Been in Shanghai the last few days. No pool access. Barely time to even walk.
But i gotta say being able to swim at all this trip has been great for my mental health and stress level this trip.

juliet3455 wrote: »

Now If only I could figure out why I get a Vertigo like feeling after about 250m of bilateral. Doesn't matter if I am doing Flip turns or Touch and Goes, as soon as I go full Bilateral it's pretty consistent around 250m. Instructor/lifeguard said she would watch me after the triathlon is done to see if she can pick anything out. I suspect it is something to do with my Head turn-Body roll but hard to self analyse from in the water.

@Juliet3455 I get vertigo when I try to breathe bilaterally, too. It has always happened to me, even as a year-round swimmer when I was a kid/teenager. It used to frustrate the heck out of my coaches. It has only gotten worse as I've gotten older...lol. My hypothesis is that I just have really sensitive inner-ears, because my motion-sickness in automobiles/boats/etc has gotten worse too.

I just thought I'd let you know you aren't alone on this one.

Short Swim today 750m, 250 breast, 250 free, 250 breast.

emmab0902 wrote: »

1700SCM Masters Short but evil

That's the best description of a Crazy Hard Workout that I have ever heard of.

fishgutzy wrote: »

Been in Shanghai the last few days. No pool access. Barely time to even walk.
But i gotta say being able to swim at all this trip has been great for my mental health and stress level this trip.

@mpeters1965 said it best.

girlwithcurls2 wrote: »

Oh, and the prescription goggles from Sporti are fantastic. I can see clearly in the water, I can see the clocks, and if water sneaks in, it doesn't bother me at all. Hooray! Glad I bought two pair!

I forgot my goggles today ...and apparently I have become a little crybaby over chlorine in my eyes. When I first started all this I went weeks before giving in and buying goggles ...today I couldn't make it 200 meters ....so i decided all backstroke was better than quitting my swim early

61 minutes, backstroke ...

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You'll still be able to expend the same energy - only going a whole lot faster. Unless you want to maintain the current speed, in which case, like you point out, a more efficient stroke but maintaining a slower speed will mean less calories burned!

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I'm not sure I can go much faster, since he was making me mostly glide (as long as possible, then stroke)

Yesterday I had another instructor and liked him much more. Mostly bc he actually focused on freestyle. I was EXHAUSTED and so out of breath after 30 minutes, including a bunch of breaks during which he would explain a new drill.

How do you guys freestyle/crawl for half an hour to three hours straight?? I'm so impressed! Can't wait to make it to half an hour with proper breathing and not stopping

Missed swimming yesterday but was back in the pool this morning. Annoyingly though I did something to my back just before getting into the pool so really just did a lazy hour swimming slowly up and down to take it easy rather than what I hoped was going to be a 5km session!! I know that this minor muscle pull is due to carrying too many heavy bags on one side (I have had it before). Now where is that rucksack.....

It is such an inspiration to come here and read about everybody's swims. Can_Do_Gal, you are kicking cancer's butt!!! Stephen, I too, am finding I don't care for chlorine in my eyes. When I wore contacts, I stopped anytime there was water in my goggles. With my new goggles, I can keep going, but it means that water is getting into my eyeballs now... Emma, you can't be caught. Good grief, woman! You're fast!! You'll be good and ready for your meets. You sound like you are getting great coaching and your work ethic must be stellar, lol. Croissant, you'll get there. I started out thinking I could just jump in a lap lane and start working out. I swan to the end of the lane and wondered how in the heck I was going to get back without lifeguard intervention. Gifty, there are lots folks here who can point you to drills for learning breathing for freestyle. The one that I didn't want to try, but eventually did, was using a kickboard. Face down, side breathing. It helped immensely. Once I had that down, I worked with a pull bouy to take my lower body out of the equation. There was just too darn much to think about and synchronize. You'll get it. Try a little each time you go. Master Panda, go find that rucksack!! I've had that pain before and it's lousy. I'm glad you got a swim in though. If nothing else, your back muscles and the ones connected to them got warmed up and stretched. mpeters, you are describing many of my swims, lol. I'm a people watcher. I can't help it. People fascinate me. Everybody has a story, and when I'm swimming, I don't know most of them. But it's fun to watch people. Plus, I learn a lot from watching someone doing something right, so if I see a good swimmer, I try to watch without being creepy.

I spent yesterday giving my house a good cleaning. I'm a special ed teacher and summer break is over this weekend. I was exhausted and had nearly talked myself out of my swim, but I was so hot, I thought that if nothing else, I'd get into the water. Well, one thing led to another and I just kept swimming. I've had to pass up similar opportunities to swim as long as I want to, but yesterday, I took it. My daughter started out with me, but after about 30 min, she was done. I told her I needed another 20 or so. I wanted to get another 500y in, so I started win with the alphabet. I got to H and found my stride. I saw my kid coming back into the pool to put my key back. I kept going. Then after another 20 min or so, she was suddenly standing over me. I was just finishing letter X, so I gasped up to her, "Two more! I'll explain later!" Went home and did the math, and I was six laps short of two miles. It took my an hour and 20 min to do, but I didn't care. I swam and swam and swam. I know that I need to keep working on technique, but from the sounds of the more experienced swimmers, that will always be true.

That's better. No back pain today so 3km free then 1km mix free, back and breast. All in a nice tidy 1 hour and 20 mins.

swim pull buoy http://www.swimoutlet.com/pull-buoys-c9664/ It goes between your knees and then you use just your arms to swim.

I kept track of my distance for the first time today and I swam 1150m in approx 40 minutes. I have no idea if that's any good (probably not since I've only really been at it for 3 weeks), but now I have a number that I can try to improve on in my future swims.