Did you swim today?
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Speaking of Mac and his one more Lap mantra, @Macstraw Are you still swimming?. Haven't seen you around the forums for a few months - Hope everything is good in your life.
Now that Comment I understand. Still a GB in the Jar.NoelFigart1 wrote: »1100 30:50 Lazy workout.
I am trying to use loonies and twonies to help build an " Emergency Holiday Fund " = any excuse for a trip somewhere new. ( 13.1 mile / 21.1 km Half Marathon in Iceland ? followed by a swim in the Blue Lagoon )
I had the Hiccups today when I started - By the time I broke through them it felt like I had been coughing from a bad cold until my Rib Cage hurt - tomorrow should be fun.
Now that we are going into Winter I expect to get less days on the Outdoor Wilderness Trails during the week and more Pool Time due to the limited hours of daylight.
One of my Favorite Trail areas along the Local River Bank Hills - Semi Desert - Bald Prairie and Forest Eco-systems all in one small micro-climate area about 10 km by 6 km ( ~ 6 m x 2 m ).
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After three dry days, a very nice 2500 in under an hour tonight. Light rain and three others to keep me company.0
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Nope. Incident at work where I got slammed into a door frame by an angry person. On my bad shoulder of course! Jarred all down my spine and can't turn head to the left so will be dry land for me for at least a few days0
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Yikes, Emma! Beautiful trail, juliet.
I swam an hour, mixed sets. Not sure of yardage. There were some of my former masters mates in the pool again today and we were working on breast stroke and breast stroke kick with a new person near the end of the hour. It was fun and distracting. They also talked me into trying a spinning class Thursday morning. I've only done a spinning class once before and only own a granny bike that I never ride. This should be interesting.
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Emma, hope you recover fast.0
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Nope. Incident at work where I got slammed into a door frame by an angry person. On my bad shoulder of course! Jarred all down my spine and can't turn head to the left so will be dry land for me for at least a few days
Wow. Now that's a stressful workplace! Hope you heal quickly and get back in the pool soon. Laura
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I was on the Outer Banks of North Carolina last week. Up near the Virginia border where they still have a herd of wild horses running around.
Yesterday was another unintended rest day. I need a good exercise I can do at the house for days when I don't have any client appointments. On days when I don't otherwise HAVE to leave home it gets very tempting to go into hermit mode and put off gym, shopping, errands, etc.
I swam 2150m in 61 minutes today, 28 sprint lengths, mixed strokes.
In other news, at my weigh-in tonight I officially crossed the line into 'overweight' instead of 'obese' ...
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troutgulch wrote: »Nope. Incident at work where I got slammed into a door frame by an angry person. On my bad shoulder of course! Jarred all down my spine and can't turn head to the left so will be dry land for me for at least a few days
Wow. Now that's a stressful workplace! Hope you heal quickly and get back in the pool soon. Laura
Lol I work for the police which includes visiting offenders.....0 -
@nuffer, that swim sounded really nice. I miss swimming outside, but they only have a few outdoor pools around these parts, and they shut them down around Labor Day.
@emmab0902, yikes!! I hope that your shoulder recovers quickly. No wonder you swim. You need a strong core if you're going to be thrown about at work!
@stephenrhinton, THAT sounds like a gorgeous place. Sea swimming? Wild horses? I'd love to see that part of the country one day. And CONGRATULATIONS on leaving obesity behind!!!! You have literally worked your butt off for this!
A short swim for me. I was dragging my feet getting to the pool because my swims have been so crappy lately. I played the victim (poor me, and surely the lanes will be crowded at this time, I forgot how to float...) and then my short swim was OK. Empty lane (?) and OK body positioning. The cardio class that followed was challenging again. The class I like is taught by a PT, so she's really good. But good grief. There's nothing like a hard water workout followed by another day in the water though... (with trips to the hot tub after class of course!)0 -
2700 yards in ~72 minutes. Water was a bit cold-- but I like it that way!0
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11.5 km run yesterday = dragging my legs today.
1000m
250m Breast
250m Back
500m Crawl
@stephenrhinton Congratulations on your success in leaving obesity behind
@emmab0902 Feeling your pain- Heal up fast girl. Work in a similar building, different profession - just not dealing with the " special guests".0 -
200m followed by a water aerobics class for 60 minutes0
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2700 yards in ~72 minutes.0
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I have still been swimming although I haven't been posting my workouts. I try to aim for no less than 2000 yards a workout, usually three days a week. I mix up the strokes (except fly, man I hate that one), but I won't do back if I'm sharing the lane. The pool I use doesn' t have the flags either so I don't do the flip turns from back. It's been about 2.5 months of regular swimming after an 18 year hiatas and I'm still loving it. Asked for a kickboard and a new suit for my birthday, pool buoy is next on the list.
Kudos to all of you with your workouts, and swift healing to those with injuries!0 -
Tuesday: 2.5 km 56 min
Wednesday: 2.5 km 57 min
Thursday: 2.5 km 56 min0 -
Hi people. Great too see all the activity, great swims, personal bests, and lots of new comers.
I've been swimming at least 3 times a week, though been battling a cold on and off, so its this week that have gone back to the 2.5 kms consistently!
