Did you swim today?
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Monday: 1.5 miles
Tuesday: 1.0
Today: 1.5 miles
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4 miles last night. Been a while since i got in the pool 5 days in a row. 20 miles total so far this week. Shooting for 7 days in a row. Then maybe just archery archery on Saturday.0
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Fell 5 miles into my 8 mile long run this weekend and skinned my knee. Took Tuesday off from the pool because my knee was oozing. Went swimming today and the pool sloffed off my scab, bah. I'm frustrated because open swim season started Tuesday and I'm going to wait a little longer to get in the lake
Also, signed up for an aquabike at the end of July on a whim - it's half ironman length, so 1.2 mile swim and a 56 mile bike. One of my hesitations for committing to half ironman is that I'm not sure I can get through the swim in the time limit. This aquabike is cheap ($60), so if I don't make it through the swim, I'll know I need to radically shake up my swim training. And if I do make it, then I'll be more confident in training for a half ironman next year.
Master's swim today, substitute coach who kicked my behind
2400m
500m before masters swim
2x(4x50) - 3 free/1 breast
6x100 free at 2:30 (which was much slower than the time he had written - I had to laugh that the slowest time he wrote was 2:30 for a 125. Maybe one day. )
4x50 - fins with slow arms/90% kick
4x75 - kick intensity decreases throughout each 75
4x65 - kick intensity increases throughout each 75
100 cool down1 -
I’ve been fighting a summer cold and giving myself a few days off. Went yesterday at the last minute (I keep my swim pack in my car, just in case) and had a great swim-finally!! 1.5 mi in a little over an hour.2
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2600m
1000 free
200 back kick
300 free a
200 free kick
300 free pull
200 br kick
200 back
200 warmdown1 -
1000m
200m relaxed
200m breathing drills to 13
200m with hand paddles
100m legs only
100m arms only
150m medley
50m underwater - felt really strong for the first 25m and then some numpty was pratting around at the end so I couldn't get a clean turn and had to come up! not happy! lol0 -
2500m
600 warmup
2x 200IM on 4.00
4x 50 back on 1.10
100 back kick
4x 50 fly fins on 1.20
100 fly kick fins
4x 50 br on 1.20
100 br kick
2x 200IM on 3.45
200 warmdown0 -
8km (5 mile) swim today. Needed a good head clearing long swim.
After lunch I went to shoot a few rounds at an archery club in Shanghai.2 -
2400m semi recovery swim after yesterday's challenging IM work.
1000 as continuous
75 free 25 back
75 free 25 br
75 free 25 fly
75 free 25 back
75 free 25 br
75 free 25 fly
75 free 25 back
75 free 25 br
75 free 25 fly
75 free 25 fly
5x 200 30s rest as
200 free kick
200 free pull
200 back kick
200 free
200 back
100 br kick
300 warmdown1 -
2400m
200 warmup
10x200 as
1 and 6 freestyle negative split
2 and 7 IM
3 and 8 br as 100 kick 100 swim
4 and 9 backstroke negative split
5 and 10 8x 25 fly on 40
30s rest between each 200
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Warm Up (600)
1 x 200 FR
4 x 75 (one of each stroke IM order: 25 kick/25 drill/25 swim)
1 x 100 IM
Pre-set (400)
4 x 25 FR @ 35
4 x 25 FR @ 30
4 x 25 FR @ 25
4 x 25 FR @ 20
30 secs rest between sets
Main (1600)
Backstroke
Swim 1 x 100
Kick 4 x 25
Drill 1 x 100
Swim 4 x 50 @ 1:10
Swim 4 x 25 @ 35
2 x 200 FR @ 4:00
Breaststroke
Swim 1 x 100
Kick 4 x 25
Drill 1 x 100
Swim 4 x 50 @ 1:20
Swim 4 x 25 @ 35
Cool Down (200)
1 x 200 (50 free/25 choice)
Totals (2800)2 -
2200m
400 w/u as 100 free 100 back 100 free 100 br
3x 400IM as
2x 200IM continuous
4x 100IM continuous
8x 50IMO continuous
8x 25 scull (15)
4x 50 fly kick on back (20)
200 warmdown
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Warm Up (500)
1 x 200 (25 swim/25 drill)
1 x 200 (25 BK/25 BR)
1 x 100 IM
Pre-set (600)
10 x 50 FR
2 on 70
2 on 60
2 on 50
2 on 60
2 on 70
1 x 100 (easy choice non free)
Main (1200)
FL + BK 25 + 75
FL + BR 25 + 75
FL + FR 25 + 75
IM 100
1 x 100 (easy choice)
4 x 100 FR on 2:00 (odds swim evens pull)
1 x 100 (easy choice)
8 x 25 on 0:45 (2 x IM)
Cool Down (200)
1 x 200 (25 free/25 choice)
Totals (2500)1 -
I have great admiration for those of you who do fairly complex drill routines.
