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Bruceapple wrote: »My pool is down for three weeks
that sux.0 -
4 miles today.1
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2000m today. It took until1600 to feel into it, but then I had to go to work.
1700m Monday, with a great, tough free sprint set: 200, 150, 125, 100, 75, 50, 25.
I am trying to increase my speed to get fast enough to do some open water events by the summer.0 -
2000m
250 warm up
250 breathing drills - up to 11 strokes before breath
250mixed breaststroke and front crawl
1000 front crawl with hand fins - with breather breaks every 250
250 mixed breaststroke and front crawl - finished with a length underwater, 10 breathe recovery and then another length underwater - didn't make it the whole second length today, blasted cold coming through!1 -
4 miles.1
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200 swim
200 kick
200 pull
10 x 75/50/25 5 free, 5 breast
16 x 50 odds breast, evens free
6 x 100 kick
6 x 100 pull
400 swim
4500 total1 -
2000m
250 warm up
250 breathing drills - up to 11 strokes before breath - failed on the 11 this time
250 mixed legs only then arms only
500 front crawl with hand fins
250 breathing drills - up to 11 strokes before breath - success!
250 mixed legs only then arms only - no rests! progress
250 mixed breaststroke and front crawl - finished with a length underwater, 10 breathe recovery and then another length underwater - made it just!!
am liking this mix - I forget how many lengths and do them in blocks of 10 - then suddenly I have done 2km!
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Lifeguard showed up late so I only had time for a 2000.0
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2400m
Starting to try to learn to swim longer distances without stopping or going nuts. Hope to be able to do the Across Lake Taupo swim in February which is 4.2km (and cold!)
1500 free
200 kick
200 pull
200 back
100 kick
100IM
100 warmdown1 -
2400m Starting to try to learn to swim longer distances without stopping or going nuts. Hope to be able to do the Across Lake Taupo swim in February which is 4.2km (and cold!)
@emmab0902 Impressive Emma, especially since you have been a short course indoor specialist so the long course outdoor is a big transition. But you have the physical and mental strength for this. Are you allowed wet suits??
From my limited TriAthlon experience Sighting to stay on course and swim the shortest distance possible and breathing in Choppy Water with other athletes around you were the biggest challenges for me.
2100 m in 80 minutes mixed bag of random drills depending on how many were jammed into the single dble wide lane.
100m free warmup
100m free kick
Free Pyramid 25m, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 150, 125, 100, 75, 50, 25 @ 10s RI & 3/5 breathing
Sprinting the last 25 in the odd multiple's ( 25, 75, 125 )
Breast, 50m Pull, 50 1 Pull/2 kick, 50 2 Pull/1 kick and 100
Back 100m Pull, 100m Kick, 200m
200m easy cooldown2 -
juliet3455 wrote: »2400m Starting to try to learn to swim longer distances without stopping or going nuts. Hope to be able to do the Across Lake Taupo swim in February which is 4.2km (and cold!)
@emmab0902 Impressive Emma, especially since you have been a short course indoor specialist so the long course outdoor is a big transition. But you have the physical and mental strength for this. Are you allowed wet suits??
Wetsuits are mandatory for that event. Right now I don't have either the mental or physical strength for much - it's been a hugely traumatic last five weeks and it's ongoing. So I have a LOT of work to do in the next 11 weeks if I'm going to manage the 4.2km!!!1 -
Going to see if I can manage a straight 2000m swim today. And hopefully under 36 minutes although that's probably overly optimistic.1
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Ugh that was NOT fun. I take my hat off to distance swimmers.
2400m total
No warmup
2000m free (31.43)
200 kick
200 warmdown4 -
4800m.
I planned on doing 5100 but I got an excruciating charley horse in my calf when I flip turned at 4775m. I basically dog paddled back to the shallow end and limped out.
I did a hard but good ladder in the middle of the workout:
500, 400, 300, 200, 150, 100, 75, 50, 25 on a set pace. I did a lot of kicking before and after that so I guess I overdid it today.1 -
Ugh that was NOT fun. I take my hat off to distance swimmers.
2400m total
No warmup
2000m free (31.43)
200 kick
200 warmdown
Congrats on completing that. Great pace! I aspire to be that fast.
I like a lot of warm-up. Even when I was a kid I'd do a ton of warming up at meets. I cannot imagine hitting your pace without a warm-up.0 -
Emma, sheesh!!!! Dang girl. You're fast!
I went last night and it was a free for all. Made me think of Gutzy and his China swims. People joining in, but not having ANY idea what swim etiquette is. Good grief. Friday night is family night. No more Friday night swims at that pool. I was aiming for 45 laps, but got to my 36, did one more, and got out. It was a crappy swim anyway. Here's hoping for Monday!1 -
2000 mostly kick
Warm up
6 x 50 swim
6 x 50 kick
100 pull
Main Set
6 x 100 kick
100 pull
8 x 50 kick
100 pull
12 x 25 kick
100 easy swim1 -
1 mile
250 warm up
250 breathing drills to 11
250 hand fins
250 mix of legs only then arms only
250 hand fins
250 mix breaststroke and front crawl
50 legs only
50 arms only
@emmab0902 - wow you are fast!! awesome time for 2km! 2 -
juliet3455 wrote: »2400m Starting to try to learn to swim longer distances without stopping or going nuts. Hope to be able to do the Across Lake Taupo swim in February which is 4.2km (and cold!)
@emmab0902 Impressive Emma, especially since you have been a short course indoor specialist so the long course outdoor is a big transition. But you have the physical and mental strength for this. Are you allowed wet suits??
Wetsuits are mandatory for that event. Right now I don't have either the mental or physical strength for much - it's been a hugely traumatic last five weeks and it's ongoing. So I have a LOT of work to do in the next 11 weeks if I'm going to manage the 4.2km!!!
believe it or not, it is not that big a deal to jump from 2.4kn to 4.2km. At last in my experience anyway. Once I got past 1.5 miles, it was a lot easier to bump up by 0.5 to 1 miles at a time.
Just keep pushing through the walls. Your mind is the biggest obstacle, not your muscles.
You can do it. If I can, anyone can.
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