Did you swim today?
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Today: 1.5 miles. @ 75 minutes0
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Haven't checked in here for a while, my swimming has been extremely erratic since March. Trying to get back into a routine now!
3200m this morning with my swim buddy.
200 free
200 pull
200 kick
200 free
200 pull
200 kick
5x200IM on 4.00 (3.11/3.15/3.15/3.19/3.06)
400 free kick fins
400 free pull paddles
200 warmdown0 -
4000m solo swim this morning. Still knackered from the 5x200IMs yesterday!!
600 free
500 free kick fins
500 pull paddles
400 back kick fins
4x100 free on 1.40 holding <1.23
300 free kick fins
4x75 on 1.30 as 25IMO 50 free
200 mixed kick no fins
200 pull
4x25 free kick max on 45 no fins
100 back
100 easy kick
300 loosen
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Today; 1 mile @ 51 minutes1
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4200m solo swim
1000 free
500 free kick fins
500 pull paddles
400 back kick fins
400 as 100 back 100 free x2
300 mixed kick
300 pull paddles
200 mixed kick
200 as 100IM 100 free
4x25 free kick max on 45
4x25 free swim max on 40
200 warmdown0 -
Right after dinner, into the pool. I didn't cramp, not did I feel slow-- just having a good time.
Focus: arm orientation following hand entry during freestyle. Flutter kicking from the hips.
Ten minutes of backstroke--drills & full stroke. Hand orientation and core rotation.
Ten minutes of drills and full stroke for butterfly. Limiting the up & down, focus: forward motion.
Pool crowded until 30 min before closing time--everyone simply left!
Swimming for the love of it, because it's beautiful.1 -
3000m with my much fitter cousin!
400 warmup
10x100 free on 1.45 holding 1.23 or below
1000 nonstop as third 25 of each 100 alt back or br
200 as 100 back 100 free
4x50 free kick no board arms by side
200 as 100 back 100 br0 -
3600m solo swim.
500 free
500 free kick fins
500 pull paddles
500 mixed kick fins
200 as 100 free 100 back
400 pull paddles
300 mixed kick fins
100 free kick
200 pull no paddles
100 kick
300 warmdown0 -
Still no swims. Just got word that the pool is closed for at least an additional week. This puts the opening at 10/14. Boo hoo...0
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Did not swim today nor for days, due to a small bike accident that scraped off some skin--that needs to scab over first.
I did get in a few more (careful) miles on the bike. The rain begins again tomorrow and the bike needs a little lube job. Maybe swim tomorrow.1 -
Been averaging four to five 2.5km swims a week.
This week started some sprints. So a 2.5 km on Monday, sprints on Tuesday and a 2.5 km swim today!
4 or so kilos down over the last 3 months. Slower progress then I'd hoped but I'll take it.
Hopefully the sprints will help to jig my metabolism around Abit.
NSV - 2 notches down on belt and clothes fit much better 👍3 -
I got out of the hot tub feeling cozy warm, stretched some and stuck my toe in the lap pool. Hmm, a bit cool. I jumped in. Yes! Very cool! My choice of four lanes.
I drank far less water than usual, and never felt overheated. I hope no one corrects the pool temp.
Basic stroke technique after a dry week. So much fun2 -
A heinous 3400m with my swim buddy this morning!
200 free
200 kick
200 pull
200 free
2x200IM on 3.40
2x100 back on 2.00
4x50 back on 1.00
2 minutes rest
2x200IM on 3.40
2x100 br on 2.20
4x50 br on 1.10
2 minutes rest
2x200IM on 3.40
2x100 free on 1.45
4x50 free on 55 last one max
200 loosen
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3700m solo swim. I thought that doing a predominantly kick session would be the easy option.....I was wrong!
400 warmup
10x50 kick as 5 free 5 br on 1.10
6x50 back pull paddles on 1.00
6x50 back kick fins on 1.00
12x100 kick fins on 2.00 as
2 fly on back 2 back 2 free (twice thru)
5x100 free pull paddles on 1.40
200 kick
300 warmdown
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Today, the lifeguards reported the pool temperature to be 75 degrees F, right after I stuck my toe in and said, "I think it's warmer than yesterday."
I had a wonderful 42 minutes. No cramps. No overheating.
I need someone to critique. I didn't often feel long and fast today. Do you ever freestyle with closed fists? I did today (like most days) & I wanted to enjoy it, but that won't likely happen until I get better.
Do you swim backstroke, breaststroke or butterfly? Yes, I can do 40 minutes of freestyle. But if I don't do all four strokes, I don't get enough Humble Pie--they keep me in my place. 🙂
Swimming for fun. Fast? Not a priority.1 -
kayak4water wrote: »Today, the lifeguards reported the pool temperature to be 75 degrees F, right after I stuck my toe in and said, "I think it's warmer than yesterday."
