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First morning swim since 1987! 6am start.
2600m
400 reverse IM (free instead of fly)
400IM
3x 100 free on 1.45 hold sub 1.25
400IM
2x 100 free on 1.50 hold sub 1.22
300IM (no fly)
10x 50 free kick with fins on 1.00
100 warmdown
Race home scull a coffee and go to work!3 -
Tues 90 minutes (645 active calories) of working on things from last coaching session: more breathing and hand entry position;
Same on Wed but only 75 minutes (459 active calories);
Same on Thurs (today) but stretched it to 120 minutes (778 active calories). Today the pool was 85.6F: bleech! Class in the morning: I hope they have it cooled down by then.2 -
Last Session in March Adult Swim Club. Lots of Mini-Drills.
The pool was extremely warm - senior friendly warm which made for a tough swim.
Warm-up 200m Free, 200m kick
10 minute swim 375m It was just to warm to be able to carry a decent pace.
Repeats 5 x 100m Descending
Turn's and Stroke Improvement
I managed to do something that has been eluding me, Flip Turns in the shallow end.
You have to understand that the Shallow End is Extremely shallow, when swimming Fist Drills I can drag my knuckles on the pool bottom, open handed swim I have to add some elbow bend so I don't drive my fingers into the bottom of the Pool. Managed 5 Shallow End Flip Turns
Stroke Improvement - When I roll to breath I have a habit where I quit kicking - which I didn't realize.
Signed up for April Adult Swim Club, I will miss the first 2 sessions due to a scheduled trip for the first Half Marathon of the Spring / Summer running season.3 -
Only 5400 yards today. Lightning cut my swim short.0
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2600m
200 warmup
3x 200 F R 30
6 x 50 kick / warm up legs
100 easy
3x 50 BK Desc 1-3 @ 2'30
Targets 44-42-40
Did 42-41-40
50 easy - rest 3'
300 Broken as:
150 Dive @ 3 Fly-BK-Brst
100 push @ 2'30 BK
Target 1:28
Did 1:25
50 push @ 2' F MAX (34)
3x 100 mod F/ BK@ 2'30
3x 50 BK Desc 1-3 @ 2'30
Targets 44-42-40
Did 41-40-39
50 easy - rest 3'
3x 100 Dive MAX @ 3'
Max had well and truly left the building by this point so I just did them moderate pace.
100 warmdown.
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4 mile wake up.
Started with 1000 paced warm up.
3 sets of 2x50 sprint followed by 500 pace.
500 Kick board and fins
500 pull buoy and hand pads
1000 pace
2100 pace1 -
Ironically we had lighting Saturday afternoon which cut short our last HM training run. We still have snow on the ground - it's to cold for lighting but we got a weird weather front and lighting with snowOnly 5400 yards today. Lightning cut my swim short.
@emmab0902 Max usually stops outside the door and refuses to enter the pool.2 -
Fast Friday class was good, the workout was done by our fastest (and most experienced swimmer).
Warm-up:
4x75 swim/kick/drill/swim
2x100 kick/drill
1x50 fast
1x50 ez
2x75 kick/drill
1x75 fast
1x75 ez
2x50 kick/drill
1x100 fast
1x100 ez
1x100 for time
Relay race involving all swimmers each swimming 25 the first time and 50 the second time.
So it was a short one, but with some bursts of speed in there. 1375 yards, 45 minutes, 612 active calories.
Saturday I went and swam for my coach. It was an awesome session that gave me two big things to work on that I finally am starting to get. Little things that a coach says for the 100th time can click in an unexpected way. My early high elbow underwater was starting too low, and this was pulling my whole body down in the water. High elbows above water finally means something to me that I understand: pop the elbow and then throw the hand forward. Funny how much you can learn in a very short time when you are ready to learn it.
Yesterday I slammed my hand in a freight elevator door while moving a couch. My first thought was: oh, damn, this is going to screw up my swimming.
