Did you swim today?
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Another fun swim with my 8yo buddy. He's getting much better, and I am exhausted from being used as a launch pad/personal floatation devise
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stephenrhinton wrote: »52 minutes breastback ...didn't count laps but definitely a slower/easier day.
Good swim Stephen. I would suggest at this early stage of your new found Swim Workouts don't really worry to much about counting how many laps you put in. Work on your technique and everything else will slowly come around. At some point in time you will want to establish some Bench Marks to measure your progress, whether it is time/distance for different strokes or just distance. Right now I an using my times for my Front Crawl - 50 m sprint and 100 m sprint; measured after a 10 lap warm-up and then at the end of the swim, trying to keep the time differential as small as possible - which indicates good cardio recovery and that my technique is not falling apart as I put in laps. My 100m sprint at end of swim is around 2:20, start of swim is usually 2:15. My normal 100m pace is around 2:40.
I usually lose track went counting laps so I switched to something that was short and sweet.That was exhausting. Remind me not to do strength training and swimming on the same day!
Great work Robertus, note to self not to strength train/run or bike on swim days.AquaticQuests wrote: »40 min sprints.
25 meter time now roundabout 20 seconds (in the early parts of the sprints before fatigue sets in) down from around 22 sec earlier, so I'm satisfied with the progress!
Target time is probably about 15 sec for 25m and 30 sec for 50m so that I can cross the magical 1 min for 100 m mark. If that is even achievable, it's probably at least a year away!
Amazing speed makes me feel like a snail dragging a rock.
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Morning wake up call. 6000 total. Chlorine fix taken.0
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Morning wake up: 2 miles @ 66 minutes.0
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30 minutes of laps today, got interrupted by a water aerobics class. So I did another hour of that ....I'm definitely out of the demographic whenever that happens.0
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2.508 km 52:50 PB woohoo! Not only sub 54, but sub 53!!!
Yet before the swim, I felt as tired as I ever have, before a swim!
The almost 1.5 min improvement in my time is probably partly down to the fact that I swam it in a 33m pool today, meaning fewer turns (76 lengths instead of 100), meaning less time lost at mini rests at the turns.
More turns may make you go faster when you're doing flip turns and maximizing the wall push offs with streamlining, but when you're not doing flip turns and taking mini rests at each turn, they definitely slow down your overall time.
Theoretically it should mean that if I'm able to attain physical conditioning that enables me to significantly reduce all the rests (or in the most optimistic scenario eliminate them altogether), and resume the tumble turns, I could possibly hit 50 min or sub 50.
Whether it'll happen before end of June, as I hope? Will and see!
Still concentrating on the 4 pillars!0 -
No swim today. I forced myself to take a rest day. Trying not to be all pouty about it.0
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Some great progress and sticking with it attitude here folks - well done in particular AQ on your new time, and for your post a while back with detailed comments on other people's progress - it is so kind and encouraging to all when people take the trouble to do this.
I like the idea of 'spot check' time checks rather than Lap counting Juliet - might try that one out, as I am getting worse at lap counting (more sets of all crawl etc) - or get a finger counter. Are they all the same? I just want something simple.
Btw - I have been counting my strokes per length. (I'm around 20 for crawl) What is typical for breaststroke ? (18 for me on post coaching new technique)
I missed my planned swim yesterday (work meeting over ran) so rejigged today, and I'm looking forward to it. Easter hols - it might be a small body dodgem session ....0 -
Morning wake up: 2 miles @ 65 minutes.0
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45 mins - in a shared lane, keeping up fine. No way I would have done that a while back..(the shared lane bit, as opposed to wide swimming lane). Not sure on distance. 1.25k ish.0
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Morning Chlorine Marinade. 6000 total.
1000, 2000 free
500 kick board
500 paddle/pull buoy.
2000 free.0 -
45 min
The pool was too full and chaotic to do much constructive work.
I tried, but after running into people, a few times, swimming at full speed, I just decided to do whatever!
