Did you swim today?
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Yep - my first 1k in a very long time.
(It also took a rather long time to do it...!)
The pool was fairly full - and the only space was to join in with the fast lane chap. I managed a couple of lengths before bobbing back over to the very wide (think circle lane for 4-5 people wide) lane to do all my drills...but I was pleased I had the guts to own the space for a wee while. Yep - a former me would never have dared UmmmS!
The problem with my usual mix of drills and IM (done to a pneumonic..) is that it varies length by length from fast to slow to glacial - makes it very hard to pick which lane I will be least irritating in...
Like the medal Emma !1 -
Freestyle Capacity
Warm Up
500 swim
4 x 100 kick rest 10 sec
3 x 100 IM rest 25 sec
Pre set
12 x 75
1-4 easy/fast/easy rest 10 sec
5-8 short rest rest 5 sec
9-12 fast/easy/fast rest 15 sec
Main Set 2x through
7 x 100 focus on turns 2:00
5 x 150 Middle 50 strong 3:00
3 x 200 Negative split 4:00
1 x 250 Strong 1st & last 50s 5:00
Warm down
8 x 50
1-2 rest 5 sec
3-4 rest 10 sec
5-6 rest 15 sec
7-8 rest 20 sec0 -
2900m
1100m before masters swim
100 kick
3x100 fast free
8x50 25 drill/25 swim - odds free, evens IMO
2x(3x100)- 50 fly/50 back
- 50 back/50 breast
- 50 breast/50 free
4x50 free descend
200 cool down0 -
2 weeks out of the water. Work kept me out of town for a week and LG Training used up the Lane time for 2 weeks.
~ 1500m
Warm-up
100m - Free, Back, Kick
Kick set 12 x 25m @1:45
IM x 2 ( my left shoulder does not like fly )
Free 5 x 50m @ 1:15
5 min Kick set 30s Fast- 30s Slow
Easy - cool down 4 x 100m Breast, Back, Free, Choice
Stretch Session in the water.
The pool was warm so everyone was getting overheated and cramps. Right calf and toes for me.
So she reduced the session by a good 300m.0 -
3000m
600 warmup
200 kick
200 pull
100 swim
4x 50 IMO on 1.10
200 free
4x 50 IMO on 1.10
200 kick
8x 50 free on 1.00
200 pull
200 back as alt kick/swim by 50
100 kick
200 warmdown
Wasn't really feeling it tonight. Had a long two days driving up to Auckland and back (5.5 hour trip each way) to visit our specialist children's hospital. A little 6 year old boy I'm working with who has just had a brain tumor removed, and his grandparents who he lives with asked me to go up for some support. Sure puts life in perspective. He's going to recover but has a very long road ahead in terms of treatment and learning to walk and talk again.0 -
just 500m today
needed to do something but my knee was aching after that so I stopped.
lame! 0 -
I don't know what got into me last night, but I got 67 laps in (my usual is 45-50). I got to the pool early, so I had about an extra 40 minutes before my class began. After I reached 50, I still had about half an hour, so I decided to just keep swimming. It felt better and better. And I wasn't tired out. Usually, when I'm getting tired, the first thing that happens is my butt drops, and then it all goes to heck. I think I'm finally getting some muscle memory (and good core strength) because I kept my belly button pulled in, and just swam on. Once I did the math, I realized that gutzy does over twice that...daily
Wow! Kudos to you guys who swim far and/or fast. I'm usually neither. But there was a big psychological hump that I got over last night! Maybe I am a far swimmer! 4 -
3000m
400 warmup
12x 50 backstroke kick on 1.30 alt mod and max
200 swim
12x 50 freestyle pull on 1.10 alt mod and max
400 free hold 6.00
4x 100 free on 1.45 hold 1.25
400 warmdown
Feeling slow and heavy in the water the last two days.0 -
Another 3000m today.
600 warmup
200 kick
400 pull
4x 200 back on 4.00 moderate pace
3.18 3.15 3.14 3.08
200 kick
400 pull
400 warmdown0 -
Was today better, emma? I hate that slow and heavy kind of swim...1
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girlwithcurls2 wrote: »Was today better, emma? I hate that slow and heavy kind of swim...
Nope lol0 -
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7050 total
Warm Up
500 swim
400 kick
4 x 100 IM rest 20
Pre set
12 x 75 freestyle
Main Set 2x through- all breaststroke
7 x 100 focus on turns 2:10
5 x 150 3:15
3 x 200 4:00
1 x 250 5:00
Warm down
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3600 today0
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3000m
300 warmup
200 kick
200 pull
4x 150 free @ 3'+ 50 F @ 1' + 100 @ 3
3x 150 free @ 3'+ 50 F @ 1' + 100 @ 3
2x 150 free @ 3'+ 50 F @ 1' + 100 @ 3
1x 150 free @ 3'+ 50 F @ 1' + 100 @ 3
Set one hold 2.15 or below for 150s
Set two hold 2.10 or below for 150s
Set three hold 2.05 or below for 150s
Set four hold 2.00 or below for 150
All 50's at pace 38
All 100s slow/recovery
200 warmdown
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500m again today
hopefully knee is getting better. But am having my tooth out tomorrow so won't be swimming again til Friday. Lame! lol
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3200m of pretty boring stuff
500 free
200 kick
400 free
200 kick
300 free
200 kick
200 free
100 kick
200 free
100 kick
400 pull with paddles
400 warmdown
Waiting to hear results from xray - haven't been able to walk on right foot since the open water swim 10 days ago and can't even touch little toe!2 -
3250m - 2 miles woooo!
