all.
  • Macstraw
    Macstraw Posts: 896 Member
    You guys are (dolphin) kicking tail!!!!!!!!!!
  • Wronkletoad
    Wronkletoad Posts: 368 Member
    Wronkletoad you have restarted with a bang as if that 25 year hiatus never happened! Good job! Keep listening to your body and be careful to let it (especially the shoulders) build and adapt to the new regime! Otherwise injury will follow!

    um, yeah. thanks, i guess.

    2000 yds isn't even 30 minutes. it's slow and mellow. not sure how that's "restarted with a bang" by any stretch of the imagination...



  • AquaticQuests
    AquaticQuests Posts: 947 Member
    5km in 119 minutes YEAH!!!
    That's an 11 min improvement of my time over the same distance in December last year!
    :)
  • Wronkletoad
    Wronkletoad Posts: 368 Member
    nice swim! awesome improvement! yay!

    2300 + dryland today. nice and easy fun!
  • NoelFigart1
    NoelFigart1 Posts: 1,276 Member
    1300 38:44
  • Bruceapple
    Bruceapple Posts: 2,027 Member
    YES: 1 mile x 32 min. (personal record) + 1x 48 min.
    + AQ you are smoking hot over 3 miles in 119 min.
    + "were' not worthy"
  • ashenriver
    ashenriver Posts: 498 Member
    Finally back to swimming. First day back and completed the 1km Masters Challenge. My stroke was pull in about 26-29 minutes.
  • AquaticQuests
    AquaticQuests Posts: 947 Member
    edited October 2014
    5km in 119 minutes YEAH!!!
    That's an 11 min improvement of my time over the same distance in December last year!
    :)

    HOWEVER the December time was set in a 50 m pool, whereas this week's time was set in a 25m pool.
    So it appears at least some of those minutes may have been the result of that difference in pool length : http://www.myactivesg.com/sports/swimming/how-to-play/did-you-know/25m-vs-50m-swimming

    So many variables....
  • Macstraw
    Macstraw Posts: 896 Member
    Wronkletoad you have restarted with a bang as if that 25 year hiatus never happened! Good job! Keep listening to your body and be careful to let it (especially the shoulders) build and adapt to the new regime! Otherwise injury will follow!

    um, yeah. thanks, i guess.

    2000 yds isn't even 30 minutes. it's slow and mellow. not sure how that's "restarted with a bang" by any stretch of the imagination...



    2000 yards after a 25 year layoff IS, indeed, starting off with a bang - I wasn't able to get anywhere near that at first. Don't look at it through the eyes of what you were doing when you last swam consistently, not only were you in shape then, your body has aged since then. It's not a "stretch of the imagination" to say you've started off well, they key will be how you push yourself going forward.....

    You guys are doing great, making me miss the pool & looking forward to getting back in next week.......
  • Wronkletoad
    Wronkletoad Posts: 368 Member
    good luck back in the pool

    yours and the original comments strike me as being unnecessarily patronizing. I never let myself get out of shape to begin with. I am on MFP to get back to a reasonable competition weight for the Transplant Games and for other reasons. so getting unsolicited advice about the blatantly obvious is a bit much for this citizen.

    And who in on earth would be so blitheringly stupid to compare themself to their competitively athletic days from 25 years ago? that's beyond asinine. Really. I wouldnt imagine someone being that idiotic.

    good luck guys on everything else!
  • Macstraw
    Macstraw Posts: 896 Member
    Not trying to be patronizing, but I promise that won't happen again. Just gonna point out that being in shape is not necessarily the same as being in swimming shape. Have a nice night....
  • cw106
    cw106 Posts: 952 Member
    gosh.just gosh.

    meanwhile,back at the friendly swimmers forum that has become my daily fix,
    i managed a 60 min swim yesterday.even slower than usual or expected tho.
    any other cross- trainers here finding other cardio. or strength training has a negative impact on swimming times/ ability?
    hoping i can find a positive fix to work towards.
  • NoelFigart1
    NoelFigart1 Posts: 1,276 Member
    1100 33:02

    I don't know about the cross-training, but I am about to find out. I'm hitting the weight room next week. I like lifting and do feel like weight-bearing exercise might be a good idea since my principle exercise is swimming, and that does zippo for bone density.
  • Bruceapple
    Bruceapple Posts: 2,027 Member
    YES: 1 mile x 34 min. + 1 x 35 min.
  • NoelFigart1
    NoelFigart1 Posts: 1,276 Member
    Out of curiosity, are we talking the 1500m/1650yd swimmer mile when we talk miles or are we talking the 1600m/1800yd "as close as we can get to a regular mile in a pool" mile?