Mix of general swim and some sprints!0 -
AquaticQuests wrote: »45 min
The pool was too full and chaotic to do much constructive work.
I tried, but after running into people, a few times, swimming at full speed, I just decided to do whatever!
Mix of general swim and some sprints!
Was the pool kind of like this?
https://youtu.be/ZptA9N82_NI 1 -
AQ - I hate when the pool is full! Hopefully you'll have a nice quiet swim next time.
Masters this morning - what a day to forget my water bottle! We did a kicking set that nearly did me in (I'm gonna add that to my routine, I think!). Coach said my stroke was looking great, so I just need to keep up my practice on technique until it feels natural.0 -
Wow, you guys. There is some serious progress being made here. I chickened out on my morning swim. Yes, it's out there now. We're away from home, and the place where we're staying is right next to a gorgeous athletic club. I should just do it, but I've only swum laps at my little community center, and I just sort of wimped out. Well that, and we visited with my husband's sister whom we haven't seen in a while, and this morning my head wasn't feeling quite right. Ugh... it's really out there now. Another lap swim this evening. Maybe I'll muster up the guts to just give it a go. I doubt I'll regret it.
AQ, congratulations on an awesome PB! That must have kept you on a high for a bit!
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Curly - don't be concerned about swimming in a new place. Within a minute you'll be so engrossed in what you're doing that nothing else will matter, & everybody else there is into what they're doing....
Some really great work going on here folks!!!!! I'm really pleased to see rest days being taken when needed & people looking to add in the harder stuff instead of avoiding it - inspirational!!!!!
AQ - Congrats on the drop in time, but I have to be really honest here - I am in no way surprised.....0 -
AquaticQuests wrote: »45 min
The pool was too full and chaotic to do much constructive work.
I tried, but after running into people, a few times, swimming at full speed, I just decided to do whatever!
Mix of general swim and some sprints!
Was the pool kind of like this?https://youtu.be/ZptA9N82_NI
Hahaha!
Not quite as chaotic as that but not too far from that either!
Two sets of groups having some width wise lessons on both ends of the pool (deep and shallow).
Another guy swimming width wise somewhere near the centre of the pool!
Another group having lengthwise training, but due to their inability to swim straight, they were swimming diagonally across the pool!
It would've taken some complicated mathematical calculations to avoid hitting anyone - well beyond my mathematical capabilities! Even more so when some of the width wise guys appear to wait till your coming close, then figure it would be a good idea to make a rush to see if they can cross to the other side before you arrive (which of course they don't, resulting in a crash)!
Lol Gutzy did you take that on one of your china trips?
Lolest!
Thanks everyone!0 -
52 minutes ...different pool, lanes were too narrow kept bumping the guides when doing breast stroke0
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1 mile, 30 minutes. Muscles still sore from strength training and really tired. I'm gonna take a week off to let my body rest and rebuild.0
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Yes. My first trip was to Shanghai. This pool was a 1/2 mile walk from the office. 1 to 3 weekdays was the best time. But I think this was on a Saturday.AquaticQuests wrote: »AquaticQuests wrote: »45 min
The pool was too full and chaotic to do much constructive work.
I tried, but after running into people, a few times, swimming at full speed, I just decided to do whatever!
Mix of general swim and some sprints!
Was the pool kind of like this?https://youtu.be/ZptA9N82_NI
Hahaha!
Not quite as chaotic as that but not too far from that either!
Two sets of groups having some width wise lessons on both ends of the pool (deep and shallow).
Another guy swimming width wise somewhere near the centre of the pool!
Another group having lengthwise training, but due to their inability to swim straight, they were swimming diagonally across the pool!
It would've taken some complicated mathematical calculations to avoid hitting anyone - well beyond my mathematical capabilities! Even more so when some of the width wise guys appear to wait till your coming close, then figure it would be a good idea to make a rush to see if they can cross to the other side before you arrive (which of course they don't, resulting in a crash)!
Lol Gutzy did you take that on one of your china trips?
Lolest!
Thanks everyone!