Stephen good job on the weigtloss journey. Great achievement! There is yet more to do in swimming. I hit goal weight about 2 yrs ago, but on the swimming endI continue learning tweaking and iimproving! Motivation does dip sometimes and a week or 2 break can help while resisting temptation to stop altogether.
Emma do you ever lose a race? Lol
Someone asked about Mac. I think he hada foot iinjury that's kept him out but hopefully he'll be back soon!0 -
2600 yards 70 minutes. Two laps short of my regular 1.5 miles. 6:30 am. Yuk.0
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I did. 45 minutes mixed sets. I just haven't been counting yardage lately. I had to cut it back from an hour because I had to get work early in order to fix a report before it got printed. I found a late night text from my boss when I got up at five this morning. Damned bosses!
I did the spinning class yesterday. It was ok. Of course my legs and glutes are sore today from the unaccustomed use. I'll try it a few more times to see what I think.
Damn, Stephen, way to go! 150 lbs?!? Stellar. I have a group of floor exercises I do if I am not going out and recently have also tried some yoga videos from Netflix and Amazon Prime. I am way more likely to blow those off though so leaving the house is usually the best bet.0 -
AquaticQuests wrote: »Stephen good job on the weight loss journey. Great achievement!
Emma do you ever lose a race? Lol
Someone asked about Mac. I think he hada foot injury that's kept him out but hopefully he'll be back soon!
@AquaticQuests That's for the little update on Mac, You said it best about that Southern Lady Winning races. I tip my hat to @emmab0902 and her great accomplishments and workouts. Makes mine seem pretty weak.mpeters1965 wrote: »I did. 45 minutes mixed sets.
Damn, Stephen, way to go! 150 lbs.?!? Stellar.
@mpeters1965 Congratulations on straight 45 mixed sets. I will do different swim workouts, sometimes straight crawl at Triathlon Race pace, The B's(Breast and Back) or Mixed sets just to change things up. Looking forward to Nov 8 the start of the next winter session of lessons.
Noon Hour swim today - The B's. 250m Breast, 250m Back, 50m Kick and repeat.
@stephenrhinton Congratulations - great accomplishment- Your Doctor must be pretty happy with your accomplishments. Hope your family and friends have been supportive through this journey.
You should do a search and look back at some of your very first posts on MFP just as a way of seeing how much your changed in your interactions. Time to change your Profile Picture showing the before and after merged. its something that I should do.0 -
Everyone is doing awesome swims and for most of you its got to be getting colder (opposite of here!)
First swim in a week today.
2500m
4X50 free on 60
4X100 as 1 back 1 br 2 free
1000m time trial - 14:30 steady race.
200 easy
10X25 kick
16X25 alt fly kick on back/free
50 warmdown
And as far as losing races goes, I will next year as there's a very fast woman who will be moving up into the 45-49 age group. She and her hubby moved here from the UK and they're both excellent pool and open water swimmers!0 -
I did a mile free with a lane to myself. Life doesn't get much better than that !0
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I haven't been swimming much over the past few weeks, and not at all last week but I did have the excuse of being on holiday with my mum over in county Donegal, Ireland. We did a lot of walking (in between being fed sandwiches, tea and cakes by the relatives) but I didn't get a chance to swim.
Made it this morning - did 1km crawl, 1km mixed kicks with fins, 1km crawl, some breast stroke and some backstroke, Felt good to be properly back.0 -
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Yesterday I made it. Got in about an hour. It was a good swim (finally!). Mostly free, with MsJ's workout mixed in. I am fine on my back, but lack confidence, so I begin sinking or feeling like I'm swerving all over the place. It's those back drills that really lengthen me when I turn over though, so I'm still doing them.0
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After a fun Halloween, got in the pool today for 3050 yards in 71 minutes (2:20/100y pace). Nice and cool and heavy rain at times. Somewhat crowded as well, will be interesting to see if that continues as the weather gets colder.0
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2250m
2X (50 free 50 br 50 back)
4X75 kick (sprint last 25)
8X50 alt fly/br and fly/back on 55s (hideous!)
2X (100 br 150 back 200 free)
3X100 as br back free
50 easy
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Back in the pool after 2 weeks off - as life/childcare got in the way .... And my did I feel like a rusty tin can man rather than a mermaid!
Still - like curly - I thought of all of us during my swim, decided just to keep on going and get atleast 1k done.
It wasn't fast or pretty - but I did it. Good to read all about everyone's progress (and struggles) in and out of the pool and welcome some new faces too! Well done all of us.
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1000m - 750 crawl - 250 breast. Quick new hour splash.
Starting to snow outside.0 -
Got into the ocean for the first time since knee surgery! Just some wave play as the current was pretty strong and I just wanted to see how I would feel. My new wetsuit is amazing as well! Very happy it is summer...0
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Nice work, all. About an hour and once again I didn't count yardage (I could get used to this!). I worked on various things including breaststroke and backstroke and some kicking with fins and got talked into doing one IM set. My butterfly still sucks.
It should be getting cooler here but the weather is not cooperating. Supposed to get to 89 degrees today (I think that is 32 for most of the rest of the world if Google is correct). I am still wearing skirts and sandals and sleeveless shirts. We don't often get very cold here but I wouldn't mind a few degrees reduction in temperature.0
