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Is that also where Terrapin Station is?
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Great job, yirara & CW!!!! No swim today & I won't be able to for the next week. Hopefully I'll be able to get some walking in....
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Great job, Juliet!!!!!!
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That looks fantastic, it's going to get tried in the near future. Thanks so much for posting it..........
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Fantastic, CW!!!!
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250 free, 500 free, 1000 free, 5 x 200 I.M., 500 free, 5 x 100 I.M., 1000 free, 500 free, 250 free in 97 minutes, done begrudgingly by my body, which spent all morning tying to convince me to not swim today. First, my stomach was off. When that didn't stop me my hip stiffened up. When that didn't work my knee started…
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It REALLY makes a difference. Before I was on here I would bail on days that I didn't feel like going, then those days would come more frequently until I realized I hadn't been swimming in quite a while. Now I wake up, most days I feel like going, but on the days I don't feel like it I go anyway because I know all of you…
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Great job Bruce, CW & yirara!!!!! Repeated the 6500 free in 114 minutes today instead of alternating days with my other workout - I'll do that one tomorrow because the overall time is a little less & I want to be out of the water a little earlier.......
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Sure did, 6500 yards freestyle in 114 minutes.......
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Panda, you're doing great, & those last minutes will drop right off......
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I was doing my distances before I was on MFP (I had lost 24 lbs. before I found this place), but the group here definitely keeps me motivated to keep at it. This has been, by far, my longest sustained time of consistent exercise (especially swimming) & watching what/how much/how often I'm eating......
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250 free, 500 free, 1000 free, 5 x 200 I.M., 500 free, 5 x 100 I.M., 1000 free, 500 free, 250 free in 97 minutes, starting to finally feel a little stronger doing the fly.......
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Yup, 6500 yards freestyle in 114 minutes.......
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Great job, Panda & Hannah!!!!! No, Hannah, I think to some extent everybody loses count. I don't as much since I started swimming with an iPod, listening to the music keeps my mind from working so much & it's easier to keep count of what I'm doing. Personally, I find it easier to keep track by yards rather than lap count,…
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Killing the legs is a sign that they're working :-)
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No swim today, had a dr. appointment. I was debating going this afternoon, but I've decided I need the break with this being my first full week at full yardage. I woke up very weary, but I did go walk early & I'm getting ready to go walk for a 2nd time with my wife. All in all I'm pretty happy with this week & next week…
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Great day, CW!!!!!
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CW - I don't worry about eating back calories, in addition to swimming I walk most days plus do some other stuff. The only end of the spectrum I worry about is not going over (really only a potential issue on days I don't exercise) & even then I don't sweat it because on the occasions it happens it's not by much & I figure…
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All of these responses are on the money. Having been a swimmer before, you will get back into the habit pretty quickly - just keep pushing yourself to go & to increase your workouts as you shake the rust off. Your form will also come back fairly quickly, try to remember the things you used to work on at practice back when…
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6500 yards of freestyle, 114 minutes........
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Great job, all!!!!! 250 free, 500 free, 1000 free, 5 x 200 I.M., 500 free, 5 x 100 I.M., 1000 free, 500 free, 250 free in 97 minutes......
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CW - being Irish, you scared me ;-) & I wasn't going to post, but since it's POOL length you're asking about - 25 yards......
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CW - after taking it easy for a couple of days the soreness will ease. You'll find as you do more that soreness will occur less frequently & will be less intense as you build strength in the triceps. Once the soreness goes away, push the speed again - just not quite as long. The more you do it the more you'll be able to…
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And in an unrelated moment, CW was asked out for coffee by 3 different members of the water aerobics class ;-)
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This is the other side of the coin - you would have to think people are checking you out to bother with getting all made up. I'm in the pool, so it's easy to keep to myself - but on the rare occasions I'm doing something else there my iPod is on & I'm more concerned with doing what I set out to do. It seems that the…
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It really boils down to what you're going there for. If it's a social event & you're looking to meet people then I guess you worry about things like hair, makeup, what outfit you're wearing, etc. If you're there to work out then I would assume comfort, mobility, safety, etc. would be the priorities. I would assume if…
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Great job, those that got their swims in..... Fred, you're in the right place - plenty of regular swimmers here.... Panda, the English backstroke sounds like what I was taught as elementary backstroke...... No swim for me today, but I'll be back at the gym early tomorrow - hoping the lifeguard decides to come in to…
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Another way to keep from turning to far when breathing in freestyle is to think 1 goggle lens above the water & 1 goggle lens in the water.....
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Ni work, CW!!!! 33m of fly without a turn? I think my arms would fall off....lol
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Great job, yogi & CW!!!! No swim today - lifeguard decided to not show or call anybody when she woke up nit feeling well, leaving the woman at the front desk of the gym to bear the brunt of 5 people looking to swim within 15 minutes of opening & no other lifeguards answering their phones. I felt bad for her, she has no…
