Monday 12/3 AM and PM SCY AM swim: 500 swim 4/6/2 turns 5x100 @ 1:15 pull w/ buoy + strapless paddles + snorkel 8x125 @ 1:50 kick w/ fins 5 FL kicks off all walls (odd: first 25 under H2O, even: last 25 under H2O) 12x100 3 @ 1:20 D1-3 3 @ 1:15 D1-3 6 @ 1:10 hold RED HR (held 1:04s and 26/10) 100 EZ Total: 3300 PM swim: 2x 200 swim 200 I.M. drill 100 kick w/ board 2x 8x50 @ 1:00 FR drill (1 STRK + 8 kicks) 5x100 @ 1:20 hold RED HR (AVG across both rounds: 1:00 and 26/10) 8x50 @ 1:00 FR drill w/ strapless paddles (3/3/3 drill) 5x100 @ 1:20 D1-3, D4-5 (RD1: 1:08, 1:04, 1:00, 1:05, :59, RD2: 1:07, 1:03, :59, 1:05, :58) 300 @ 3:45 A.R. pull w/ buoy + paddles + snorkel (3:21) 100 EZ Total: 5000
Had a good lunchtime swim. Did an extended sessions of 3850. w/u 300 sw 4x50 sw 4x75 (50 sw, 25K) 4x100 main set 3x100 1x200 3x200 1x200 3x100 1x400 (sucked) 1 min bonus rest 200 pull (pull it out of my @ss) 5x50 c/d 200 Had the pool to myself. I really like the lunch swims when i have the time. Usually the morning swim is is very competitive.
After 20 years out i am finally feeling the water again. I started out at 6'5", 223lbs, 24.9 BMI and at the start of week 9 I am at 196lbs, 18.8 BMI. I really enjoyed todays workout especially the main set. Warm up 400 free 6x50 catchup drill Main set 5x400 base pace(1:10) starting on 6mins descending 20 seconds per 400 with pull bouy and handle paddles. Held 1.07 pace the whole way. 2nd Main set 3x200 kick with flippers on 2.45 10x50 free on 35 8x50 free best stroke on 1 min easy 200 warm down Total: 4400 yds Lat's and chest hurt pretty bad at the end of practice and I must admit it feels great to hurt in the pool again!!!!
Misplaced my regular suit , so I wore a one size to large drag suit today. That probably makes for a better workout; but it did seem to make me more sluggish (I'm sure it had nothing to do with Monday morning!). Shared a lane with Roger for a while and swam with Peter, the two Dave's, and Danny. Did more IM, back, and kick today and very little paddles. Also did 2 200 IM's (#2 and 3 for me). Tried to stay relaxed and not push too hard. Finishing and developing form is more important than killing myself right now. 400 Free 4x200 on 3:00 (2:43 -2:45) 100 Back 4x200 Free on 3:00 200 Kick 100 Back 12x50 on 1:00 - Kick/Fly/Back 50 Back 5x150 on 2:40 - 100 Kick/50 Back 12x25 4 Fly, 4 Back, 2 Breast, 2 Free 200 IM - 3:20 3x200 Back w/paddles on 3:15 100 Free w/paddles 200 IM - 3:25 100 Free 5400 yards 110 minutes
I've not been posting too often in here - my job is really kicking my behind - keeping me at work late most nights until 7 - and since I get up at 5am to go swimming, that means I go home quite exhausted - been going in right after workout to catch up on my charting, and voila! I'm too tired to even care about my blog. Except that I do care, and I like keeping up with everyone. I almost sort of wonder if I've had a slight case of "chronic fatigue syndrome" lol! After all, I do harbor Epstein Barr in my system, so stands to reason, right? Ha ha - wish I could blame it on something like that, instead of old age!! Workout this morning: 500 back/free 400/300/200/100 P 500 on locomotive 9 x 100 on 1:25 (Jenna picked the interval - coach gave us a choice of 1:20 or 1:30 & Sela is recovering from a nasty virus, so. . .) 100 easy 4 x 4cycle blast on :30 200 breast/free 3 x 200 w/fins working the walls 2 x 300 breast/free Total: 4500 Trying to plan the future - I have no idea what meet I'm going to next. I have a choice of the Auburn meet at Valentines, or the one in Clearwater. Not sure if I'm going to the Atlanta meet in March or not, but will definitely be going to the St.Pete meet at the end of March. . . and that's as far as I get. Just thinking about meets.