    I mean, I know the swimming consistently is really the important thing, but I was wondering how people measure that.

    I'm also wondering, because I'm trying to get that 1800yd in 40 minutes mile thing because I'm assuming that if one is recommending one should be able to swim a mile in a pool in 40 minutes before it is safe to attempt an open water swim what they mean is a standard 1740 yard mile.

    *whimper* I'm so confused...
  • AquaticQuests
    AquaticQuests Posts: 947 Member
    edited October 2014
    good luck back in the pool

    yours and the original comments strike me as being unnecessarily patronizing. I never let myself get out of shape to begin with. I am on MFP to get back to a reasonable competition weight for the Transplant Games and for other reasons. so getting unsolicited advice about the blatantly obvious is a bit much for this citizen.

    And who in on earth would be so blitheringly stupid to compare themself to their competitively athletic days from 25 years ago? that's beyond asinine. Really. I wouldnt imagine someone being that idiotic.

    good luck guys on everything else!

    Easy does it wronkletoad! Macstraw is a great guy on here and I know without a shadow of a doubt he did not intend to come across as patronizing at all. I thought his comments were pretty normal encouraging comments. We tend to share experiences and advice on this swimmers forum, so he just assumed that like most on this forum, this would be fine! Certainly no harm intended!
    cw106 wrote: »
    gosh.just gosh.

    meanwhile,back at the friendly swimmers forum that has become my daily fix,
    i managed a 60 min swim yesterday.even slower than usual or expected tho.
    any other cross- trainers here finding other cardio. or strength training has a negative impact on swimming times/ ability?
    hoping i can find a positive fix to work towards.

    Lol CW.
    And in answer to your question, I definitely find my gym work/ strength training impacts negatively on my swimming and times.
    I get the feeling work in the gym exercises muscles in "the opposite" way then my swims.
    That's my totally unscientific take on it, but I have heard advanced swimmers say the same thing.

    That said, I still do go to the gym regardless, as overall fitness, cardio and muscle tone is what I'm after and would like to be able to function at a descent cardiovascular level both inside and outside the pool. So I'm willing to sacrifice some of the speed in the pool to that end!

  • cw106
    cw106 Posts: 952 Member
    cheers for the feedback AQand noelf.
    i am still plugging away, swam for 30 of 100 exercise mins today.
  • cw106
    cw106 Posts: 952 Member
    Out of curiosity, are we talking the 1500m/1650yd swimmer mile when we talk miles or are we talking the 1600m/1800yd "as close as we can get to a regular mile in a pool" mile?

    I mean, I know the swimming consistently is really the important thing, but I was wondering how people measure that.

    I'm also wondering, because I'm trying to get that 1800yd in 40 minutes mile thing because I'm assuming that if one is recommending one should be able to swim a mile in a pool in 40 minutes before it is safe to attempt an open water swim what they mean is a standard 1740 yard mile.

    *whimper* I'm so confused...

    1 mile = 1609 metres.a metric mile distance is 1600 m.
    no idea on yards tho.
  • NoelFigart1
    NoelFigart1 Posts: 1,276 Member
    cw106 wrote: »
    Out of curiosity, are we talking the 1500m/1650yd swimmer mile when we talk miles or are we talking the 1600m/1800yd "as close as we can get to a regular mile in a pool" mile?

    I mean, I know the swimming consistently is really the important thing, but I was wondering how people measure that.

    I'm also wondering, because I'm trying to get that 1800yd in 40 minutes mile thing because I'm assuming that if one is recommending one should be able to swim a mile in a pool in 40 minutes before it is safe to attempt an open water swim what they mean is a standard 1740 yard mile.

    *whimper* I'm so confused...

    1 mile = 1609 metres.a metric mile distance is 1600 m.
    no idea on yards tho.

    That's actually close to a land mile. Wow... I'm a long way from being able to swim that fast!
  • NoelFigart1
    NoelFigart1 Posts: 1,276 Member
    And today's swim

    1300 38:28. (I mix that up with back breast and free. I'd be a lot faster free only).
  • Bruceapple
    Bruceapple Posts: 2,027 Member
    1 mile = 5,280 feet or 70.4 lengths in a 25 YD pool