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 ....

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!

Robertus wrote: »

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!

I thought I was really good at swimming in a straight line - people even complimented me when I did backstroke - but then I got in the open water...

Masters squad
2900SCM

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 easy

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.

That was me Saturday and Sunday.

But today, back in the pool. 4 miles.

Macstraw wrote: »

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.....

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A 19 yard pool would just drive me nuts, unless I was doing sprints throughout!

mpeters1965 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.
r!

LOL - I have those days! Especially last week

fishgutzy wrote: »

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!

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.

Loving the consistency stephen!

emmab0902 wrote: »

2800SCM
Masters squad

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.

Welcome back to the water Emma! Finally scratched the itch, eh?

mpeters1965 wrote: »

Ugh. Yard work. In Florida. In July. Swam in sweat and had to take two different showers. "

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.

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.

42 min of sprints
4 x 33m warmup
20 x 33m sprints
4 x 33m easy
10 x 33m sprints
4 x 33m warmdown

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!