Did you swim today?
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Silly question: but what does the @ 45 mean?
Great question. When I post my workouts "@ or on" is the length of the interval, in this case I did a 25 kick every 45 seconds.
Rest interval are "R" or type out "rest", depending on the workout that is sent to me by my coach. We have 3 main coaches and each coach use different abbreviations. Typically I copy and paste their workouts, then edit for distance goals.
I try to pull the intervals out of my posts, but on sets I think others might want to try I leave the intervals in.
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4 miles last night after work.
Was one of those swims where I had to push through a freew walks that wanted to stop me early.1 -
3200m today, 3200m yesterday.
Yesterday I did a ladder set that wiped me out.
Today I was slow and wanted to get out after 1200.2 -
girlwithcurls2 wrote: »
Which is the bigger victory: getting to swimming or tiny bite of doughnut? Discuss.
@girlwithcurls2 for me it would be the swim, because if I get in a swim, then I am a lot more likely to be able to control my eating because I am mentally in a much better place.1 -
3000m
300 warmup
16x50 on 1.00 as 4 sets of 2 free/2 back
200 kick
4x400 free on 7.00 - goal to not slow down over the four 400s
5.58 5.55 5.53 5.51
100 warmdown0 -
1250m
mix of breaststroke and front crawl - my shoulder/back is playing up but I was hoping i could push through to a mile - nope. Off to get it looked at tonight. bleh0 -
3000m - my longest swim ever! Goal for the year is a 2.4 mile open water swim in August. Almost there, but open water is a whole 'nother beast.
1000m free
200m kick
150m pull
4x50 free (regular breath/3 stroke breath/5 stroke breath/7 stroke breath)
6x100 odd IM/even fast free
3x200 build free
250m cool down2 -
2700m lunchtime swim with a friend. Except she was bringing the programme and was 30 minutes late so I did lots of random stuff then only had time to do a tiny bit of the actual programme!
600 free
200 pull
200 kick
200 as free/back
100 kick
100 free
She arrived
8x 50 alt free and back on 1.00
3x 2 minutes vertical kick with 20s rest (!!)
100 free on 2.00 aim sub 1.20 (1.18)
50 free on 1.00 aim sub 40 (36)
8x 25 free as alt minimal breathing and build
2x 100 free on 2.00 aim sub 1.20 (1.16/1.15)
2x 50 free on 1.00 aim sub 40 (36/35)
250 warmdown (thus avoiding the next set of 3x 100 and 3x 50!!)1 -
@UmmSqueaky @emmab0902 has just completed a few open water swims so might have some fresh pointers.
I agree it's a completely different beast, subtle wave action and current pushing you, natural tendency for most people to turn one way, no line on the bottom to follow, no lane ropes so sighting is a big deal.
Breath eating WAVES.
3000m is a good distance as that is 75% of your goal. 4km ~ 2.5 miles.
Swimming is not as linear as running, if you hit 75% of your goal distance in training runs then you should be fine pushing through the last 25% at the event. Not so in swimming, or at least not for me.
As @fishgutzy would say just add one more length to each swim and pretty soon it's serious distance.
Adult Swim Club tonight, new session, coach's cycle through so they all get a little more experience. 1900m
50m per Free, Kick & Pull for warmup
1400m Pyramid Alternate Free - Backstroke on sets
10sRi 25m F, 50m B, 75m F, 100m B
15sRi 125m F, 150m B, 175m F,
20 sRi 200m B
15sRI 175m F, 150m B, 125m F
10sRi 100m B, 75m F, 50m B, 25m F
Breast
50m Slide Drill
50m 2K1Pull
50m Victor Davis 2Fast2slow
200m easy choice cool down.
Starting getting a few Toe and high calf cramps/twinges after the 200m Backstroke so had to pull back on my kick and do a few quick stretch breaks at the walls at the turns/RI's. Probably related to the 10km Speed Session at the indoor running track on Sunday and walking 1km through thigh deep snow yesterday to get into a mountain top telecom site that had failed.3 -
@UmmSqueaky I did a 3.3km ocean swim at the end of January and prior to that the longest I had swum non stop was 1.5km and that was in 1987. I reckon you'd manage your target distance now. I had done maybe three open water swims before my event but ever one is different re confidence when they can't touch the bottom.3
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1600m
1000m relaxed front crawl and some breastroke
250m with hand paddles
250m breathing to 13
50m practice breaststroke pulls for underwater
THEN
50M UNDERWATER! Goal achieved! am mega bouncy right now!
didn't feel mega death-like either!
