Did you swim today?
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Its been too long since this morning to remember the break down. But at least 61 minutes total divided up between breast stroke normal, kick board front crawl, pull buoy backstroke ....0
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25 minutes closed fist breast stroke, 26 minutes front crawl ...tomorrow is a rest day0
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3.1-mile open-water swim this morning. Swam slowly so as not to aggravate my elbow/shoulder. But since I haven't been able to train for 45 days, I couldn't have swum much faster anyway. Arm seems to be OK. At least it isn't any more sore than the rest of my body. I learned it's a lot more work swimming in a lake and that I am not very good at swimming in a straight line!0
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Missed logging yesterdays swim. 250m breast x2, 250m free x2 = 1000m
Today 1000m free ( 20 mins ) 250m beast and 250m back.
If it wasn't for Lane Ropes and the Lane marker on the pool bottom I probably would be making circles crossing over every lane in the pool.I am not very good at swimming in a straight line!
Stephen knocking off a good mix of strokes/drills.
Emma and Bruce - good job protecting from further injury but still getting a workout in.
Fish swimming in Yard work - now that I understand.
Had to go to my Mom's place and replace the support's and blocking under her Deck. Nothing like crawling around on your belly to put in temp supports then tear out the old Damaged beams and install new cement pads and beams, then tear out the temp supports. Why do something once when its sooo much fun to do it twice0 -
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Ugh. Yard work. In Florida. In July. Swam in sweat and had to take two different showers. It will be good to get in the pool in the morning and stretch out my sore muscles.
This is me too "If it wasn't for Lane Ropes and the Lane marker on the pool bottom I probably would be making circles crossing over every lane in the pool."0 -
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250 as 100 free 50 back 50 br 50 free
16x25 free as 4 breathe on 3, 4 on 4, 4 on 5 and 4 on 7
10x50 as alt back br on 60
10x25 as 25 scull on back feet first 25 fly
10x75 free dps
6x100 free as 50 steady then build by 25 on 2.00
150 easy0 -
1750 yds. 50ish minutes. Mixed swim, kick, pull sets, all freestyle.0
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That was me Saturday and Sunday.mpeters1965 wrote: »Ugh. Yard work. In Florida. In July. Swam in sweat and had to take two different showers. It will be good to get in the pool in the morning and stretch out my sore muscles.
But today, back in the pool. 4 miles.
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2.5 km 56 min0
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.Welcome home, Gutzy - hopefully no more swimless trips....
In summer mode now, so Mondays & Fridays will be at the gym (different branch than my usual), Tuesdays & Thursdays will be at the community pool - it's a 19 yard pool so you will see some unusual yardages logged.....
A 19 yard pool would just drive me nuts, unless I was doing sprints throughout!
LOL - I have those days! Especially last weekmpeters1965 wrote: »1500 meters, 48 minutes. All freestyle. 500 swim, 200 pull, 100 kick, 200 pull, 100 kick, 200 pull, 200 swim. I just figured it out as I went along this morning. I was thinking I could squeeze in 500 at the end instead of 200 but I ran out of time and (truth be told) give a damn.
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4 miles Three times this week. So I guess I can now call this my new 'short' swim
Regarding above comments re stroke rate. Increasing my stroke rate requires that I shorten my stroke. I do not have the strength needed to increase my stroke rate while maintaining my current stroke form.
But that brings up another topic for me which I may get to in another thread.
I just can't even fathom 4 miles being the regular or short swim for that matter.
On stroke rate, I'm looking forward one of these days to doing a swim at a slower stroke rate closer to what I used to do, and enjoy the experience. This more frenetic pace - phew - it is something!
Today for example, the last 10 or 20, it took all I had just to hold the stroke together without everything falling totally apart! Tough!
Loving the consistency stephen!stephenrhinton wrote: »Yesterday was a drylander day on the elliptical. Always makes me appreciate the pool
17 minutes front crawl pull buoy, 44 minutes backstroke closed fist
Tomorrow I'm off to a gaming convention from 8am-midnight ...so that means I gotta get up waaaay too early to squeeze my swim in ...Twill be less than 13 hours swim to swim.
Welcome back to the water Emma! Finally scratched the itch, eh?2800SCM
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First swim in ten days due to shoulder pain. Still here and reading posts
300 warmup
3x200 free 1&3 negative split 2 steady
4x50 kick as 25 fly 25 free
2x200 pull as 75 free 25 br
4x75 as 2 back 2 br
8x100 IM as alt IMO RIMO
1&2 5&6 kick
3&4 7&8 swim
200 easy
The IMs were harder than they look.
Rest intervals all 20s and about 30s between sets.
