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  • AquaticQuests
    AquaticQuests Posts: 945 Member
    edited February 2015
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    3.3 km in 71 min
    Did my usual 100 lengths but in a 33m pool this time!
  • Macstraw
    Macstraw Posts: 896 Member
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    Great work, everybody!!!!

    @Panda - the endurance for the turns will build quickly, your body just needs a few sessions to adjust & soon you'll be doing flip turns on every turn.....
  • cw106
    cw106 Posts: 952 Member
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    3k total with pull buoy again.
  • SwimtotheEnd
    SwimtotheEnd Posts: 69 Member
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    4.4km in 90 mins
  • AquaticQuests
    AquaticQuests Posts: 945 Member
    edited February 2015
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    Good stuff everyone!
    CW that was a nice long one!
    Swimtotheend good to see you back blazing away!
  • AquaticQuests
    AquaticQuests Posts: 945 Member
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    2.5 km 55:21
  • Bruceapple
    Bruceapple Posts: 2,026 Member
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    Yes, 2 miles @‌ 68 minutes
  • ElBence
    ElBence Posts: 291 Member
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    All measurements in yards
    200 warm-up
    100 IM
    200 IM kick
    300 Free
    200 IM kick
    100 IM
    6 X 150 Free without breathing two strokes in or out of turns on the 3:00
    12 X 75 Free with first 50 easy and sprinting the last 25
    200 cool down
  • Bruceapple
    Bruceapple Posts: 2,026 Member
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    Yes, 2 miles @‌ 68 minutes
  • Macstraw
    Macstraw Posts: 896 Member
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    All freestyle: 250, 500, 1000, 1500, 1500, 1000, 500, 250
  • AquaticQuests
    AquaticQuests Posts: 945 Member
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    1.65 km 38 min
    Lots of kids and all sorts!
  • AquaticQuests
    AquaticQuests Posts: 945 Member
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    ElBence wrote: »
    All measurements in yards
    6 X 150 Free without breathing two strokes in or out of turns on the 3:00

    That sounds interesting. Is this to develop the turning technique?
    Need to give that a try!
  • ElBence
    ElBence Posts: 291 Member
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    AquaticQuests wrote: »
    ElBence wrote: »
    All measurements in yards
    6 X 150 Free without breathing two strokes in or out of turns on the 3:00

    That sounds interesting. Is this to develop the turning technique?
    Need to give that a try!
    Yes and no. My technique is already excellent, but doing the drill helps speed. Typically turns are a slow down point. The slowing can be mitigated by implementing the drill as standard procedure in a racing situation. My purposes for doing the drill are more centered around moving my heart rate up. It's more geared toward a workout situation.
  • cw106
    cw106 Posts: 952 Member
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    only 500m yesterday and today.
    overdid it with arm day.
  • girlwithcurls2
    girlwithcurls2 Posts: 2,273 Member
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    About 30 min today. Still working on finding (and keeping) a rhythm. It felt hard, although by the end, it seemed it went by quickly. Just glad I went. Put a bean in the jar... ;)
  • Macstraw
    Macstraw Posts: 896 Member
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    Clive - way to be smart about it, a couple of easy days allow the arms to recover....

    Curly - some days are like that & the best thing to do is work through it. Nice job!!!!
  • cw106
    cw106 Posts: 952 Member
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    1.5 k today.swim only no gym.
  • Macstraw
    Macstraw Posts: 896 Member
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    All freestyle gain today: 250, 500, 1000, 1500, 1500, 1000, 500, 250
  • ashenriver
    ashenriver Posts: 498 Member
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    Fast Sets of 200 m, then 100m. Plus a bunch of other stuff.
    Also a drill where after each 50m you decrease the amount you breath, ie start every 2nd stroke, then next 50 every 3rd, etc.

    Thursday nights are going to become tough since I am also starting to run Thursday nights.
    I got a leg cramp in my 50 fun lap using fins, by product of running then using fins. I always tend to cramp up in fins. I think it is because I don't seem to relax enough in them.
  • Macstraw
    Macstraw Posts: 896 Member
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    ashen - make sure you're properly hydrated, I'm prone to cramping in my calves but drinking enough water before & during my workout helps....

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