Did you swim today?
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1000m
750m front crawl - was going to do it all in one go, but the pool is too hot and I got a headache.
250m with hand paddles after a rest1 -
Big swim day yesterday
masters swim in the morning - another one with all the kicks
300m warm up
200m kick
200m free build
4xs through:- 4x25 sprint kick
- 4x25 free fast
- 100 IM
100m cooldown
Then took my new tri kit and sports out to the lake for a test swim after work. Tri kit was great, figured out the bra was too small cup wise, so I'm getting the next size up. I like to unzip the tri top when I get on the bike to air things out a bit and it was all rather gratuitous. Need the next size up apparently for more coverage.
2500 yards in an hour and 6 minutes, which is good enough to make a half ironman swim cutoff (2112 yards in an hour 10 min). Granted, this was in a really calm lake, but also it was with no wet suit, which gives me a not insignificant improvement on speed. Of course, OWS is a crap shoot, so who knows what race day conditions would actually be like.
4300m for the day1 -
New personal distance record today.
11km in 3:56:xx.3 -
Warm Up (450)
1 x 200 FR (25 swim/25 drill)
1 x 150 (25 BK/25 BR)
1 x 100 IM
Pre-set (1000)
IM
Butterfly
4 x 100 (25 fly, 75 free, rotate the fly)
Back
1 x 100 drill
4 x 50 swim @ 70
Breast
1 x 100 drill
4 x 50 swim @ 80
Main (700)
Freestyle
1 x 100 pull easy
4 x 25 @ 25
1 x 100 pull easy
4 x 25 @ 30
1 x 100 pull easy
4 x 25 @ 35
1 x 100 all out
Cool Down (150)
1 x 150 (50 choice/50 free/50 choice)
Totals (2300)1 -
2500m
400 warmup as free/back
Main set (6× through)
100 free at 80% 10s rest (1.25)
50 free at 80% 10s rest
50 free at 80% 10s rest
50 free max (35)
Set rest is your 100 time
Hold 100 and 50 max times for each set
200 pull
4x 25 free max (5s rest)
60s rest
4x 25 free max (5s rest)
200 warmdown
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4km short swim today.
Mixed inn some sprint sets in the middle. But it was mostly to loosen up from yesterday.0 -
New personal distance record today.
11km in 3:56:xx.
WOW. Just WOW!! That's really remarkable, gutzy!! I got two miles in on Friday, and it took me a full 1.5 hours. I can't imagine swimming for 4 hours. Whew! You've got some incredible stamina! Well done, sir!! *tipping my swim cap to you2 -
3300m
300 warmup
200 kick
200 pull
Main set
Three rounds at 1.20 pace
6×25 swim @ :30 (target: 20)
4×50 swim @ :60 (target: 40)
2×75 swim @ 1:40 (target: 1:00)
1×100 swim @ 2:10 (target: 1:20)
200 easy @ 4:00
200 warmdown1 -
Today: 1.5 miles = (2700YD) = (2492M) @ 74 minutes1
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back to the regular distance last night.
6.4km
Thinking about pushing further on Saturday.
With these trips to China I have nothing but time to kill one the weekends. So I might as well make good use of it.
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3100m
1000 mixed warmup
6x 50 kick fins as 25 sprint 25 easy on 1.15
5x 100 (15s rest) as
1 & 2 pull
3 swim
4 pull
5 swim
5x 200 free as descending rest interval and descending speed!
1 40s rest
2 30s rest
3 20s rest
4 10s rest
Times were 3.02 2.57 2.56 2.55 2.51
4x 25 free sprint (10s rest)
200 warmdown1 -
500m
just a mix of what my legs were happy with this morning. Plus, the pool is still rather warm.1 -
500m
just a mix of what my legs were happy with this morning. Plus, the pool is still rather warm.
Hard to get a good swim on when the pool is 88 or higher. Body gets overheated too fast.
I wad loving it one winter morning when the heater cut out during the night. The pool was 73 in the morning.
