Did you swim today?
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Went to the pool - lane swim cancelled.
A local company had rented the Pool and opened it up to the general Public for an open swim night so people who don't normally go or can't afford to take the whole family get in for free. It's a great thing for them, not for us lane swimmers. Oh well at least I got a 10 block walk in.
Feeling everyone's pain on swimmers with no common sense/courtesy.
We have a lady who is blind in her left eye so she likes swimming with her right side against the rope for improved visual reference - opposite direction to the one diagram they have on the wall. 99.9% of us understand.
A retired engineer who is socially challenged (think Sheldon of Big Bang Tv Show) always tries to demand we switch swim directions because the drawing shows the other rotation pattern. We have learned that if we try to discuss it he go's all nerd master on us. We now do a simple show of hands vote - majority rules - democratic principals - he grumbles but accepts. You would think after 5 years he would have learned & accepted.1 -
Need to get my behind out of bed earlier so I can get into the pool before masters swim and get some more laps in.
300m warm up
100m kick
3x100 free choice
6x50 fast free
10 minute swim - free, 375 m
25m back to the other end of the pool
4x100 ([25 kick IMO/50 build IMO]/25 free)
50m cool down
1850m
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Short (reeeaaally short) swim yesterday after lifting, before deep water class. But I did get in and do it. Right now, just getting there is the challenge.1
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1km short swim this morn
but......17 mins tops - which is quick for me!
helped by the fact that I snoozed my alarm and didn't get in the pool til 7:55 hehe2 -
@beerfoamy your 1k time is my 750m time right now.
And that's what I did last night 750m x 2. The local sprint Triathlon is 750m so that's why I do 30 length sets when in lane swim. 5 people in the pool so not sharing lanes makes it a lot easier.
Still working on increasing distance and little technique improvements.2 -
2.2km yesterday morning, then 6.6km after work.
Rest day today.0 -
2.5km today. Nice and easy pace1
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Reading everyone’s posts and got inspired to go for a swim. Got my swim suit on, my swim cap, goggles, headed down to the pool only to find it closed! Grrr. Still doing repairs apparently. I have to wait two more days.2
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Bit of a random 4000m after work today. My swim buddy didn't turn up and she was bringing the programme so had to make something up as I went along, and it was pretty boring!
600 warmup
1000 free kick fins
400 free pull
400 free kick fins
400 free pull
200 free kick fins
200 free pull
100 free kick fins
100 free pull
200 swim
200 mixed kick no fins
200 warmdown0 -
Short swim after lifting, before the deep water cardio class. It felt good to float
Welcome @Kupla71 !2 -
2.5km again in preparation for work xmas party and German market afterwards hehe1
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8.8km today.0
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girlwithcurls2 wrote: »Short swim after lifting, before the deep water cardio class. It felt good to float
Welcome @Kupla71 !
My wife loves deep water classes. She has spondyloarthritis. Deep water classes eliminates all joint impact.0 -
4200m solo swim today. Boring lol.
1000 free
800 kick fins
800 pull
400 kick fins
400 pull
300 kick fins
300 pull
200 warmdown1 -
3000m solo swim.
1500 mixed kick
500 pull
300 kick
300 pull
400 warmdown1 -
6.6km today
5.5km yesterday.0 -
I did swim. Aquatic Springs Pool in Las Vegas. I love that one. About 55 minutes. 10 minutes freestyle, five minutes backstroke--then drills for breaststroke and butterfly. At least one 100 of full stroke breast. A bunch of fly 25s. More drills to sharpen and focus. 25 meters can be so-o-o-oh interesting.
Cheers!2 -
3000m with my swim buddy.
4x 50 as drill/swim
4x 75 fr 25 steady 25 build 25 fast @1.40
3x 100 free breathe 2 2 4 4 by 25
3x 100 free breathe 3 5 by 25
2x 100 free breathe 4 4 2 2 by 25
1x 100 free fast (1.13)
300 pull with paddles and band
4x 50 pull with paddles and band
300 pull with paddles and band
4x 50 pull with paddles and band
100 kick
500 warmdown focusing on the six million stroke faults my coach had pointed out!0 -
2400m with masters tonight.
4x 75 as 1 free 1 br 1 bk 1 free
16x 50 free kick fins on 50
Two sets of
150 free fast (30)
4x 25 free kick (10)
100 free fast (30)
4x 25 swim easy (10)
400 warmdown0 -
1500m Noon Hour lane Swim.
Started out with a lane all to myself, then the hoards came and every lane had 4 people and the slooow leisure lane had 7, which would mean lots of float time and not much swim.
Struggled through 30 minutes in the crowd then 2 Ladies jumped out to " do the hair and war paint before going back to the office " ( their words ) then we were 2. Switched from circle swim to straight lane and could finally start to move. A mixed set for the first 30 minutes to balance what other people were doing since passing was just not worth the effort when it's crowded. Always try to do 10 lengths of each drill/stroke just to make counting easy.