I still swam (very softly, very slowly) for an hour yesterday and an hour today (a little more vigorously). 479 active calories today and 508 active calories today, so I guess the extra surf kicking paid off.
My regular pool is closed for 10 days so no classes for now. :-( Next week when it opens back up we are going to have three classes a week instead of just two. It is always better to suffer together in the company of good friends. :-)0 -
oh man, that ^^^ looks painful!1
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A relaxed 2100m
Yay for taper (not that I deserve it given I pretty much skipped 2.5 months of training!)
300 warmup
10x 50 as 25 back 25 free on 1.00
200 free rest 30
4x 50 pull on 1.00
2x 100 free on 1.50
4x 50 free with fins target sub 35 with <30 strokes
3x 100 back kick on 3.00
4x 25 fly
100 warmdown
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4 miles again.
3000 pace
500 kick board and fins
500 pull buoy and hand pads
3050 pace
During the first 3000 I managed to keep code to a 1:45/100 pace.2 -
@dwisehart , SO sorry to see the big black knuckles! If it's any consolation, I am a well-practiced klutz, and find that swimming really helps in the healing of a bad bruise.
I sometimes have to modify my stroke a bit to accommodate the nature of the injury (which, in the past two years have included a sprained ankle from stepping in a snake hole, two bruised knees from tripping on a sidewalk crack, and a nasty shoulder/elbow/ upper arm thing from miscalculating the width of a door. I really AM a klutz!)
Swimming really helps with circulation to move out the swollen and blood-filled tissues and work through some of the muscle pain.
Best to you!1 -
Been having some trouble with my schedule lately, but managed a 50-minute set and 90 minutes today. May be all I get this week.1
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A very quiet evening in the pool. Just me and the ducks for a slow 2200y.2
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1400m+ April ASC. Down to 4 swimmers, 1 per lane . Coach's Ashley& Josiae will be sharing duties.
Ashley builds awesome Endurance sets and Josiae builds amazing isolation drills so a good combination.
Josiae's kick sets last month have made a huge difference in my kick, my feet actually break the surface now and are not dragging on the pool bottom. Still drop some kick's when breathing - a work in progress.
Warm-up
50m - Free, Back, Kick, choice
Kick Set
50m x 2 ; Left side, Right side, Back, Front. 1st time with mini kickboard, 2nd time free arms
Free Distance/Stroke drill's x 2; Sprint 25m and Distance/Stroke on all others 10 s/RI
25m, 50m, 25m
50m, 50m
25m, 75m
50m, 25m, 25m - Yea that's right double sprints at the end of the set ( Thanks Ashley
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Technique drill
50m x 2 ; Free, Shark, Finger Drag, Distance/Stroke ( reduce Stroke count on each 25 )
Dolphin Kick off wall - Timed
Started with a short 10m Dolphin and then slowly added distance.
100m Cool down
Will miss Thursday session as travelling for the Jasper Half Marathon and in Taper mode resting the legs so they will be fresh and recovered from all the little injuries.
@dwisehart , Those black swollen knuckles/fingers look painful, they would probably benefit from "Budweiser" treatment ( or a different type of cold container - OJ - Frozen H20 Bottle, etc )1 -
4000 yards @ 80 minutes1
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4 mile wake up.
Started with 1000 paced warm up.
3 sets of 2x50 sprint followed by 500 pace.
2x100 Sprint. Personal best 100 today. Both of them timed out at 1:35. Two weeks ago it was 1:40. Not too bad.
500 Kick board and fins
500 pull buoy and hand pads
3050 pace
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@fishgutzy - Love it when you hit those personal bests...well done!1
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Got in 65 minutes today-- and was glad I made it to the pool three times in the same week. It's been a busy couple of weeks!1
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2000m
500 warmup
4x 50 breast
Main set x 4
3x 50 back on 1.30 targets 48-46-44
1x 50 free on 1.30
Failed dismally to keep pace slow enough, times were more like 45-44-42 oops.
200 free/back
100 back kick
4x 25 fly
100 warmdown0