I had a wonderful 42 minutes. No cramps. No overheating.
I need someone to critique. I didn't often feel long and fast today. Do you ever freestyle with closed fists? I did today (like most days) & I wanted to enjoy it, but that won't likely happen until I get better.
Do you swim backstroke, breaststroke or butterfly? Yes, I can do 40 minutes of freestyle. But if I don't do all four strokes, I don't get enough Humble Pie--they keep me in my place. 🙂
Swimming for fun. Fast? Not a priority.
LOVE cooler pools!
I started to do a couple of lengths with closed fists a few months ago, I think it has made a bit of difference to my pull, but like you, am swimming for fun so haven't been watching out for it. It is fun catching people looking at you weirdly though!
I mainly swim front crawl, but today I swam 1km breaststroke after my 1km front crawl and wow, yeah, that made me outta breath. 20mins for the crawl, 25 for the breaststroke set but it felt sooooooo muccchhhhh longerrrrr.
I do a backstroke/breaststroke mix as a cool down set after long swims but rarely otherwise.
Butterfly, haven't tried since I was a kid, maybe next time I have the lane to myself! 1 -
1800 free
200 IM
800 Back
200 IM
800 Breaststroke
200 IM
800 Free
200 IM
Mixed in some kick and pulls on the 800 sets. 5000 yards in whole.0 -
75 minutes today1
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Awwww, they fixed the pool heater!
Result: warmer & more people in the pool, but not to excess. In the last 30 min of pool hours, most folks have left the pool: my choice of lanes! And I can do butterfly without fear of someone whacking my hand with their teeth ☺️
036 min today. Trying to keep my feet kicking in a smaller "tube"
Keeping my head in neutral during fly until it breaks the water surface
Scabs from bike crash flapping a bit as water flows over. All good!0 -
The session below is not recommended if you:
A) Are drastically low in iron stores.
Are seriously lacking in B12.
C) Are swimming in a 30.5°C pool.
D) Have woken up with a virus.
Dumbarse me did it with all of the above! 5200m solo swim.
800 warmup
600 free kick fins
6x100 pull paddles on 1.40
500 back kick fins
5x100 pull no paddles on 1.40
400 mixed kick fins
4x100 free descending on 1.40
300 mixed kick fins
3x100 back descending on 1.50
200 kick no fins
4x50 br on 1.10
4x25 free kick max no fins on 45
2x50 fly on 1.20
200 warmdown
Was happy to manage 1.26 for my last backstroke given how knackered I was by then. Think I'll be written off for the rest of the day though!!
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Just saw this thread... .
Yesterday pool laps for an hour.
Cancelled today in the ocean because of brown water warning after storm.
Tomorrow should be clear, so planning on getting into the open water for a few hours.0 -
Yesterday; 1 mile @ 49 minutes1
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Just a steady 3700m today as recovery from yesterday's big swim.
500 warmup
500 free kick fins
500 pull paddles
400 back kick fins
2x200 free pull paddles on 3.20
300 mixed kick fins
3x100 free pull paddles on 1.40
200 mixed kick no fins
4x50 back pull paddles on 1.00
4x25 free kick max on 45
4x25 br pull paddles
200 warmdown1 -
Open water ocean swim, freestyle, in chop, for a little over an hour, plus some free-diving.0
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Today: 1 mile @ 50 minutes1
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3900 yards total
500 warmup
100 back
6x100 75 free, 25 no free
200 kick
50 pull
1x100 on 1:40
100 pull
2x100 on 1:40
150 pull
3x100 on 1:30
200 pull
4x100 on 1:40
10x50 no free down, free on the way back
500 pull on 7:00
No time for warmdown.1 -
The pool is finally open! And I didn't forget how to swim. Just a quick dip after lifting today. Ran out of time. But it's OPEN!!!2
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75 minutes ocean swim... warm-up, then 1 mile with fins, additional .2 miles without, plus cool-down water play/relaxing...0
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45 minutes of laps before the class. It's taken me a week psychologically, to get back into the groove. I also realized that two months of dropping my workouts that don't include the water impacted my sleep poorly. That eventually sorted itself out. Now that I'm adding my water workouts back in, I'm exhausted! Opening the pool has literally added 4-6 hours of workouts back into my week. I had forgotten that on those days when I just don't want to go, I remind myself how well I'll sleep. I'll never be fast, but I hope to be consistent.1
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Finally found a great lap pool two years after relocating ! Addicted to music while swimming and the demise of ITunes made my Audioflood obsolete. Trying my Delphin with Spotify playlists for the first time today !0