All I do is get in and go. My breast stroke is weak. Can't do back stroke due to arthritis, and never learned butterfly. But i have worked to improve my front crawl technique.
4 miles last night.
Arms and back still recovering for pushing a but to much in the weight room on Monday. That only reinforces the need to get to the weight room more. I didn't think I pushed that hard.0 -
6000m charity swim for our national specialist children's hospital. Including about 1400 pull. And did the last 25m fly to finish off!
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10km yesterday.1
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Just a short 2300m to stretch out the arms after yesterday's long swim.
800 warmup
200 free kick
300 free pull
200 back kick
300 free pull
200 br kick
300 warmdown1 -
Had to take a rest day yesterday. Still beat from the 10km on Saturday. Back at it tonight.1
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Today: 1 mile @ 54 minutes0
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Just found out that the gym and pool I've been going to for the last six years has gone into liquidation. So Sundays swim will have been the last time I get to go there. Feeling gutted and sad. Getting to a pool is going to be much more difficult for me now not to mention I probably can't afford a gym membership as well as pool entry fees. Having a pool/gym complex was so good. Sad day here
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2400m in a different pool
200 free 100 back kick 200 free continuous
500 free paddles
8x50 mixed arms and legs
16x 50 free on 60 as 4 sets of
25 breathe 3 25 breathe 5
25 breathe 3 25 breathe 7
25 breathe 5 25 breathe 3
25 breathe 7 25 breathe 3
200 warmdown0 -
Just found out that the gym and pool I've been going to for the last six years has gone into liquidation. So Sundays swim will have been the last time I get to go there. Feeling gutted and sad. Getting to a pool is going to be much more difficult for me now not to mention I probably can't afford a gym membership as well as pool entry fees. Having a pool/gym complex was so good. Sad day here
Oh that is such a shame! I hope you find somewhere new that is as good
1000m today
200m relaxed
200m breathing to 13
400m with hand paddles
200m medley
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3100m
so. much. kicking.
1500m before masters swim
200m kick
3x100 free fast
8x75 (50 kick/25 swim) odd free/even IMO
25 fly/50 back/75 breast/100 free/75 breast/50 back/50 fly
100m cool down.1 -
Today: 2 miles @ 99 minutes
Sad for you emma0 -
4 miles last night. Swimming circles around slowskies doing breast stroke in the fast lane again.
On the plus side, the life guard that speaks some English said I should do a lesson with coaches on distance swimming. I thought it was kind of funny. I'm not a competitive swimmer. Not fast. Just determined.1 -
I’m not getting as many swims in lately, nor as long, but they are feeling better, so I’ll take that as my win.3
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Have not been in the water since I was in the ocean last month. I miss it, but my pool gets too crazy in the summer and is not friendly to evening lap swim. Still following you all, and on my bike just about every day for a replacement. But I do miss the chlorine so much...1
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Just found out that the gym and pool I've been going to for the last six years has gone into liquidation. So Sundays swim will have been the last time I get to go there. Feeling gutted and sad. Getting to a pool is going to be much more difficult for me now not to mention I probably can't afford a gym membership as well as pool entry fees. Having a pool/gym complex was so good. Sad day here
So sorry to hear that. If I didn't have a nearby pool to help me two years ago, I don't think I would have made the progress that I did. I know you're in another category, but ... I wish pools were not so expensive to operate. We have lost just a few lately, but when there only are a few around, it's a huge impact. And rarely are there new pools being built. They are not that expensive to build, but maintaining them is so very expensive...1 -
2000m morning swim with a visiting friend.
700 warmup
300 pull
300 kick
4x 25 free sprint on 30
4x 50 free fast on 60
100 free steady pace
200 pull
100 warmdown
The sprints nearly killed me - clearly I need to do more of those!!
Off for another swim later.0 -
Second swim for the day
2300m
300 warmup
12x 100 free holding 1.25 as
1-4 on 1.50
5-8 on 1.45
9-12 on 1.40
400 kick fins
8x 25 fins as 15m underwater 10m swim
200 warmdown2
