Did you swim today?
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@stephenrhinton I did a Sprint tri this year and it was a lot of fun. A sprint Tri is only 750m swim and the slowest person was about 22 minutes - I was 18:36 and was the fastest in my lane and was actually the 6th person out of the water in my group of 18. The fastest person was a member of the swim team and did 750m in 12 minutes - but had trouble on the bike because he burned to much energy in the pool. The lesson go slow and consistent to save energy for the Bike and Run.
Go Register for a Sprint Tri-Athlon as they are really designed to introduce people to the sport. Or register as a 3 person team.0 -
45 minutes or so of uninspired, unrewarding swimming. Not sure of distance. Some days are like that.
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Competed at the North Islands this weekend. Six wins from six races, and five PBs including 3s off my 200 back and 7s off my 200 IM.
Day off today then onto the next challenge.0 -
1500 yards 43:33. Honest, it didn't FEEL slow...
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After being land-locked for 6 days for "Return of the Thing That Ate the Insides of Alice's Intestines," I had an awesome swim today! 63 laps (1 3/4 mile, or 3,150 yards) in ~80 minutes-- feelin' good all the way!0
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An hour of swimming. Didn't count yardage but it was a good swim. One of my previous masters swimming team members was in the lane next to me and we were sort of pushing each other. I didn't cut the hour short like I have been because I didn't want to get out before her!
On a really positive note, I went to the doctor yesterday because I haven't been able to kick the aftereffects of the cold I had (diagnosis-sinus infection) but she said "you've lost 8lbs since you were here last December" and that made me happy. I knew I had and worked to do it but it was good to hear someone else say it.
Competed at the North Islands this weekend. Six wins from six races, and five PBs including 3s off my 200 back and 7s off my 200 IM.
Nice work!NoelFigart1 wrote: »1500 yards 43:33. Honest, it didn't FEEL slow...
Sounds good to me!rosebarnalice wrote: »After being land-locked for 6 days for "Return of the Thing That Ate the Insides of Alice's Intestines," I had an awesome swim today! 63 laps (1 3/4 mile, or 3,150 yards) in ~80 minutes-- feelin' good all the way!
Glad you are feeling better!0 -
4 mile wake up call.
A little bit faster today.1 -
I got in for MsJ's workout + enough to make it a full mile (plus one lap--thinking of Mac). Turns out I can't do math in the pool. Later last night, I figured out it was 7 laps longer. It took me a long time to feel in a groove yesterday. I really started to feel it toward the end of my workout. I'd like to be able to hop in and start swimming well: rhythm with breathing, strokes, kicks, etc, rather than finally getting around to it after 45 minutes of swimming...0
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Another 63 laps (~83 minutes). Was a little pokier than yesterday, but two 1.75 mile day sin a row makes me happy nonetheless!0
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I wish there was a like button or the ability to comment on individual posts! (Without having to use the quote process)0
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Another Bad Math Day
Ms J's workout + lots of other stuff. Ended up in the pool for an hour and 40 min. That's my longest time doing laps. It is veeerrrryyyy slow, but I'm OK with that for now. Working on good form ("working toward" I don't have it yet) and muscle memory. Overall, a good swim. 0 -
girlwithcurls2 wrote: »Another Bad Math Day Ms J's workout + lots of other stuff. Ended up in the pool for an hour and 40 min. That's my longest time doing laps. It is veeerrrryyyy slow, but I'm OK with that for now. Working on good form ("working toward" I don't have it yet) and muscle memory. Overall, a good swim.
Great workout!0 -
1500 43:06
I overdid it on the weights yesterday, so the swim was HARD. Still another gummybear for the jar.0 -
Great swimming progress to read about here (I am also in the - oh go for it Tri wise' camp Stephen, well done Emma B!) and congrats to all of us for keeping it going, and thanks for the encouragement too Noel.
I enjoyed the typos - is day or night sin more fun RoseB? - and also my misreading - I read your gummy bears as grumpy Bears noel....and I suspect I am right!
I had a so so swim today. Went up town for my swim lesson but there was some mistake, and no teacher. So I had 2 x15 min swims (short, overly warm pool but nice and empty) sandwiching a very nice 15 minute float on my back waiting for the teacher....
