Did you swim today?
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Welcome @skinnyrev2b ! Lots of great advice here, and encouragement too
. Keep up the great work! You'll be at a mile before you know it, and what a great feeling that will be!! 1 -
8km last night. Did some penance laps for eating at a restaurant 2 nights in a row
I've eaten at more restaurants on this China trip than the last 4 years combined.3 -
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just a pootle around the pool - think I am getting a cold
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3400m
600 mixed warmup
300 as 100 free 100 back 100 br
200 mixed kick
12x 75 pull on 1.20
Main set
50 free steady (10s)
2x 75 free steady (10s)
3x 100 free steady (10s)
200 recovery
3x 100 free fast (20s)
2x 75 free fast (20s)
50 free max (time was 34s)
200 warmdown1 -
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yep I have a cold - bleh. But need to do something else I get antsy at work haha
Lemsip and Halls cough sweets and grapes haha1 -
My pool is still closed for maintenance. I'm going to try to get to my alternative pool today. I don't think their lap availability is as good, but I need to get into the water. @beerfoamy I know what you mean about getting antsy!!2
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1200m today - you guys put me to shame... - but I'm getting there. Big jump from 900 though so had to switch to breaststroke on occasion.2
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6.4km last night.
Passed between two people doing breast stroke. Got kicked in the stomach and the back at the same time. Not hard. But it was the first double kick.
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sticking to bare minimum! I wanna feel better by Sunday cos I have found a pool with 4 hrs swim time - may try and rival @fishgutzy 's distances!1 -
Cycling to and from Aquafit, then scuba diving later... it's mainly been/will be in water, so does that count on this thread?! 😉
(Edited spelling just in case there are any spelling police lurking 😂)2 -
Pack your bag. It's been one of my two mantras for the past 4 years. Just pack the bag and put it in your car. Once it's there, drive to the pool. Even if you don't want to. Why? It's what I do. Mantra #2. 95% of the time, it works. Yesterday was one of those glorious days when I got to get the full benefit of not skipping out. I had no reason not to go, mind you. It's not my regular pool, but it's the pool I swam in for most of winter. I arrived to a near empty pool, had the lane to myself. My "just go and swim for 30 min" turned into a great mile and a half. Not super fast, but enough to get my heart up and working steadily. A leisurely soak in the hot tub afterward was a nice treat. And this morning, I was sleeping so hard, it took about 30 seconds before I heard my alarm...
Pack your bag. Why? It's what I do
(I wish I didn't need to have these talks with myself after four years, but it's still working.) 3 -
3100m today. Have done myself a grade 2 abdominal strain from pushups so backstroke and fly were not fun - not that fly is ever fun!!
200 warmup
8x 50 as 2 fr 2 back 2 br 2 fr (15s rest)
4x 25 free long strokes
2x 100 free on 2.00 holding under 1.25
1000 as
300 as 25 kick 25 free
300 as 25 kick 50 free
400 as 25 max 50 steady
1000 as
300 free as breathe 3/5/7 by 25
200 kick
300 free as breathe 3/5/7 by 25
200IM
200 warmdown
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Set another personal record today.
16.06km, 10 miles.
I set that as a long term target a couple years ago.
The 4 Saturday swims have been, 11km,13.2km,11km, 16.06km.
This weekend and last I finally changed my approach to fueling and started thinking like an athlete after advice from the Fitness section.1 -
Getting better at maintaining pace too.
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Wow, gutzy. Just WOW. I'm in awe. I get excited if I manage two miles. This is exceptional!2
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girlwithcurls2 wrote: »Wow, gutzy. Just WOW. I'm in awe. I get excited if I manage two miles. This is exceptional!
It helps to have just a touch of OCD.
And being in China, I don't have to cut short on Saturday to do yard work or another project at the house.1 -
2600m today. Feeling very uncomfortable with the abdominal strain.
200 warmup
200 as 50 free 100 back 50 br
200 as 50 br 100 free 50 fly
2x 500 as
50 fly 100 back 50 fly 100 br 50 fly 100 free 50 br
#1 was all swim
#2 was fly drill rest swim
300IM as 50 fly 100 back 50 br 100 free
Alt kick and swim by 25
3x 100 free on 1.40 holding >1.25
4x 25 free max on 40 holding >16
300 warmdown1 -
6.6km swim last night. Took a rest day after the 16km swim.1
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Such consistent times, gutzy. I'm impressed at how your pacing is so steady. My daughter runs like that. I love running with her because up or down, she maintains pace. She said it came after good coaching, and years of just staying in touch with what works.2
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3200m today
2x 200RIM/100RIM (continuous)
16x 50 kick on 1.20 as 8 free 8 back
10x 100 free on 1.40 holding >1.25
8x 75 alt back and br by 75.
Back on 1.40 br on 2.00
200 warmdown1