1400m before masters swim
8x50 IMO 1-4 kick, 1-4 swim
3x through:- 6x25 sprint free
- 100 IM
- 200 free, focus on distance per stroke
100m cool down0 -
2700m today due to limited time
500 warmup
300 kick
12x 50 pull on 1.00
12x 75 as three sets of
Fly-back-breast
Back-breast-free
Breast-free-fly
Free-fly-back
20 seconds rest between each 75
400 warmdown0 -
Yea made it to Adult Swim Club, darn work interfering with life/recreation.
Only 1700m but a good 1700.
100m Warmup; 50m Breast, Back, Free, Drill
2 x Breathing 3,5,7 pyramid 10Sri/25m
4 x 25 @3
4 x 25 @5
4 x 25 @7
2 x 25 @3
100m 3,5,7,5
60Sri - repeat^
2 x Kick 10 Sri/25m
4 x 25m Single legged kick alternate @wall
4 x 25m
4 x 25m Dolphin - >3+ off wall underwater
Repeat^
Strangely it was a Luv-Hate with the single legged kick.
Could really tell that it improved my form in 1 session. Will add it to my personal workout list.
3 x Vertical Kick @ 30 sec Intervals = 6 mins of
Dolphin hard/ Easy Tread / Vertical Free Hard / Easy Tread - Repeat
Cooldown 50m Breast, Back, Free, Drill choice1 -
2200m of dullness!0
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@emmab0902 Hang in there.
I struggled all winter and now realize it was a Vitamin D deficiency ( lack of sunlight and not taking any Vit D supplements ) It will pass and you will get back to your normal strong self.
I think of our common contact from the Running Challenge @Orphia ( your neighbor in Australia - ie closer to you than I am ) and her recent post.I'm doing an online course from the University of Kent called, "The Science of Endurance Training and Performance".
In Week 3, we look at the "Psychological determinants of endurance performance" and we have an exercise where we look at critical situations we might come across. We then create a plan for each situation so we know what to do when we face that situation. Thought you might appreciate their list.
This is my list:
My goal this year is to do a 50 km run. I have been training for this since Jan. In the next month I will do my final long run/s and start to taper.
On my long run/s:- If I start to feel tired then I will look at my form and breathing and adjust them to feel more comfortable.
- If my shoulders get sore I will rotate my arms to ease the ache.
- If I get breathless, I will run at a pace that feels like I can run forever.
- If I think negative thoughts, then I will visualise completing my goal and remember my friend Aga's comment about my determination.
- If I'm staring at the ground, then I will look up to try and find a nice photo opportunity.
- If I start wanting to stop early, then I will focus on completing a mini-goal / route section so I feel hopeful.
- If I worry about my time or pace, I will remember my year's goal is just completion of the 50 km run, so I don't need to worry.
During fast / interval sessions, I will "Embrace the suck", and remember that this is how performance is improved so I try my best.
Maybe you can do something similar for where you are in swimming right now?1 -
2100
WU
100 free
100 back
100 free
100 breast
50 free
Pre-Set
8 * 50 20 secs rest
odds free
evens 25 back 25 breast
Main
3 * 200 free on 4 mins
2 * 100 free on 2 mins
6 * 25 kick sprint on 1 min
WD
250 as 50 free, 50 back, 50 free, 50 breast 50 free0 -
2700m
900m before masters swim
100m kick
3x100m free
2 times through:- 75m free
- 50m drill/25m free
- 50m drill/25m non free
- 75m non free
2x200m IM
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@juliet3455 , that is awesome! So many of my challenges with workouts are really in my head. I'm not a lifelong athlete, so I don't have years of being on teams or memories of coaches words in my head. Just my own doubts, frustrations, thoughts of fatigue.
One other thing I do (especially when I'm running) is to do a check in with my body. "What's up, legs? Feeling OK? Good. Lungs, how about you? A little slower, OK. Brain? Want to stop and walk home? Hmm, too bad. You don't get a vote today." Basically, I'm checking in to remind myself that I AM strong. I CAN do it. I've probably done something similar or harder before. So hang in there.
Hang in there, emma girl! Winter is coming. Make a plan to get through
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750m of various swimming pootling for 30mins
It was good to discover another new quiet swimming slot - 3-4pm. Now this did take some mental determination (I am usually in bed 2- 3 ish, and I don't exactly spring out if it....) but there again, it is another sign of gradual improvement in my boring old CFS that I even attempted it.
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Adult Swim Club 2000m in a warm pool.
200m Easy pace warm-up;
50m free, pull, back & Choice Drill = 1 legged kick-alt leg @25m
Scull 50m
Front-feet first
Front- head first
Back-feet first ( need a circular pool for this one, week left strong right = circles )
Back-head first
4x IM all on 10 sRi
2x 25m fly
2x 25m Back
2x 25m Breast
2x 25m Free
200m IM
4x 25m 1 Legged kick with fin on static leg for flotation/stability balance.
I can really feel how this is helping my kick. I can now hear my kick as my foot drives back down into the water with an audible pop/slap. Must do more of these.
300m Easy choice cool down.0 -
Only 2200m tonight - only had 40 minutes in the pool as finished work late then had to get home in time to play taxi for my kids
1000 free
6x 100 free on 1.45 holding 1.27 or below
400 as 100 free 100 back 100 free 100 back
200 warmdown
Grudgingly go home0 -
Another good swim. 65 laps because I arrived early. This is dead week between lessons, so lane availability is good. Went to the water cardio class afterward with tired legs.2
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4400m
300 warmup
Freestyle set / 30sec between swims
200 paddles
400 paddles/pull
600 swim
800 paddles
800 paddles/pull
600 swim
400 paddles
200 paddles/pull
100 warmdown0
