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So my infected insect bite that turned septic did not respond to antibiotics ~ and I spent last Saturday in A and E getting an abscess drained.....Very very painful... I'm on regular dressing changes, and not allowed to get the wound wet. And told healing is likely more months rather than weeks. But to be honest, what with all the painkillers and antibiotics, I don't feel much like swimming - walking has only just got bearable after 5 days. (Not great with a dog!).
Oh well, it will pass.
But I don't recommend having a skin abscess!
Congrats on all the swimming - you lucky people.0 -
@fishgutzy Welcome back - 44 hours is how long it takes you to do the trip from China back to NA.
@gentlygently That Sucks and Blows. I wonder if it was some type of spider with a little bit of the venom they use to kill the insects they catch.
Adult swim club tonight.
Warmup 50 Choice, 50 Ch Kick
Fr Set descending clock so less rest as the distance increases.
4 x 25m Descending 45s, 40s, 35s, 30s
4 x 50m Descending 85s, 80s, 75s, 70s
4 x 75m Descending 95s, 90s, 85s, 80s
4 x 100m Descending 120, 110, 100, 90
Repeat with Backstroke ( I am slower than a turtle walking on land )
2 x 25m Desc 60s, 55s, 50s, 45s
2 x 50m Desc 130, 120, 110, 100
2 x 75m Desc 160s, 145s, 130s, 115s
2 x 100m Desc 180s, 170s, 160s, 150s
Those were the goal times - I made the first set but was off on all the others.
Gave myself 5 - 10 secs on the wall and pushed off to struggle through it. Basically tried to time it to not be a lane blocker for other people in the club. Just not a good Back Stroker.
25m Choice Build
50m Kick Ch
75m Atl Breathing 3 on 1st, 5 on 2nd, 3/5/7 on 3rd
100m Fr, Bk, Br, Ch Drill
75m Back
50m Breast
25m Easy (400m)
Now some Fun Drills
Tag, Turn, Tag Relay
12.5m Swim and tag 2nd swimmer
12.5m flip turn 12.5m and tag 3rd
12.5m to shallow tag 4th
12.5m to center tag 5th
Starting from a static position in the center of the pool with no pushoff and limited room makes for a hard start. It was a Fun Drill.
Added 200m to the Swim. = 2300m
Water Slide Drill.
Turn the Water Slide on - drop some pucks in the outflow so they give you a Target Line on the bottom of the Pool. Try to swim the puck line up to the Water Slide and touch the slide.
A great test of Breathing control, stroke power and just stupid fun trying to stay in the center of the out flow. It really throws you around.1 -
@gentlygently - you are the second person to share of bad spider bites...do take care and follow dr's intstructions.
@juliet3455 - Oh, like those sets, going to mean play around with them. I only do free and backstroke and the occasional one armed butterfly, so I like good backstroke sets.0 -
3000 yards @ 61 minutes. The wall did not hurt quite as badly today.1
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@juliet3455 actual flight time including layover is about 23 hours.
This trip was messy because the the flight from Hangzhou to SF was cancelled. They bused us to Shanghai.
Slept nearly 11 hours last night.1 -
Nice to have you back, @fishgutzy1
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2800m with masters
200 warmup
10x 100 on 2.00 as
3x 50 fly 50 back
3x 50 back 50 br
3x 50 br 50 free
1x 50 free 50 fly
400 pull
4x 150 as 1 free 1 kick 1 back 1 br
200 free negative split
400 warmdown
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Worked on some outdoor projects the last couple days. Priming the interior of the new shed and building a ramp for it.
After that my testosterone level is just about back to normal after a month of apartment dwelling.2 -
Ran a 10K with my sister yesterday. It was almost entirely on pavement which my body isn't used to (trail runner). I got myself out of bed early this morning to get into the pool. I found an empty lane and had 45 minutes to swim and stretch. I'm not sure how far I went, just focused on staying flat, reaching long, and feeling a good stretching out.2
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4 miles at my home YMCA! Yahoo! Good to be home.
Worked on home projects over the weekend and yesterday opted to take my wife to see The Accountant rather than swimming by myself. Been months since we have gone out just the two of us.
[The Account is worth seeing despite BA's propensity for spewing nonsense during TV interviews. The movie would have worked well with Christian Bale or Tom Hardy as well. Better actors but Ben still manages to pull it off.]1 -
Gutzy, you are such a dedicated swimmer, and yet I really admire your ability to put off a swim for physical or family reasons. You are one wise dude
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3000 yards @ 62 minutes.1
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Swam 1 mile @ 66 min.2
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3000 yards @ 60 minutes1
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Adult Swim Club. 1900m of drills.
200 warm-up Choice. ( A smart man would look at the workout and not do the same stroke as the main swim set )
2 x ( 25, 50, 75, 100, 75, 50, 25 ) Back Stroke Ladder Drills
2 x ( 50 kick + 50 pull + 50 swim ) Fr, Br, Bk - on the 2nd round I started Shorting the pull and dropping my left wrist on FrCrawl.
200m of Flip Turns, Dolphin and Underwater Pull Strokes to the middle of the pool.
Turn and Repeat in the deep end ( some of us have a clumsy flip and are always to deep/long to do flip turns in the shallow end.
100m choice cool down.
Another tough workout.
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Yesterday 3300 yards 84 minutes
Today 3300 yards 83 minutes2 -
Swam 1 mile @ 71 min.1
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Swimming after work today. Too much to do at the office. But on the plus side I get to leave early because I was at the office at 5am.1
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First day back in the lap pool today--after ten days, some ocean swimming, lots of bike riding, and the worst foot splinter in my life.1
