Did you swim today?
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@fishgutzy Yea you survived another trip.
It was a hard swim tonight as I just couldn't get into the groove of it.
Hit the water and started with a quick warm-up 100m free and 100m breast.
Then tried to get into the flow of a long distance front crawl. It just wasn't happening tonight.
250m Front dropped into a rotating stroke and completed, 250m breast, 100m Back, 100 front, 50 kick and I was done, and not in the good way.2 -
48 (not 50!) minutes of laps. Mixed side strike, backstroke and front crawl. 89.1 degrees in the pool. A little too warm for me.
Too warm is not too fun.
Three thermostat had a problem one day on a recent China trip. Made it 20 laps.
I did 90 laps in an 88 degree pool.
I've done 4 miles in 86 degrees.
It is amazing the difference a couple degrees makes.2 -
2600m
Done painfully at 730am on a Saturday. Not a morning person lol.
200 warmup
6x 50 br kick
9x100 @ 2'30 as:
3x
50 F - 50 Bk
100 back as 25 sprint - 75 easy
100m back as negative - 50 easy - 50 fast
Endurance - Freestyle
10x 100 F as:
2x 100 @ 2'
2x 100 @ 1'55
2x 100 @ 1'50
2x 100 @ 1'45
2x100 @ 2' 50-50 neg
200 warmdown as 100 kick 100 swim
Session was tougher than it looks!
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Yes! 5,000 in the pool. Hope to get in the lake for open water swimming this weekend. Any open water swimmers out there? Any advise how to loose weight and eat what's needed for swimming. Why does it make me SO hungry. I'd love to connect with some swimmers. Anyone using swim.com? How are you tracking swimming in MFP (I just started MFP last week).
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3400m
200 warmup
800 as:
100 kick -100 swim - 100 pull - 100 swim
Freestyle/ AT - HR 130-150
1x 200 @ 4
2x200 @ 3.30
3x 100 @ 2
6x50 back @ 1'10
Breaststroke
3x 100 kick @ 2'30
6x50 swim @ 1'30
4x 100IM @ 2'
200 warmdown
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Got my first lake swim in yesterday and off to do another today. So nice not the be turning around every 25 yards!1
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Today will be my last swim in China this trip. Pool is closed tomorrow. Depart on Wednesday.
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No swimming this weekend.
10 km Road Race yesterday in 21C temperatures.
Today I was a Volunteer in a Safety Kayak at a Tri-Athlon 1.5km Open Water swim. I was one of the alternates in case some one else could not make it so it wasn't really on my plate as a "Planned" event for the day. I expected to sit on the beach and cheer. So when one of the organizers tapped me on the shoulder and said we need you, in my mind it was
. But my turn to give back to the different events and groups I am involved in.
I was in the Final Chase boat ( Course Sweeper ), so next to the Lead Boats actually spent the most amount of time on the water. Lots of time shuttling from one side to the other shepherding the wayward swimmers back into the general course. Had a swimmer on the left who kept going left and one on the right who kept going right. It's like they would swim away from the other athlete's intentionally. Grrrrrr. If I could have tied a rope between them I would have. The one on the left I had to give him the Paddle Tap to the top of his back 3 times as he just wasn't sighting on the Course Buoys or listening to the Boat Deck Drumming ( 1st warning ) Air Horn under water ( 2nd warning ). Once the lead swimmers hit the beach the lead boats sprinted back out to help with the rest of the pack. I don't remember having such a hard time sighting when I did an open water swim.
Turned out it was the first open water swim for both of them and they had never practised sighting so had no idea how to do it or how important it is.
So between the Race yesterday and 80 minutes in the kayak ( 20 minute pre race inspection - buoy placement, 10 minutes waiting for start, 40 minutes Safety Boat, 10 minutes post race inspection, buoy removal ) my legs were really bagged and I cramped up the moment I picked them up to step out of the boat, promptly fell over into the water. No Rescue Required
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I competed this weekend and came in third in the 200 freestyle. The time wasn't great but I'm working on it.
It was a really great meet because it was the first outdoor 50m meet. Beautiful weather and setting.
First place was a medal AND a bottle of wine. A 2015 Barbera too! Only in Italy!
Second place was a medal and a potted flowers.
Unfortunately, third place only a medal.
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Didn't swim on Monday. Having a respiratory allergic reaction to any explosion of pollen here. Sux. Asthma like symptoms. Hard to swim with restricted lungs.
As long add the phlegm stays clear in good.
Leaving China in a few hours. So I'll be away from that pollen.0 -
3000m
200 warmup
4x 150 kick as:
100 kick steady @ rest 30
50 kick max @ 1'30
Mixed strokes
12x50 pull @ 1'15
3x 50 swim as: 1-3 ↓ + 50 easy
4 sets of
150 F @ 3 - cruise (HR low)
100 @ 2 - 90% (F 1:17/ BK 1:28)
50 @ 2 - (F 35 - BK 40)
Swim 2 sets free and 2 in back
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45 minutes in before class. I watched @aliciamariaq 's videos, and tried to put some of the techniques to use. I had to really concentrate on pulling my belly button in and keeping my glutes tight. As a fairly new swimmer, there's no muscle memory for me. But when I did this, I flattened out pretty well. I also tried to kick up as well as down. In all, a pretty good session (until the 4 lanes of swim kids started butterfly-ing next to me!)
Thank you for the suggestions, guys and gals. It's really helpful. I'm super proud that I'm coming up on my 3 year swimaversary
And it's been 5 years since I started working out consistently. WHO'D a thought?? My 40s have been my healthiest decade in terms of physical fitness. I'm turning 50 next year, and I have high hopes for even more. 4 -
Yea to @girlwithcurls2
Noon Hour Splash today. It was so crowded that all 3 swimmers had there own Double Lane . 1900m total
2 x 750m Front Crawl - Double down on the distance for the local sprint Tri-Athlons.
200m Back
200m Breast0 -
34 mins sidestroke and front crawl with an occasional backstroke once or twice.0
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Late in logging yesterdays swim. A repeat of May 31, this time with a stop watch.
Noon Hour Splash today. It was so crowded that all I had three Double Lanes to myself . 1900m total
2 x 750m Front Crawl - 18:24 & 18:49 Double down on the Sprint Triathlon distance.
100m Back
50m kick
200m Breast
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3000m
200 warmup
400 kick as free/back by 100
100 swim
3x
2x 50 br kick
300 swim free/back
10x 100 free on 2.00 holding 1.25 pace
100 warmdown1 -
3000m
200 F/ bk warmup
8x50 (25 kick - 25 swim) @ 1'10
Alternate free and back
Backstroke pull - swim: 4 sets as:
2x 50 pull @ 1'10"
2x 50 swim @ 1'10"
Endurance freestyle - 2 sets of:
100 @ 1'50
200 @ 3'50
300 @ 5'50
Even speed
200 Finz kick
2x 50 finz swim - fast @ 1'30
100 swim easy
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3000m
3x150 as
Back/breast/free by 50
Fly/back/free by 50
Back/breast/free by 50
8x 50 free on 60 as
Odds breathe every 5th stroke
Evens 10m underwater off wall
6x 150 free on 2.40 as
Odds 75 fast 75 steady
Evens build by 50
4x 150 as
Odds pull
Evens kick
2x 200 as
100 back/100 br
100 br/100 free
250 warmdown1 -
First day back after bronchitis. Still coughing a lot.
Managed 3000 yards. Didn't want to over do it.0