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Yesterday's swim
Warm up
200 swim
200 kick
200 pull
Main set 5x through
500 free, rest 30 sec
5 x 100 breast, rest 15 sec
5 x 50 backstroke, on 1:12
Cooldown
200 easy
7050 total1 -
Did 6.4 km at the pool here in shanghai on Tuesday.
Straight pacing. 3km, 3km, 400m.
Still recovering from something I ate or drank. Slept most of the day yesterday. Feeling better today. Back at it tomorrow.2 -
1600m
750m relaxed front crawl and some breastroke
500m with hand paddles
250m breathing to 13
100m mix of front crawl and breaststroke
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3100m
1300m free before masters swim
100m kick
3x100 fast free
100m sprint free
200m IM
300m IMO 50 drill/25 swim
500m free
100m free sprint
200m free cool down
Feb total: 15400m (9.6 miles)
Year to date: 28794m (19.9 miles)
Year goal: 100 miles3 -
2500yd
WU 300
4x100
6x(50 free, 150 pull, 50 free)
4x50
CD 1001 -
3200m @ 1 hour
1250m front crawl
500m with hand paddles
250m breathing to 13
1000m with hand paddles (10 second rest after each 250m)
200m mix of breaststroke, front crawl and backstroke to warm down
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UmmSqueaky wrote: »3000m - my longest swim ever! Goal for the year is a 2.4 mile open water swim in August. Almost there, but open water is a whole 'nother beast.
1000m free
200m kick
150m pull
4x50 free (regular breath/3 stroke breath/5 stroke breath/7 stroke breath)
6x100 odd IM/even fast free
3x200 build free
250m cool down
Wow! WOW!! That's awesome! You should be super duper proud 1 -
3000m of not the best session to do with a respiratory infection!
400 warmup
Main set endurance and pace
12 x 50 free @ 1' hold 42
6 x 50 back kick @ 1'10
8 x 50 free @ 1'10 hold 40
4 x 50 back kick @ 1'20
6 x 50 free @ 1'30 hold 38
2 x 50 back kick @ 1'40
4 x 50 free @ 2' hold 36
2x 50 back kick MAX on 2.00
400 warmdown
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Got a swim in last night (I forget how many laps) + water cardio class. Then my usual 45 this morning. Whew! Back into the swing this week, hopefully...3
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Warm up
300 swim
300 kick
300 pull
Main Set 3x through
8x 50 back with fins on 90 sec
100 easy
8x 50 fly with fins on 90 sec
100 easy
8x 50 free with fins on 90 sec
100 easy
8x 50 breast distance per stroke on 90 sec
100 easy
Warm down
150 easy
Total 70502 -
3200
Including 10 x 100 alternating free and IM
400 fly drill with fins (1, 2, 3, or 4 arm fly by 100)1 -
3000m
200 warmup
200 pull
200 kick
Main set endurance at cruise pace
10x 200 free on 3.30 maintain same pace and measure HR after #5 & #10
2.58
3.00
2.59
2.59
2.59 HR 110
2.59
2.59
2.59
2.59
2.57 HR 1.10
400 warmdown3 -
Great swimming folks - special congrats to UmmSqueaky!!
First sesh back in the pool after a few weeks long CFS spike (grrr). Prob just only c500m or so. Easing back in....
But at least I discovered the Sunday morning session is fine numbers wise, and I got my 13 year old girl there too.3 -
gently, that must have felt good! I'm sorry to hear about the CFS spike. That can sideline a workout plan for sure. But how lovely to return on a quiet Sunday morning and with the 13 yo too! My 15 yo might never swim with me again... She's a bit burned out for now.
Long swims here, peeps! I'm impressed!!0 -
No swim for me today. Off to the doctor tomorrow - may have pleurisy which is not ideal when I have an ocean swim event on Saturday!2
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3200m
1250m front crawl
500m with hand paddles
250m breathing to 13
1000m with hand paddles (10 second rest after each 250m)
200m mix of breaststroke, front crawl and backstroke to warm down
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Got up early to shovel half a foot of snow and then off to the gym. Didn't get there as early to put in more laps before masters swim.
700m free
200m IM
200m free
2x through, first time back, second time free- 4x50 odds kick, evens sprint stroke
- 2x100 build
- 200 lsc
total 2300m1 -
Today: 1.5 mile (2700 YD) @ 70 minutes.1
