Did you swim today?
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Thanks, Ms_J, all is well - they were really small spots. Not my 1st go round, I had 2 other spots removed a couple of years ago - Irish skin & a lifetime in the sun. Basal cell takes a REALLY long time to become dangerous, & that won't happen because I regularly go to get checked. The treatments next week are unrelated - they're the IV treatments for my autoimmune disorder that I have to get every month.....0
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Swim Lessons 800meters various drills, breast and back so a lot slower than crawl. Still all great stuff.No swimming today or tomorrow, I had to have 3 spots removed for biopsy & 2 spots frozen (most likely basal cell carcinoma), so I have to sty out of the pool until the spots heal. THen I lose Mon. - Thur. of next week for treatments.....
Mac we are all in your corner cheering for you. As AQ said " The pool ain't going nowhere and will be waiting for you when you get back ".
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3 miles, approximately 95 minutes.0
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Thanks, everybody, I really appreciate this. Thankfully, this isn't something I need to worry about - it just stinks missing a few days in the pool....0
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I like your coach's relative definition of 'sprints'. I was thinking of that this morning as I sprinted my last mile.I swam 3000 yards (we go back and forth between SCY and LCM). It was an intense workout, especially the 6 x 125 sprints on 3:00. I'm sorry but 6 x 125 sprints are impossible even on a 3 minute interval. I was still huffing and puffing after each one minute and 10 seconds rest I got on the first two intervals. I pooped out on the third interval (it was necessary for my own well being) and told the coach that sprinting 125s six times was going to kill me and he said, "Oh, I didn't mean for you to sprint the whole thing. It should be a 'paced' sprint." Lol - well, that changed everything! I mean come on, to me, "sprint" means "swim like your life depends on it" and NOT "swim at your top speed but at a speed that allows you to finish the set without dying." So, I learned something today: "sprint" is a relative term. It's relative to the total distance you're swimming, not just the interval distance.
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Glad to hear you're taking care of everything so well. I took three days off this week because I was tired after swimming 8 miles last week and the rest really helped. When I got back in the pool this morning, at first it felt like my arms were made of wood, but before long I was swimming faster and stronger than ever. The rest and rebuilding phase is every bit as important as the actual workout.Thanks, everybody, I really appreciate this. Thankfully, this isn't something I need to worry about - it just stinks missing a few days in the pool....0 -
Last nights swim - I think it took roughly 75 minutes.
400 W.U.
30x 50's @ 0:45
- 0:33 pace
- 3:00 break @ halfway
1600 IM set:
25 Fly
50 Fly
50 Fly, 25 Back
50 Fly, 50 Back
50 Fly, 50 Back, 25 Breast
50 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast
50 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 25 Free
50 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Free
25 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Free
50 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Free
25 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Free
50 Breast, 50 Free
25 Breast, 50 Free
50 Free
25 Free
300 C.D. Free/Back
-- AQ, you definitely want to get that crossover out of your stroke ASAP. I've dealt with major shoulder impingement problems due to heavy crossover in my younger days. Good for you for recognizing it and taking steps to correct!0 -
62 Mins, 1725m0
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2km in 1 hour. Was tired when I got in, was so tired when I got out that I put my body wash in my hair when I showered... But mentally I feel much better.1
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30 min swim and lost count.
Had to end the swim early as ran out of sunlight and was swimming at a pool that has no lights!0 -
Last nights swim - I think it took roughly 75 minutes.
400 W.U.
30x 50's @ 0:45
- 0:33 pace
- 3:00 break @ halfway
1600 IM set:
25 Fly
50 Fly
50 Fly, 25 Back
50 Fly, 50 Back
50 Fly, 50 Back, 25 Breast
50 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast
50 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 25 Free
50 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Free
25 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Free
50 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Free
25 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Free
50 Breast, 50 Free
25 Breast, 50 Free
50 Free
25 Free
300 C.D. Free/Back
-- AQ, you definitely want to get that crossover out of your stroke ASAP. I've dealt with major shoulder impingement problems due to heavy crossover in my younger days. Good for you for recognizing it and taking steps to correct!
Hahahaha!
I just read this work out and laughed out loud all by myself like a madman!
I mean those times are just so ridiculously fast! 30 x 50s on 0:45 at 0:33 pace.
Good grief that is phenomenal! And 30 of them too!
*shakes his head in wonder while trying to keep hold of reality*
Lol!
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Not to mention 400 yards of Butterfly. Very impressive work-out, Logan!AquaticQuests wrote: »Last nights swim - I think it took roughly 75 minutes.