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Today: 1.5 miles @ 73 minutes0
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500m
just a mix of what my legs were happy with this morning. Plus, the pool is still rather warm.
Hard to get a good swim on when the pool is 88 or higher. Body gets overheated too fast.
I wad loving it one winter morning when the heater cut out during the night. The pool was 73 in the morning.
That's freezing!!!!! Anything under 80°F and I'm shivering the whole time.1 -
500m
just a mix of what my legs were happy with this morning. Plus, the pool is still rather warm.
Hard to get a good swim on when the pool is 88 or higher. Body gets overheated too fast.
I wad loving it one winter morning when the heater cut out during the night. The pool was 73 in the morning.
That's freezing!!!!! Anything under 80°F and I'm shivering the whole time.
That's why many people got out after 1 or 2 laps.
A couple weeks later they had a new rule. 77 minimum to allow people to swim. Apparently it is a rule set by the insurance company. Concern over hypothermia.0 -
6.4km last night.0
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1600m
400m relaxed
200m breathing drills to 13
400m with hand paddles
100m legs only
100m arms only
200m relaxed
200m medley
pool was a lot cooler today and I am putting more focus on swimming over running for the next few months. Trying to get back up to my 2-2.5km most days. A mile nearly killed me this morning!
Am still in awe of @fishgutzy - I just cannot get that amount of time in a pool!1 -
@beerfoamy , it is easier when I am on travel to China. Nothing to do in a city. So I have plenty of time to swim in the weekends.
At home, I swim mostly when the rest if the family is sleeping.
The three driving factors in distance swimming are technique, persistence, and time. For many, the hardest part is time.1 -
No swims for me the last few days. Massive work stress and have subsequently become quite sick so will rest up and try to kick the bug.2
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No swims for me the last few days. Massive work stress and have subsequently become quite sick so will rest up and try to kick the bug.
FWIW, I have found that swimming helps greatly reduce stress and increase my threshold for handling stressful work or life calamities.
When you recover, if your schedule and your gym schedule allow, try getting a swim in before with. Getting that chlorine and endorphin hit before work can help throughout the day.0 -
No swims for me the last few days. Massive work stress and have subsequently become quite sick so will rest up and try to kick the bug.
FWIW, I have found that swimming helps greatly reduce stress and increase my threshold for handling stressful work or life calamities.
When you recover, if your schedule and your gym schedule allow, try getting a swim in before with. Getting that chlorine and endorphin hit before work can help throughout the day.
I swim before work for exactly this reason - I get so much more stressed if I haven't done my swim prior to looking at my emails! hehe
@emma0902 - hope you feel better asap and can get help with the work stress.
2000m for me today
1600m front crawl
10 mins break to chat to a mate I haven't seen at the pool in a while
400m front crawl
I have lost quite a lot of my endurance for longer swims since starting running! Back on it now!
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Today: 1.5 miles @ 70 minutes1
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Swam yesterday and today. Not long, rather on the medium to short side, but feeling better. I cannot explain why my swims ebb and flow as they do, except that I don't have that muscle memory from being a lifelong (or even childhood) swimmer. In any case, they're getting better, and my endurance is definitely improving.0
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Yes I definitely use swimming for stress management and life balance etc but not while I'm laid up in bed sick lol. But definitely not before work - impossible with four kids and starting work at 7am! I'm a lunchtime or evening swimmer.2
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Managed a short 2200m but didn't do the full session that I was meant to do.
400 warmup
2x 200 back on 3.45
2x 200 br on 4.15
2x 200 free on 3.30
200 kick
200IM
200 warmdown1 -
Had to work yesterday so only took tinge out for 8km swim. Was going to try for 12km.
On weekends in China I generally have nothing but time.
10 more days for this trip.1 -
3000m
400 mixed warmup
400 pull
3x 300 as 50 kick 100 swim 50 kick 100 swim
1. Free 2. Back 3. Breast
100 easy swim
12x 50 on 60 as three rounds of
25 fly 25 free
25 back 25 free
25 br 25 free
25 free 25 free
200 pull
4x 25 free max on 30
300 warmdown1
