Did you swim today?

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  • beerfoamy
    beerfoamy Posts: 1,520 Member
    1650m

    250m warm up
    500m with hand fins
    250m mix breaststroke and front crawl
    250m with hand fins
    250m mix legs and arms only
    100m breaststroke - completely wimped out on my underwater - only around 30m
    50m legs only - showing a mate how I do it to maybe help her
  • YosemiteSlamAK
    YosemiteSlamAK Posts: 1,230 Member
    Warm up
    250 swim
    250 kick
    250 pull
    200 swim

    Main Set
    300 breast, rest 20 sec
    300 free, rest 20 sec
    275 breast, rest 20 sec
    275 free, rest 20 sec
    250 breast, rest 20 sec
    250 free, rest 20 sec
    225 breast, rest 20 sec
    225 free, rest 20 sec
    200 breast, rest 20 sec
    200 free, rest 20 sec
    175 breast, rest 15 sec
    175 free, rest 15 sec
    150 breast, rest 15 sec
    150 free, rest 15 sec
    125 breast, rest 15 sec
    125 free, rest 15 sec
    100 breast, rest 15 sec
    100 free, rest 15 sec
    75 breast, rest 10 sec
    75 free, rest 10 sec
    50 breast, rest 10 sec
    50 free, rest 10 sec
    25 breast, rest 5 sec
    25 free, rest 5 sec

    100 IM, rest 15 sec
    200 back, rest 15 sec
    100 IM, rest 15 sec
    200 breast, rest 15 sec
    100 IM, rest 15 sec
    200 free rest 15 sec
    100 IM, rest 15 sec

    Warm down
    200 pull
    200 kick
    200 easy

    6450 total
  • beerfoamy
    beerfoamy Posts: 1,520 Member
    Warm up
    6450 total

    wow!! am envious of how long your pool lets you stay in for!! I can barely get 5000m in if I am there from start to finish of the session!!

  • YosemiteSlamAK
    YosemiteSlamAK Posts: 1,230 Member
    beerfoamy wrote: »
    wow!! am envious of how long your pool lets you stay in for!! I can barely get 5000m in if I am there from start to finish of the session!!

    I work at the pool, so I know when it is the quietest. I also have a key to the building, so I could swim when we are closed, but that could get me fired.
  • beerfoamy
    beerfoamy Posts: 1,520 Member
    I work at the pool, so I know when it is the quietest. I also have a key to the building, so I could swim when we are closed, but that could get me fired.

    heh brilliant. Is the pool open to all, for the whole day?

    I have from 6:30 -9am as the longest session available with lanes (weekdays only). Pretty decent population in the fast lane all through that. But.....they 'open' at 6:30 so earliest I have ever made it past reception and into pool is 6:40 - then I start work at 9 so have to be out of pool at 8:30 latest. I could probably squeeze a 5km into that but it would feel rushed and I couldn't cool down/steam room after properly :/ 1st world problems I know. I save my 5ks for when I have a day off work! :D


  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
    I work at the pool, so I know when it is the quietest. I also have a key to the building, so I could swim when we are closed, but that could get me fired.
    Some managers have no sense of adventure. A good inside advantage.
    beerfoamy wrote: »
    I have from 6:30 -9am as the longest session available with lanes (weekdays only). Pretty decent population in the fast lane all through that. But.....they 'open' at 6:30 so earliest I have ever made it past reception and into pool is 6:40 - then I start work at 9 so have to be out of pool at 8:30 latest.
    We have 6:30-9am M,W,F but I start work at 8am so really have to be out the front door by 7:30 to make work so less than an hour in the water. M & F they have a 6-7:30pm with one dbl lane. its either packed or empty no rhythm or reason. At least then I can get the full 90 minutes. Although it can be hard to do drills if you get a random paddler making slow circles. Which is why I like the Adult Swim Club - we have 90 minutes of structured drills and you get the full 90 since we follow the local youth swim club.
  • YosemiteSlamAK
    YosemiteSlamAK Posts: 1,230 Member
    beerfoamy wrote: »
    heh brilliant. Is the pool open to all, for the whole day?

    I work at an Olympic sized pool that runs lanes width wise, so up to 22 if we close our dive well. We are open to the public 5:30am - 9:30pm weekdays and 9am - 6pm weekends. There is always at least 3 public lanes for lap swimming, except during high school swim season.
    juliet3455 wrote: »
    Some managers have no sense of adventure. A good inside advantage.

    We can swim, but never alone. If I want to swim after 9:30pm or before 4am (we have swim team 4-6am) I can as long as someone else is there on deck, we can use the pool responsibly. We had one guy jumping out of the rafters and that's a huge no no!