Came down with a nasty stomach/GI virus in the middle of the night. Feel like complete crap and didn't even attempt to go to the pool today. I just hope I feel better by the end of the week. I won't do a travel meet when sick. Bad timing with this and my calf strain. Today's the deadline for NE Champs and the swimmer count is at 460. My SCM times all withstood the SPMS meet. It's bizarre though. All results are listed except for the 200 free relay. http://www.swimphone.com/mobile/meet....cfm?smid=4157. Wanted to see how our relay team stacked up ...
I had a nice swim at Riverbank this morning. The water was cooler, and I got to share a lane with Rondi and Andrew. Here’s what I did: 1000 lcm warmup (400s, 200k, 200p, 200d/s) 10 x 50 FR: 3 @ :55, 3 @ :50, 3 @ :45, 1 easy 200 FR @ 3:30 1 x 100 FR @ 1:30 200 FR pull w/paddles @ 3:30 2 x 100 FR @ 1:30 200 FR pull w/paddles @ 3:30 3 x 100 FR, odds @ 1:30, even @ 1:35 200 FR pull w/paddles @ 3:30 4 x 100 FR, odds @ 1:30, evens @ 1:35 [I was hoping to do 1:30s on all the 100s, but that turned out to be a little too ambitious.] 200 easy swim 100 upside-down IM 10 x 50 (25 sprint, 25 easy) @ plenty-of-rest, sprinty parts done 3 fly, 3 back, 3 breast, 1 free 350 warmdown + play I signed up for the Asphalt Green mini-meet this coming Sunday evening, opting for a lineup of it’s-good-to-be-a-masters-swimmer events: 50 FL, 50 BK, 50 BR, and 100 IM. Should be a fun time, and a chance to finally see some of my meet buddies who swim for other area teams!
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SCY Warm up 500 swim alternating back & free by 100's 200 kick 200 pull 100 scull Main Set 1 x 1650 broken - swam as 11-10-9...3-2-1 laps with 10 sec rest after each. - total time was 26:10, swim time was 24:30 Warm down 200 easy back & free Total: 2850 yards
Updated December 3rd, 2012 at 01:57 PM by poolraat
Swam w/ Danny, Roger, Dave, Dave, Dave and Aundrey. Skipped Saturday swim so I could coach a Lego tournament in Birmingham. The kids come up with some amazing stuff! We did well enough to qualify for state but we have our work cut out for us if we want to move on from there. With 2 days off, I was feeling pretty strong this morning. One of my better practices in a long time. SCY 600 warm up 4 x 200 - 3:00 Convert Free -> IM 50 Easy 5 x 200 - 3:00, 3:10, 3:20, 3:30, 3:40 Convert IM -> IM Kick 50 Easy 4 Rounds of: * 50 Kick - 1:00 (I did 25 sdk w/ fins, 25 easy) * 50 Hard IM Order - 1:00 * 50 Pull - 1:00 50 Easy 5 Rounds of: * 100 Kick - 1:40 (Made 1:25-1:27) * 50 Pull - 1:00 (Made :27-:30) 2 x 25 Fly - :40 No breath 2 x 25 Back - :30 2 x 25 Br pullouts - :40 No breath 2 x 25 Back - :30 2 x 25 Free - :40 No breath 2 x 25 Sprint - :30 100 Easy fly 400 IM - 6:00 (5:40) 300 Pull - 4:30 (3:35) 200 IM - 3:00 (2:40) 100 Cool down (5300 Total)
Back was more like my normal sore not the real bad that I had last week. Now I am loosened up and ready for a good day. 500 free 3x50@:10RI as 25 scull + 25 drill w/snorkle 3x50@:10RI tempo kick 4x50@1:00 free last one EZ 5x200@4:00 fly as 50 rt arm/50 lt arm/50 kick/50 swim w/zoomers went 3:20, 3:14, 3:13, 3:08, 3:00 100@2:00 kick w/zoomers 50@1:00 kick AFAP w/zoomers went 40 100@2:00 kick w/zoomers 50@1:00 kick AFAP w/zoomers went 41 100@2:00 kick w/zoomers 400 free w/snorkle & paddles every 4th lap torque drill 100 breast kick 100 free EZ total 3000 yards
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