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Start of a new set of swim lessons. 800 m of various drills.0
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2.508 km 51:07 (inclusive all rests) PB woohoo! Just 8 seconds shy of the 50 min milestone I was targeting to hit by end of June!
Method: for this swim I eliminated my 2 or 3 major resting points essentially making this one long set and only the mini rests at the end of each lap or so (of 1 or 2 seconds)!
As a result it was very exhausting, but well worth it!
Having the music at fixed stroke rate does help to keep me going in the latter sections of the swim when fatigue is really creeping in, and I just zero in on maintaining form then, when it is hardest to do so!
Did this once again in the 33 m pool!
Wondering what the time would look like in a 50m pool!0 -
1650m in 60 minutes. I got to my 5th sprint set (25 sprint, 25 recover, 50 stroke work) and I was just kaput. Wasn't until I got out of the pool that I figured it was probably because of Masters+Run yesterday that I was so low energy.
On the bright side, I was maintaining a good DPS even when I was so tired. 0 -
AquaticQuests wrote: »Wondering what the time would look like in a 50m pool!
Based on my experience in the Big Boy/Girl pools you will be surprised by how much faster you will be. Between the colder water, Deeper water which seems to reduce stroke /wake turbulence and less time spent turning I was shocked by dropping over about 10 minutes off my 1000m time. Or I lost count again and did less than I thought.0 -
I know, I know. I am so impatient to reach goals that I set. On the one hand, I know it is not the healthiest way to lose weight, but on the other hand, I'm taking advantage of the high motivation that I have right now. I am forcing myself to take a break for a while. Had a big rib-eye for lunch and plan on picking up some ice cream tonight.AquaticQuests wrote: »
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Usually swim in the morning but went last night instead.
Made the conscious effort to time my splits at 1000 yd points.
17:45, 18:00, and 18:05 for the firs three done as a 1000, 5 second sip stop, 2000.
Then did 500 kick board and another 2500 free.
Definitely the fastest 3000 so far. More than 6 minute off my baseline of 60 seconds per lap.
The last 3000 was a little slower.
Swimming after work today too. Stayed up too late finishing the season of Bloodline on Netflix.0 -
Huge drop from the 81 the other day! Nice!Bruceapple wrote: »Morning wake up: 2 miles @ 66 minutes.
Yep, good to get those motivating indications of the forward progress you are makinggentlygently wrote: »45 mins - in a shared lane, keeping up fine. No way I would have done that a while back..(the shared lane bit, as opposed to wide swimming lane). Not sure on distance. 1.25k ish.
Nice work Kida!Kida_Adeylne wrote: »AQ - I hate when the pool is full! Hopefully you'll have a nice quiet swim next time.
Masters this morning - what a day to forget my water bottle! We did a kicking set that nearly did me in (I'm gonna add that to my routine, I think!). Coach said my stroke was looking great, so I just need to keep up my practice on technique until it feels natural.
Those swim lessons are invaluable. Technique is almost everything, as I'm constantly reminded and keep reminding myself!juliet3455 wrote: »Start of a new set of swim lessons. 800 m of various drills.
Kida, what's DPS? And I know all about being absolutely kaput!Kida_Adeylne wrote: »1650m in 60 minutes. I got to my 5th sprint set (25 sprint, 25 recover, 50 stroke work) and I was just kaput. Wasn't until I got out of the pool that I figured it was probably because of Masters+Run yesterday that I was so low energy.
On the bright side, I was maintaining a good DPS even when I was so tired.
Great consistency Stephen!!!stephenrhinton wrote: »52 minutes
Blazing time for that first 3,000 yards mate!Usually swim in the morning but went last night instead.
Made the conscious effort to time my splits at 1000 yd points.
17:45, 18:00, and 18:05 for the firs three done as a 1000, 5 second sip stop, 2000.
Then did 500 kick board and another 2500 free.
Definitely the fastest 3000 so far. More than 6 minute off my baseline of 60 seconds per lap.
The last 3000 was a little slower.
Swimming after work today too. Stayed up too late finishing the season of Bloodline on Netflix.
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