Did you swim today?
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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 miles1 -
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?3 -
@YosemiteSlamAK you do enormous sessions! Are you training for anything in particula0
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I am on medical leave from work. I have to drop at least 51lbs as part of the process of getting cleared for duty.2
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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!2
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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.
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.
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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's3 -
2500 yds
WU 200
8x50
2x
(3x50, 20sec rest
4x75, 20sec rest
3x100, 20sec rest)
6x50
CD 1002 -
2.5km ocean swim event. Was VERY choppy - did not enjoy it at all!!1
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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.1 -
Results for today's swim just went online. My time for the 2.5km was 38.14 which is ok given the conditions. Definitely not good at swimming in choppy water!2
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3200m yesterday.
300 breast
500 pull with paddles
400 kick with fins
800 free with fins
400 back
6 x 100 IMs
200 cooldown
I am hoping to get back to regular swimming this week. I had a lingering bout of bronchitis all January and a lingering bout of lack of motivation in February.4 -
2600m today
300 breast
300 pull with paddles
300 kick no fins
1600 free with fins
100 cooldown2 -
This was from Thursday. The plan was to go fast and have extended rest. I don't like waiting on the wall, but I was able to keep up a faster pace through the full set of 12
Warm up
300 swim
300 kick
300 pull
Main Set
12 x 200 @4:30
Odds- free; Evens- breast
12 x 100 @2:30
Odds- free; Evens- breast
12 x 50 @1:30
Odds- free; Evens- breast
12 x 75 kick rest 0:20
25 dolphin, 25 flutter, 25 breast
12 x 50 pull @1:30
6 x 25 sprint @1:00
Warm down
300 easy
Total time ~ 3 hours
Total distance 7050
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That would have to be one of the hardest sessions I've done. Possibly still a bit tired from Saturdays ocean swim and still getting over respiratory infection.
3200m
400 warmup
12x50 on 1.10 as
3 fly
3 back
3 br
3 free
Four times through (!!!!!)
400 free on 7.00 holding 6.00 or below
100IM on 2.30 holding 1.35 or below
(This sucked big time nearly gave up after the second time through!!)
200 warmdown1 -
2500m
500m front crawl
500m with hand paddles
500m front crawl
750m with hand paddles
250m mix of front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke
lots of people in the lane today so nothing complex, just go for as long as I could in the gaps available
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Today: 1 mile @ 55 minutes1
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4 miles today.
Travel day tomorrow. China for a month again.
Shanghai this time. Hotel instead of apartment so food is going suck.
swimming will be at Will's Gym. So I'll get kicked and scratched a few times. But better than not swimming at all.1 -
1600m1
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Sneaky 2500m lunchtime swim.
400 warmup
6x200 free on 3.45 as
#1 focus on early vertical forearm
#2 focus on rotation
#3 build
#4 focus on arm recovery
#5 focus on head position when breathing
#6 build
Sprint endurance
4x (one set each stroke)
4x 25 sprint on 45
50 free easy on 2.00
3x 50 on 1.30 as
Fly/back
Back/br
Br/free
150 warmdown
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