It was going to be butterfly....still, I have all the pleasure of anticipation all over again I guess.1 -
Played a little hooky to get in the pool at noon with the goal of doing 3000 yards in 90 minutes. Made it in 71. I think I'm going to need to start doing intervals to get my speed increased so I can get under an hour.1
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Hi, I'm Laura. I swam a mile today in about 45 minutes. It was nice because the pool wasn't busy. I swim in a small pool...I need to swim 88 single laps to make a mile.0
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Swam an hour. 1800 yds, I think. 500 yds freestyle at the beginning and end and I worked on both breast and back stroke in the middle, along with some drills.0
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I swam for about 45 minutes--all freestyle. I had the pool to myself. I would do backstroke, but the pool where I swim doesn't have flags hanging overhead and I swim all over the place without them!0
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troutgulch wrote: »I swam for about 45 minutes--all freestyle. I had the pool to myself. I would do backstroke, but the pool where I swim doesn't have flags hanging overhead and I swim all over the place without them!
Welcome, Laura! I only swim backstroke indoors, when I can follow a rafter or something. Outside, I'm with you!
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2700SCM
2X100 RIM
4X50 free on 60
3X400 as
#1 90% effort (5.32 which is actually about 14s faster than when I raced it last year lol)
#2 kick alt 100 free 100 back
#3 pull with paddles
30s ri
20X50 as
Odds 90% effort
Evens steady br
15s ri
10 easy
Dunno what the last set qualifies as but it wasn't fun. And when you aren't a breaststroker the steady br doesn't qualify as recovery!
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1100 30:50
Lazy workout.0 -
2500SCM
50 100 200 free technique
400 free build last 100
2X200 kick 1st free 2nd back
8X50 IMO on 60
400 pull as 50 fr/25 br/25 fly (!!!)
8X50 as 4 free 4 back build on 60
150 easy
Fly pull is my new most hated thing!
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LOL!mpeters1965 wrote: »troutgulch wrote: »I swam for about 45 minutes--all freestyle. I had the pool to myself. I would do backstroke, but the pool where I swim doesn't have flags hanging overhead and I swim all over the place without them!
Welcome, Laura! I only swim backstroke indoors, when I can follow a rafter or something. Outside, I'm with you!0 -
2050 57:520
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Im baaack ...So I swam twice over the week I was at the beach. About an hour and a half each time, but no clue as to distance, etc. First time doing any real open water swimming (other than light recreation).
Today I am back home and trying to restart my 'routine' which I have been struggling with in the last several weeks.
61 minutes, 2200 meters, 28 sprint lengths, mixed strokes.1 -
Stephen, where are you? I was at the beach last week too... the north Pacific. I was looking out at the crashing waves and thinking to myself, "Surely this isn't what people mean when they talk about open water swimming??" The waves were crashing so loud, we had to shut the sliding door at the motel to watch a movie.
I'm sorry you are struggling right now. I am too, but it's interesting to me that when I am not "feeling it," my thoughts to go all of you. I think of Mac and his "one more lap" mantra, the folks who sprint a length every few laps to work on their speed, people working so hard on their goals (which are much loftier than my own). You, Stephen, are one of the people I think of when I'm pushing myself to keep going. Hopefully you'll get your groove back soon. In the meantime, keep at it. One of the things I love about mfp is that all of you are here, with wildly different abilities and goals. As my daughter would say, "There's a place for everyone."
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1500 40:50 I changed up part of my morning routine. I'd always been training first thing in the morning before breakfast, so I've been doing it on an empty stomach. My times on Saturday mornings, when I swim AFTER breakfast made me start thinking that maybe I should reconsider swimming fasted.
I had half a minibagel with some peanut butter with my morning drink of water and vitamin. Yeah, I think this is really what I should be doing. I know it sounds weird at my weight, but yeppp. Gotta fuel the workout.girlwithcurls2 wrote: »As my daughter would say, "There's a place for everyone."
Smart daughter. FWIW, I think that you'll always look at people and see people who you consider more awesome than yourself. Nature of the beast. But stubbornly keeping at it even when one isn't feeling it most CERTAINLY is worthy of admiration!
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I have been out of the water for 11 days - Local Running Club/Cross Country Ski Group has kept me busy trying to clean up some of the Wilderness Running trails for the Transition to Winter Cross Country Skiing, especially the Hills - nothing like hitting a little downhill slope and getting slapped in your face with an overhanging branch.
45 mins - 1200m Mixed sets.
Everyone is Doing Great - keep it going good people.0 -
Hi everybody!
Just joined this group. Back in the water after a very long absence from the pool....like years and years...0 -