  • daj150
    daj150 Posts: 815 Member
    Keep forgetting to post.
    2500 yd
    WU 300
    8x50
    2x (2x125, 4x75, 4x25)
    6x50
    CD 200

    Then yesterday I was supposed to do another 2500 yd but only completed 1600 of it, but this is what I had planned on doing:
    WU 300
    4x100
    4x(150,100,50)
    8x50
    CD 200
  • emmab0902
    emmab0902 Posts: 2,338 Member
    3000m

    400

    6x 100 back on 2.10 descending
    (1.38 1.33 1.30 1.30 1.29 1.28)

    3x 300 free on 5.30 as 2nd and 5th 50 fast
    (4.21 4.19 4.18)

    200 kick

    200 pull

    8x 50 IMO on 1.30

    300 warmdown
  • Bruceapple
    Bruceapple Posts: 2,027 Member
    Today 1 mile @ 49 minutes
  • gentlygently
    gentlygently Posts: 752 Member
    Wow some great swims going on.

    I think I would find a 'lanes across' olympic pool so frustrating....do they ever put the ropes the 'right' way so people can enjoy the stretch of water Yosemite?

    (I still miss my 33m pool which was pulled down and replaced nearby with 25m....and occasionally get to a 50m one)
  • girlwithcurls2
    girlwithcurls2 Posts: 2,281 Member
    52 laps last night, 45 + 30 min in the water cardio class this morning. I'm really grateful for my pool's hours after reading some of your experiences here. My community center is big enough that there are always lap lanes open for swimming. Sometimes it might be only one lane (if the cardio class & lessons are going on), but generally, you can almost always get in a lane. I've had to circle with 4 or 5 only a handful of times. If I go midday on my days off, I can almost guarantee my own lane.
  • YosemiteSlamAK
    YosemiteSlamAK Posts: 1,230 Member
    I think I would find a 'lanes across' olympic pool so frustrating....do they ever put the ropes the 'right' way so people can enjoy the stretch of water Yosemite?
    We put in long course for swim teams a couple mornings a week, but the public does not get to swim long course very often.
  • emmab0902
    emmab0902 Posts: 2,338 Member
    Did a cruddy 2200m today. Still not feeling great plus DOMS from the gym yesterday.

    200 warmup

    200 kick as 150 moderate 50 fast

    200 pull as 150 moderate 50 fast

    200 free as 150 moderate 50 fast

    Twice through
    100 back moderate on 2.00
    2x 50 back strong on 1.00
    100 free moderate on 2.00
    2x 50 free strong on 1.00

    200 kick

    200 pull

    200 warmdown
  • beerfoamy
    beerfoamy Posts: 1,520 Member
    1600m

    500m warm up
    250m with hand paddles
    100m sprint (1:34)
    50m relaxed
    100m sprint (1:34)
    250m with hand paddles
    50m sprint (0:48)
    50m relaxed
    50m sprint (0:48)
    50m relaxed
    50m sprint (0:48) could NOT break past 48!
    100m breaststroke
  • emmab0902
    emmab0902 Posts: 2,338 Member
    3000m lunchtime swim. Nearly didn't go as felt heady from humidity and lack of sleep. But I'm glad I did as it was a good session.

    400 warmup

    Endurance set
    All 200s to be swum at moderate effort

    3x 200IM on 4.00
    (3.14 3.12 3.08)

    100 free easy on 2.00

    3x 200 back on 4.00
    (3.15 3.13 3.10)

    100 free easy on 2.00

    3x 200 free on 4.00
    (2.54 2.52 2.46)

    600 warmdown
  • beerfoamy
    beerfoamy Posts: 1,520 Member
    1000m

    250m relaxed
    250m with hand paddles
    100m sprint (1:32) woohoo
    50m relaxed
    50m sprint (0:46) yay!
    50m relaxed
    50m sprint (0:48)
    100m relaxed
    100m breaststroke
  • UmmSqueaky
    UmmSqueaky Posts: 715 Member
    Didn't get up early enough to get to the pool before masters swim

    1800m

    300m free
    200m IM
    200m free build
    4x200
    • 200 free
    • 200 kick build (only did 100 cuz I'm slow and didn't want to spend another 4 min kicking)
    • 200 free
    • 200 free build
    300m (50 modified fly/50 free/50 back/50 free/50 breast/50 free)
    100m free cool down
  • emmab0902
    emmab0902 Posts: 2,338 Member
    3000m lunchtime swim

    600 warmup

    10x200 F @ 4' as: ↓5- 2-2-1
    start moderate 5x 200
    3.05 3.05 3.05 3.03 3.03

    increase pace 2x200
    2.58 2.58

    increase pace 2x 200
    2.53 2.51

    last 200 is fast, but aim for even split
    2.43

    400 warmdown

  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
    Adult Swim Club 1800m
    100 Free, 100 Kick Warmup

    2 x
    100m Free Kick
    2 x 50m Left leg ( single leg kick really tough drill )
    2 x 50m Right leg
    100m Free

    200m BackStroke D/S

    2 x Breast
    50m Kick
    50m Slide Drill
    50m Heads Up
    50m 2k 1Pull
    200m Breast D/S

    100m Easy Choice

    That was a tough one for me with 900m of kick in one set.
    I have a very weak kick - blame it on TriAthlon Training where you save your legs for the Bike and Run.
  • beerfoamy
    beerfoamy Posts: 1,520 Member
    no swim today - could NOT get out of bed.