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Just checking in to say 'hi' - not much swimming going on here. Given painting the kitchen is causing shoulder pain I am taking that really slowly..and any swimming likewise....but hey, the Kitchen is looking good ! And my bike had come out, wow it's a lot easier to cycle when you are swim fit. Ok not quite Tour de France standard, but noticeable easier to get the miles/hills done.
Swam in the sea on Saturday. When I say swam, I mean skulled and bobbed. Ok I was just mucking about with my girl, but Jeepers how do you sea swimmers even manage to get anywhere? I daren't even put my face in the water, and any time I tried to move any direction the sea just fought back..... A new found respect for open water swimme and real sea mermaids/men here!0 -
Florida Temperatures in Northern Canada, so when your normal high is 70 - 75 F ( 18 - 20 C ) and you get the 85 - 90s ( 30 C ) hitting you it's a real struggle.mpeters1965 wrote: »Ugh. Yard work. In Florida. In July. Swam in sweat and had to take two different showers. "0 -
juliet3455 wrote: »
Florida Temperatures in Northern Canada, so when your normal high is 70 - 75 F ( 18 - 20 C ) and you get the 85 - 90s ( 30 C ) hitting you it's a real struggle.mpeters1965 wrote: »Ugh. Yard work. In Florida. In July. Swam in sweat and had to take two different showers. "
Ugh. I believe it is. We do kind of get used to it here, mostly by staying inside during the hottest part of the day. Also, our houses are built for a warm climate and we have powerful air conditioning. Often, too, we are close enough to a coast to get a sea breeze, albeit a warmish one. It would be tough to be that hot that far north! Go swimming and cool off! 0 -
Back in the pool after a 1.5 week break due to vacation. I swam once during vacation but took a beating after trying back kicks in an outside pool. I ran into a ladder but it looks like I got into a knife fight. A good 6-7" gouge down my arm. How do you outside swimmers do back work?? Anyway, eased into it tonight for about 45 minutes.0
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4 mile wake up. I actually did one extra lap because I wasn't looking at my counter at the end.
I'm contemplating 5 miles Saturday Morning. Depends on weather. If it is really nice I may stick to 4 so I can take the wife to the outdoor range so she can fire her Christmas present finally 0 -
42 min of sprints
4 x 33m warmup
20 x 33m sprints
4 x 33m easy
10 x 33m sprints
4 x 33m warmdown
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juliet3455 wrote: »If it wasn't for Lane Ropes and the Lane marker on the pool bottom I probably would be making circles crossing over every lane in the pool.
ha ha! Me too, I run into the ropes quite often when I'm sharing a lane. Oops!
Yesterday was frustrating and wonderful. Frustrating because the swim team took over the pool at 3:30, which wasn't on the published schedule. Apparently that is happening at 3:30 M-Th now. Oh well, at least I know.
But wonderful because....I swam my first sub-2:00 100 yd! Yesterday I did 4x 100 free/50 kick/100 free, then did 250 to end.
Getting ready to head in and planning on upping it to 4x 150 free/50 kick/150 free. We'll see how that goes! 72 lengths is a mile and right now i'm consistently doing 1/2 mile, working my way toward a mile. Yesterday I did 50 lengths, so I'm shooting for that or more today.
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I haven't swum laps since the 1st of July. Between the swim team and summer lessons, the schedule only opens 1 lane when I can get there. Last week, there were 7 swimmers trying to circle. One woman was unbelievably slow. I know that I am not fast, but this was truly an obstruction. Nobody could pass her because there were too many swimmers, and being behind her was just painful. So several people angrily cut short their workouts. I never did get in. I sat on the deck wondering what was going to pan out of the situation.
anyway, I've been going to my water fitness class instead. One of the instructors is fitting in a lot of resistance work along with the cardio, so the workouts are great. What is not happening though, is my work on swim technique.
GREAT swims happening here though, people! 0 -
Today:
150 free/50 kick/150 free
150 free/50 kick/150 free
Timed 100 (1:52)
150 free/50 kick/150 free
150 free/50 kick/150 free
Timed 100 (1:58)
Total of 56 lengths. I was in the water 50-55 minutes, but I estimated that 40 was active. The other 10-15 were me gasping for air and getting water
Just 16 more lengths to a mile! 0 -
Yesterday was a rest day
1750m in 62 minutes breast stroke ...56 minute mile time. This is the first time I've done an entire workout with breast stroke. Not as slow as I thought.
Taking into account the advice of many of you I am trying to work in some sprints into my continuous swims. So today I sprinted on lengths 32, 48, 56, 60,62,63,64 (25 meter lengths). Working on a decreasing interval scheme which had me sprinting (or trying) 3 lengths at the end of my mile.0 -
750m free 22mins, 250m breast, 250m back, 5x50m free sprints 30s rest between. ( 60 laps =1500m Total )
Did my Sprints at the end so the 4 & 5th were not very pretty. Tried to do another 250m backstroke but I just had nothing left in the legs for kicking so did a float test in the hot tub.