250m Free
250m pull Free/Back alternating
250m Breast
750m Free hard effort - snorting like an old steam engine. Flip turns in the deep end / touch and go in shallow as I have face planted on the bottom in the past (Lane 5)
Lane 1-3 are deeper and I can do flips in them.
Lane 4-6 start to shallow out as transition to Family wading area/ handicap wheel chair entrance ramp.2 -
1400m Back in the Pool at Noon today - me and 3 people - a full lane all to myself.
750m Free - Zipper and Finger drag drill combined to improve my recovery and 1 sec glide between strokes.
Concentrating on left arm entry and catch as it has always been wrong.
I separated the left shoulder 30 years ago and don't have the same range of motion/strength as my right arm.
I used to just about drag the elbow across the water in a big sweeping arc during recovery, As a result I commonly crossed over center line of my body and slapped the water with my palm before entry and catch. The tattle tell was the large trail of air bubbles pulled down on my left side while my right would be a clear. Also did all my breathing on the left shoulder since my roll has never quite been right - blame it all on the shoulder mobility.
250m Pull Free/Back alternating - Give the shoulder a differant motion and still work on stroke.
50m kick x 4 with 25m Breast stroke between 50's
100m Breast cool down.1 -
2600m with masters tonight.
300 warmup as 100 free 100 back 100 br
1x 400 free
2x 300 free
3x 200 free
4x 100 free
All with 20s rest and holding <1.27 pace
300 warmdown1 -
juliet3455 wrote: »750m Free - Zipper and Finger drag drill
say what? sounds fun!
1km yesterday and 3km today for me. Trying to get swims in before pool closes over christmas - help burn those christmas calories before I eat them!
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@beerfoamy Zipper Drill - As you do the recovery between strokes Stick your thumb out so it's not tight to your fingers, drag the thumb up your rib cage - thus keeping your hand/arm tight to your body and giving a high elbow.
Finger drag - exactly like it sounds - once you can no longer maintain the zipper and your hand clears the water let the tips of your fingers drag forward just barely touching the water - this helps keep the high elbow and prevents a roundhouse arm swing. Helps with my entry and catch alignment of my arm.
Usually you isolate one drill at a time and slow your stroke rate down so you can think about arm position. I used to alternate lengths now I just combine them since they work together. Yes our pool closes on Sunday night ( 23rd ) at 6pm and does not open until Thursday the 27th. This is based on historical data where only 5-10 people were in the pool during the 8-12hrs they were open in previous years.0 -
juliet3455 wrote: »@beerfoamy Zipper Drill - As you do the recovery between strokes Stick your thumb out so it's not tight to your fingers, drag the thumb up your rib cage - thus keeping your hand/arm tight to your body and giving a high elbow.
Finger drag - exactly like it sounds - once you can no longer maintain the zipper and your hand clears the water let the tips of your fingers drag forward just barely touching the water - this helps keep the high elbow and prevents a roundhouse arm swing. Helps with my entry and catch alignment of my arm.
Usually you isolate one drill at a time and slow your stroke rate down so you can think about arm position. I used to alternate lengths now I just combine them since they work together. Yes our pool closes on Sunday night ( 23rd ) at 6pm and does not open until Thursday the 27th. This is based on historical data where only 5-10 people were in the pool during the 8-12hrs they were open in previous years.
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3000 uninteresting metre solo swim.
500 free
500 free kick
500 free pull
500 free kick
500 free pull
300 mixed kick
200 warmdown1 -
3km this morning
bit of a shoulder niggle so only little swim tomorrow before another 10km attempt on Sunday2 -
Just a 1km ocean swim this morning. Was a bit choppy on the way back and because I couldn't breathe to the left due to a jammed up neck, I copped a mouthful of big waves every breath lol. Will have to do a decent swim tomorrow to make up for today's short one!
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I just joined this group today, invited by @juliet3455 Wow, you're all amazing! Impressed and excited to be here to learn from such excellent swimmers!
I'm a distance runner, and I've been swimming quite a bit lately, to nurse a sore ankle/Achilles(?). I've run 2 marathons and a 50 km run. I did 4 half marathons in 5 weeks between November to December 2.
I love running long distances, but in the past 2 years my longest swim has been 1,500 metres!
I won the freestyle competition at school and got into the inter-school championship. But that was nearly 40 years ago!
Since school I've really only swum a few times each summer at the outdoor Olympic pool. But the past 2 years I've done it more often and during the colder months in our town's heated 25 m indoor pool.
Last week I had to visit the doctor due to pain in the shoulder/neck, which I thought was stress but turned out to be due to swimming again after a break and only breathing on my right side.
I've only yesterday for the first time in my life successfully swum 1,000 metres freestyle breathing alternate sides every three strokes. The elusive symmetry!
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