    But....to make up for it, I may try for a 5km swim tomorrow, time allowing. Definitely 2 miles
  • YosemiteSlamAK
    YosemiteSlamAK Posts: 1,230 Member
    Warm up
    300 Swim
    300 Half Kick, Half Pull (by 50's)
    400 IM 50 swim/50 kick

    Main Set
    3x through (50s by set Free, Breast, Free)
    4 x 100 IM @ R-1:00, R-0:45, R-0:30, R-0:15 (Ascend)
    200 Easy
    4 x 100 IM @ R-0:15, R-0:30, R-0:45, R-1:00 (Descend)
    200 Recovery
    6 x 50 sprint @ R-0:30, R-0:25, R-0:20, R-0:15, R-0:10, R-0:05 (Ascend)
    200 Easy
    6 x 50 sprint @ R-0:05, R-0:10, R-0:15, R-0:20, R-0:25, R-0:30 (Descend)
    100 Recovery

    Warm down
    50 easy

    Total 7350

    It was supposed to be 100 easy between the sets of 50s, but I misread my workout sheet. Which I guess makes up for the kick set I forgot to do last week?
  • emmab0902
    emmab0902 Posts: 2,338 Member
    @YosemiteSlamAK you do enormous sessions! Are you training for anything in particula
  • YosemiteSlamAK
    YosemiteSlamAK Posts: 1,230 Member
    I am on medical leave from work. I have to drop at least 51lbs as part of the process of getting cleared for duty.
  • emmab0902
    emmab0902 Posts: 2,338 Member
    2300m of nonsense. Two slow breaststrokers in the lane who kept going in front of me from the end so it was a navigational disaster and not the programme I'd intended. But it was still a swim!
  • beerfoamy
    beerfoamy Posts: 1,520 Member
    emmab0902 wrote: »
    2300m of nonsense. Two slow breaststrokers in the lane who kept going in front of me from the end so it was a navigational disaster and not the programme I'd intended. But it was still a swim!

    ARGH! I dislike those people immensely. :s I don't care what stroke you use or if you swim slower than me, I DO care if you don't check at the end of the lane and let me pass!


    my morning was:
    4000m

    1600m front crawl (28:54) well happy with that first mile

    then forgot to set timer and fought boredom around the 2000m mark so the remaining 2400m was a mix of front crawl, then some breaststroke and backstroke to strecth out in the last 1000.

    Was a bit miffed I didn't get the 5km done. But I finished the 4 at 8:05. I could have done the last km by 8:25, but I wouldn't have had cool down time as would have had to race to work for 9:00. ah well.

  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
    emmab0902 wrote: »
    2300m of nonsense. Two slow breaststrokers in the lane who kept going in front of me from the end so it was a navigational disaster and not the programme I'd intended. But it was still a swim!

    Feeling your pain. As a Slow-Middle of the pack swimmer I always try to be aware of
    Who is in the lane with me
    What are they doing- easy peasy or pushing a pace-workout
    Where they are relative to me.
    Many times I drop to the side at the wall for a faster swimmer to go by. With certain people It's just about routine.
    Yume on 3 laps, Kevin on 5, Steve on 6 - watch out Yume should be right on his heels, etc.
    So when I catch up to others you sort of expect the same courtesy. Not always. With the regulars it's pretty good, it's the Guest's that can't see-feel the rhythm of the lane that are usually the cause of disasters.

    Adult Swim Club tonight. 1700m

    200m Plus Dryland for warmup.
    25m - jump out and do a 15 sec plank
    25m - Crunchs
    25m - Superman Plank :# etc
    The lane I was in had a Starting Platform in the deep end ( Rope Swing tied off to Platform ) so it was a challenge to get out without smacking a shoulder into the platform. By the time I was done the 200 my arms/shoulder were not happy.

    3 x ( 15sRI )
    50m Kick - My kick is still bad
    50m Shark Brd
    50m Pull
    100m Free

    200m Free Distance per Stroke. = Long Glide between strokes

    75m Breast
    75m Backstroke ( to change up the motion and give the muscles a rest/change )

    200m Paddles - Now my arms are really wupped.

    4 x 25m IM Sprints ( 10sRI )

    100m Cool down choice
    Dry Land Stretch's
  • daj150
    daj150 Posts: 815 Member
    2500 yds

    WU 200
    8x50
    2x
    (3x50, 20sec rest
    4x75, 20sec rest
    3x100, 20sec rest)
    6x50
    CD 100
  • emmab0902
    emmab0902 Posts: 2,338 Member
    2.5km ocean swim event. Was VERY choppy - did not enjoy it at all!!
  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
    emmab0902 wrote: »
    2.5km ocean swim event. Was VERY choppy - did not enjoy it at all!!

    Every swim is an adventure, some more than others. Pick one item as a positive and carry it.
    I was safety boat in one of our triathlon open water training swims last summer I noticed that most of the swimmers went to single side breathing, the wind chop caused face slapping waves on the one shoulder. Solution quit breathing on that side.
    On another swim the angle of the sun caused a horrible reflection on the water causing me to lose my sight line on that side, solution - breathing on the other shoulder and a new reference point for tracking my line.