Need to replace the old trunks with a new/smaller pair, can't tie them tight enough and starting to get a little water flow under the waist band when doing flip turns or sprints.stephenrhinton wrote: »Yesterday was a rest day
Taking into account the advice of many of you I am trying to work in some sprints into my continuous swims. So today I sprinted on lengths 32, 48, 56, 60,62,63,64 (25 meter lengths). Working on a decreasing interval scheme which had me sprinting (or trying) 3 lengths at the end of my mile.
Good stuff Stephen. Were they Breast Stroke Sprints or Free?
I don't do enough sprint lengths but I still mix a few in.
Great sprint times with only 6 seconds difference.Timed 100 (1:52)
Timed 100 (1:58)
Total of 56 lengths. I was in the water 50-55 minutes, but I estimated that 40 was active. The other 10-15 were me gasping for air and getting water Just 16 more lengths to a mile!
I usually only do 50m sprints and will drop 6 secs on each subsequent sprint. So 6 secs on 100m is very impressive.0 -
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Was a bit nervous as have had two very bad days pain wise with the shoulder but didn't feel it at all while swimming. Then flipping sore after I hopped out!
2x 50 free 50 free kick 50 br 50 br kick 50 back 50 back kick
4x150 free on 2.30 (build last 50)
2x200 kick
4x100 free on 1.40 hold 1.20 (er have lost much fitness and pace so only held 1.220 -
Rest of session don't know why only half posted!
4x50 IMO on 60
4x50 free on 50
100 easy
Coach reckons I might hold together until the North Islands in 3 months but will probably need the surgery soon after, which will write me off for the whole rest of the season0 -
Woke up late but swam anyway. My method of putting everything in the car the night before pays off again. It makes me say "Your stuff is already out in the car, you might as well just go". In all the years I have been getting up early to exercise, I have only rarely gone and fished my stuff back out of the car.
Swim - 30 minutes, 1250 yards. Two 500 yds sets, and then 50 each free, breast, free, back, free.
Love reading all the posts. You guys just keep swimming!0 -
juliet3455 wrote: »
Great sprint times with only 6 seconds difference.Timed 100 (1:52)
Timed 100 (1:58)
Total of 56 lengths. I was in the water 50-55 minutes, but I estimated that 40 was active. The other 10-15 were me gasping for air and getting water Just 16 more lengths to a mile!
I usually only do 50m sprints and will drop 6 secs on each subsequent sprint. So 6 secs on 100m is very impressive.
Thank you :-) I was shocked I only lost 6 seconds, actually. It was the end of the workout, I was beat, and my turns were slow and ridiculous because I was so tired. But, as out of shape as it is, my body is trained to kick it into high gear in the 7th inning...or the last sprint, as it were. It feels good to realize all that training is still in there, just waiting to come out.
Today is going to be a rest day, at least from the pool. I had a rib out for a few days and yesterday's workout got to the point of pain that I had to get into the chiropractor right away. Everything is back in place but the muscles are still sore from the rib being out so long, so I'm going to take it easy today.0 -
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35 minutes backstroke kickboard, 27 minutes breast stroke pull buoy ...one of the worst days for pool etiquette at my gym ever ...juliet3455 wrote: »Good stuff Stephen. Were they Breast Stroke Sprints or Free?
It was all breast stroke yesterday including the sprints
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Just starting out. Day 3 of treading water for 30 min.0
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That's an impressive swim. Don't throw away that alarm clock.4 Mile wake up call
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Solid attitude we all started at some very basic level in the water. See if your Pool has some swim lessons for your skill/abilities and book yourself in. I found that the set days for lessons helped me get a "Swimming Schedule - Routine" and it became a Habit them.Just starting out. Day 3 of treading water for 30 min.
It was a Big Exercise Day for me. 60 Minutes in the Swimming Pool,
250m free, 500 breast, 250 free, 3 x 50 free sprint, 350m back.
Then some slow laps with a few quick strokes to Accelerate into the wall for Flip turn practises. Didn't keep track of these. Still struggle in the shallow end as I don't have a tight enough flip and end up crashing into the floor of the pool 50% of the time. As one of the Ladies in the Triathlon Training Group said " I thought you were diving to the bottom of the deep end not doing a Flip Turn'.
25 minutes on the Bike ( 9km and then blew a tire-had to walk it home ) and 30 minutes "Running (jogging), 5 mph (12 min mile)".
Darn Triathlon Training Group/athletes keep dragging me out for "just a little trip around the block".0