400 W.U.
30x 50's @ 0:45
- 0:33 pace
- 3:00 break @ halfway
1600 IM set:
25 Fly
50 Fly
50 Fly, 25 Back
50 Fly, 50 Back
50 Fly, 50 Back, 25 Breast
50 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast
50 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 25 Free
50 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Free
25 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Free
50 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Free
25 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Free
50 Breast, 50 Free
25 Breast, 50 Free
50 Free
25 Free
300 C.D. Free/Back
-- AQ, you definitely want to get that crossover out of your stroke ASAP. I've dealt with major shoulder impingement problems due to heavy crossover in my younger days. Good for you for recognizing it and taking steps to correct!
Hahahaha!
I just read this work out and laughed out loud all by myself like a madman!
I mean those times are just so ridiculously fast! 30 x 50s on 0:45 at 0:33 pace.
Good grief that is phenomenal! And 30 of them too!
*shakes his head in wonder while trying to keep hold of reality*
Lol!
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1600 IM set:
25 Fly
50 Fly
50 Fly, 25 Back
50 Fly, 50 Back
50 Fly, 50 Back, 25 Breast
50 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast
50 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 25 Free
50 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Free
25 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Free
50 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Free
25 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Free
50 Breast, 50 Free
25 Breast, 50 Free
50 Free
25 Free
I gotta remember this one and do it. It looks like it would kill me... which is why I gotta do it.
I swam 3000 yards. A ton of kicks. Our Main set was
6 x 150 pull, build, on 2:45
2 x 500 kick w/fins (25 fast/25 easy, 50 fast/25 easy, 75 fast/25 easy, 100 fast/25 easy, 125 fast/25 easy), :10 RI
12 x 25 catch up drills with stick, :10RI
1 x 500 swim, focusing on reaching
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1500m. Front, Back and Breast working on items from yesterdays lessons, plus 200m more weak side breathing lengths - was a tough swim due to " interruptions ".
Only one Double lane tonight for lane swimmers and the other 4 lanes were wide open to " Family swim".
Had a number of people who did not understand ( did not / could not read the large sign about Family Swim area and Lane swimming area ) and would jump in with out any communication with the lane swimmers. The life guards would chase them out and then a new group would showup. Nothing like a 6x4 ft foam floating pad being shoved into your lane. Picture a 6ft man doing a Timed Front Crawl 50m Sprint with a flip turn - meeting a tiny lady who does not speak English. At the last possible moment I caught a glimpse of her out of the corner of my eye while taking a breath. Managed to turn enough to miss her with my arms and shoulders our bodies scrapped past each other. If I had not seen her or stopped kicking as I glided by it would have been ugly. Life guard had to get her 6-9 yr old grandchildren to act as interpreter's. I Used lots of words under my breath that would have made a sailor blush.
I now know and understand how fishgutzy feels in China and a new appreciation of the Video clip from one of his trips.Last nights swim - I think it took roughly 75 minutes.
400 W.U.
1600 IM set:
300 C.D. Free/Back
-- AQ, you definitely want to get that crossover out of your stroke ASAP. I've dealt with major shoulder impingement problems due to heavy crossover in my younger days. Good for you for recognizing it and taking steps to correct!
There is a new speed demon in the group, Logan impressive.
Logan and Ms_J1 I will be using some of the things in your sets to build on my sets.
AQ I still have a little bit of crossover on my left side but it starts just before my arm gets at 90 degrees to my shoulder under water, So I see it developing every time and can straighten it out, still a work in progress. Seems like I fix one item and break something else.0 -
All those sets are sooo impressive. I need to get a water watch as I have no idea how fast sprints are - I just go by looking at the wall clock which doesn't have seconds!!
Good to hear its not serious Mac and hope it clears up.
Did my usual Saturday attempt to swim a mile in 30 mins - I thought I was there but no, clock said 32 minutes again! Spent the next 30 mins mix of crawl, back and breast and even threw in 4x20 metres fly.0 -
Juliet - you're not breaking something when you fix something else, you're just finding the next thing you want to work on. I'm not sure you realize how far you've come, being able to self diagnose like that - great job.....
Panda - thanks, it's not my first go round. Thankfully, it gets caught early enough that what they take to biopsy removes the whole thing. I just have to stay on schedule with the visits so that it always gets caught so early....
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Practiced with the swim team at my gym today. First time I've done a team practice since Freshman year in high school 41 years ago. Let's see if I can remember what we did:
500 warm-up
10x50 kicking.
