Did you swim today?
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33 laps. 1650meters, 60 minutes0
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4 miles in 2:15.
2x2000 free
1x2050 free
500 kick board and fins
500 pads and buoy1 -
Oh well - looks like none of you missed me then....next time I'll pretend I was off swimming for a shoulder injury and see if that elicits more sympathy/welcoming back!!!
But I am pleased to be back in the pool and I had another of my (very spread out) swim lessons yesterday which was interesting.
New teacher. She thought my stokes are all in pretty good (except fly arms) shape .. But my kick - which I had thought was ok - came in for a LOT of work... I thought I did kick from my hips, but no... And I had no idea that the kick should get wider (both senses) as you rotate..with that and some arm positioning work, lots to think about for my next swims....
(And a new method of doing 'almost' fly - taking arms across water not flinging up and over.)
I think the next swims will be I-pod less as I try to remember all the suggestions!3 -
Finally back in the pool after ten days out due to a stubborn cold. Speaking of cold, the pump went out over the weekend and water was still coming back to temp. First laps were rippin' fast trying to keep warm. Fast for me, that is. Set PRs for 50, 100 and 200 distances. 2650 yards in an hour.1
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Just keep swimming swimming swimming: 1.5 miles in 72 minutes1
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Yes I did :-) trying to get back into it after a few months laziness. Did 40 lengths and got a little cramp but soldiered on.1
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1500y 41:050
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blackcoffeeandcherrypie wrote: »Yes I did :-) trying to get back into it after a few months laziness. Did 40 lengths and got a little cramp but soldiered on.
I find that MIO Fit in water or poweraid during swimming helps fend off cramps.0 -
4 Miles today. All free style.
1x3000
2x1500
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No swim yesterday - control system failure in the pool = No pumps = no heat, filtering or chemical control. Probably no swim today.
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1 miles @ 68 minutes0
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One hour swim, but lost track of laps. My legs didn't want to kick up top, but I kept at it. . .
@gentlygently , you're making me think I need lessons, but also that I'll be given sooo many suggestions about things I'm not doing correctly. So, lessons would correct those zillion things I'm doing wrong, but ignorance is bliss (or exhausting.)1 -
40 mins or so in the pool trying to remember all those suggestions from my lesson - mentally tiring maybe Curly but not so exhausting in that they do all make the stroke work much smoother... I was finding the hardest thing was keeping a slow and powerful kick going when thinking about my arms, I reverted back to splashy, fast kicks... But it all made for a fun session,
I have certainly lost form given my absence from the pool. I might try a 3 minute step test sometime soon and see how that compares with previous results...
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Yes I did - 30 minutes, enjoyed it :-)1
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blackcoffeeandcherrypie wrote: »Yes I did :-) trying to get back into it after a few months laziness. Did 40 lengths and got a little cramp but soldiered on.
I find that MIO Fit in water or poweraid during swimming helps fend off cramps.
I was two lengths from finishing so I just stretched and tried to go easy on that leg. I don't usually get cramp it's just cause I've been really lazy recently and I'm all weak again.0 -
1950m (39 laps) 60 minutes.
This is pretty significant leap from just the last time I swam (Tuesday) and an explosion compared to where I was a month ago.
I actually expected to have some slow down at this point in the week, hoping to just break even and hold steady with what I had done previously, 33 laps.
I started kicking it into over drive on Monday. I am doing 60 minutes of cardio before work. MWF, elliptical and T, TH, Sat, Swimming. After work I am doing weight training, rotating muscle groups each different day. I thought I'd be so worn out and sore by today that I'd have been happy to get close to 30 laps.4 -
Great progress @UG77 !1
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Got 90 minutes of blissful swimming last night.
On Tuesday evening they had a Control System Failure which turned on the Fill pumps and dumped so much water into the pool it was hitting the Overflows and getting dumped. This equalled the pool water being COLD.
16 C = 57F so they had the pool closed for Tuesday.
Wednesday night it had warmed up to a Balmy 19C = 66F.
I loved it - only 3 people in the pool and we all had a lane
750m FC timed for Sprint Tri-Athlon in 19:30.
500m relax FC
250 Back
250 Breast
250 FC
People would come in and dip a toe in the water and then go sit in the Hot Tub.1 -
1500y 41:41
Wow, I wish I had a 66F pool to train in. I'd feel a lot more comfortable about the summer swims coming up!1 -
1950m (39 laps) 60 minutes.
This is pretty significant leap from just the last time I swam (Tuesday) and an explosion compared to where I was a month ago.
I actually expected to have some slow down at this point in the week, hoping to just break even and hold steady with what I had done previously, 33 laps.
I started kicking it into over drive on Monday. I am doing 60 minutes of cardio before work. MWF, elliptical and T, TH, Sat, Swimming. After work I am doing weight training, rotating muscle groups each different day. I thought I'd be so worn out and sore by today that I'd have been happy to get close to 30 laps.
Nice work UG!0