3x200 progressive
8x75, breathing every 3rd, 5th, 7th breath
3x200
12x50
12x25
200 cool-down
3,900 yards total in team practice
Then I did another 15x100 to put me over 3 miles so that this is the first week that I've done 3 miles three times (twice continuous).0 -
1500m, 1000 free, 300 back, 200 breast.0
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Forgot to post earlier but did 3km this morning. 1km free, 1km with fins doing a mix of things, 500m with paddles then the final 500m in sprints in and flip turns. Love using the fins for fly - it means that instead of just going as fast as i can to get to the end so I can rest, I was actually able to slow right down and focus on the stroke. Still only managed 5 x 20, but it felt good.0
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1.5 hours fun swim with kiddo.0
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Forgot to post earlier but did 3km this morning. 1km free, 1km with fins doing a mix of things, 500m with paddles then the final 500m in sprints in and flip turns. Love using the fins for fly - it means that instead of just going as fast as i can to get to the end so I can rest, I was actually able to slow right down and focus on the stroke. Still only managed 5 x 20, but it felt good.
Now that is something I will have to try - Did you do the Fly with Hand Paddles and Fins?
I have done it with fins ( not very well ) so anything that lets me slow it down has all ways helped me with the other strokes.Kida_Adeylne wrote: »1.5 hours fun swim with kiddo.
Kida that is the best kind of swim- Family time.
Great work Stephen and Robertus.
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Swam 3000m. Our coaches know many of us are swimming in the 2k this weekend so I think they're going easy on us by giving us more drills and fewer sprints this week.
Warm Up: 3 x 200 swim, :20RI
Main Set
10 x 100 pull w/paddles on 2:15
6 x 150 w/fins (50 drill, 100 spd) on 1:30
8 x 50 (50 drill, 50 sprint *)
Cool Down: 100 easy
* Sprint focus was on kicking.0 -
2.5 km 53 min
Still trying to get to the bottom of the elbow pain. Today, tried to have my hands go in the water slightly closer to the midline. Have a feeling that perhaps as I incorporated he high elbow catch I started holding my hands out too wide hence placing a lot of pressure on the elbows.
Will see how this works out!
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Hope it works, AQ - if not then get it checked......0
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See you're tracking distance and time now Stephen!stephenrhinton wrote: »62 Mins, 1725m
Great! More milestones to set and break through
juliet3455 wrote: »1500m. Front, Back and Breast working on items from yesterdays lessons, plus 200m more weak side breathing lengths - was a tough swim due to " interruptions ".
Only one Double lane tonight for lane swimmers and the other 4 lanes were wide open to " Family swim".
Had a number of people who did not understand ( did not / could not read the large sign about Family Swim area and Lane swimming area ) and would jump in with out any communication with the lane swimmers.
AQ I still have a little bit of crossover on my left side but it starts just before my arm gets at 90 degrees to my shoulder under water, So I see it developing every time and can straighten it out, still a work in progress. Seems like I fix one item and break something else.
Lol! Probably they didn't understand. Although occasionally you get a case of "why should I bother with reading signs when I'm here to swim - nit read - so let's just jump in anyhow"! Lol!All those sets are sooo impressive. I need to get a water watch as I have no idea how fast sprints are - I just go by looking at the wall clock which doesn't have seconds!!
Did my usual Saturday attempt to swim a mile in 30 mins - I thought I was there but no, clock said 32 minutes again! Spent the next 30 mins mix of crawl, back and breast and even threw in 4x20 metres fly.
Lol! Yep the clock don't lie! Unless you mix up the count! I'm getting tired of counting now and a swim watch is hopefully in my near future!Practiced with the swim team at my gym today. First time I've done a team practice since Freshman year in high school 41 years ago. Let's see if I can remember what we did:
Then I did another 15x100 to put me over 3 miles so that this is the first week that I've done 3 miles three times (twice continuous).
Wow practise with swim team must've been fun!
And 3 times 3 mile swims in a week is awesome!
Thanks Mac. You know me - by the time I'm at the doctor, the world must be about to end!Hope it works, AQ - if not then get it checked......
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56 minutes, 1600m ...got interrupted tonight by an water aerobics class. With only 4 minutes left on my workout I didn't feel like jumping into another hour
AQ - My audio player has been out of commission, so I've been counting. I really want to get back to my audiobook, I enjoy the swims more when I'm distracted. Got a new player in today, but I'm having trouble getting Audible to let me convert to generic non-DRM MP3s.0 -
Light swim tonight. 1200m Stroke Drills and Weak Side Breathing.0
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2km swum yesterday, rest day today as had some arm pain (not sure if its swimming or RSI or a bit of both).
Juliet - I don't use the paddles for fly. The instructor I had last year for a couple of lessons recommended not to use the paddles until I am pretty my stroke is right as using them with an imperfect stroke would only exacerbate my problems. So, not yet - maybe once I have joined the masters squad and have more coaching.0
