Kelowna: WOW! I haven't been reading this thread religiously, but it seems you have increased your swimming distance very quickly! I'm so impressed. Great Job! :cool:
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Kelowna: WOW! I haven't been reading this thread religiously, but it seems you have increased your swimming distance very quickly! I'm so impressed. Great Job! :cool:
Thank you everyone. You make me feel good. If it wasn't for you ladies, I wouldn't believe in myself enough to think I could do it at all. Truly. :o
I did the same 1400m swim workout today. Felt pretty good but didn't feel as strong as I felt on Saurday. What? I can't improve every single time I swim?? :rolleyes:
On the good news front, I've been trying to figure out the best way to get a coach to give me feedback once a month or so. I have a teacher friend at work who's a triathlete and her hubby is a coach so I had thought about seeing if he does coaching on a 'once-in-awhile' basis but I know he's pretty busy with his serious triathlete clients. Suddenly realized that there's no reason why my friend herself couldn't give me a feedback. She's a competitive swimmer and an awesome triathlete (she's qualified for the worlds in the last two years) and although she's not a certified coach, she's certainly qualified enough to give li'l old me some direction. Anyway, I asked her today and she said she'd be happy to come down to the pool and give me pointers once in awhile. Yay!
Swam 1500m today. Similar workout. Felt ok but I'm tired today.
I've been going between speedwork days and distance days. Today I swam 2000m continuous, only the second time I've managed that. Unfortunately, I lost an earplug along the way. :p
Well, I was out of training completely for about 2months due to various issues (school, work, burnt out), but since the end of December I have been gradually adding it all back in and am enjoying it again. This block I have increased my swimming to 2x / week.
Tuesday: swam 1100 with a mixture of 250yards freestyle then drills, repeat.
Thursday: I started using the swim workouts in the Gondolfo book so my workout for the day was:
w/u: 200yards free
main: 8 x 50 yards with 2x 50 swim, 2 x 50 kick, 2 x swim, 2 x kick
12 x 25 drill on odd lengths and freestyle on even lengths
10min continuous freestyle working on form and changing pace
c/d: 200yards switching between breast stroke and back stroke
It feels good to be back doing this again.
My swim from swimplan.com today:
Warm up
• 2 x 100m Freestyle Swim (kick every 4th 25m), rest 0:20 / 100m
Freestyle swim for 75m then kick with arms in a streamlined position for 25m.
Build up
• 2 x 100m Freestyle Swim (kick every 4th 25m), rest 0:20 / 100m
Freestyle swim for 75m then kick with arms in a streamlined position for 25m.
Core
• 1 x 1000m Freestyle Pull with a pull buoy, rest 0:60 / 1000m
Warm down
• 2 x 50m Freestyle Easy, rest 0:15 / 50m
After my upper body weights yesterday this one wore me out.
I did one too!
Did a 1400m workout plus 200m test to see how many meters I could do in 5 min.
Warm up
• 8 x 25m Any Stroke (even pace), rest 0:10 / 25m
Build up (repeat 4 times)
• 1 x 25m Streamline Kicking, rest 0:10 / 25m
• 1 x 25m Single Arm (arm by side) 6 x left, 6 x right, 6 x full stroke, rest 0:10 / 25m
Core (repeat 4 times)
• 4 x 25m Freestyle (25m Easy, 25m Effort), rest 0:10 / 25m
• 2 x 50m Freestyle Catch Up, rest 0:20 / 50m
Warm down (repeat 2 times)
• 1 x 50m Freestyle Push & Glide, rest 0:15 / 50m
• 1 x 50m Freestyle Easy, rest 0:15 / 50m
I have a hair question. Anyone have blonde highlights? What happens to your colour when you're in the pool so much? I need to get highlights back in my mousy brown hair and now that I'm swimming three times a week, I'm a little worried about turning green like my blondie daughters used to...
What helps me, I don't have blond but some color, is use a purifying shampoo and deep conditioner once a week. I am a HUGE fan of PureOlogy. If your interested in trying some let me know. I can send you some at cost. Otherwise I know Aveda has a good one also.
Always wet your hair with "normal" water and put conditioner in it before you get in the pool. It acts like a barrier from the pool water.
Thanks Chick. I'll ask my hair dresser when I finally get in there to get this shaggy mop cut...
I went for a swim today. 1600m in about 50 minutes.
Warm up
• 4 x 50m Freestyle Swim (even pace), rest 0:15 / 50m
Build up (repeat 6 times)
• 1 x 25m Streamline Kicking with fins, rest 0:10 / 25m
• 1 x 25m Single Arm with fins (arm out front) 6 x left, 6 x right, 6 x full stroke, rest 0:10 / 25m
Core
• 4 x 50m Freestyle Bilateral Breathing, rest 0:15 / 50m
• 4 x 50m Freestyle DPS, rest 0:15 / 50m
• 4 x 50m Freestyle Push & Glide, rest 0:15 / 50m
• 4 x 50m Freestyle DPS, rest 0:15 / 50m
Warm down
• 4 x 50m Easy Any Stroke, rest 0:15 / 50m
Plus another 100m
I need to start working on defined workouts. Today I was in a small pool (20') and the dogpaddlers were wayward. I was tired anyway so I just warmed up, did some open water laps (no lane dividers so I just swam in circles), then worked on bilateral breathing. For a while, also, I practiced just breathing on my weak side.
It isn't as good as a structured workout but it was all I had the energy for :o And, it was 40 minutes of practice.
We had another 1K time trial last night.
I moaned because the coach had said we did not have to do it if we did the one in January but then obliged.
I did 18:40.
The first 100 in 1:43
500 in 9:30 -
That means
a) a negative split (if one can talk about this in swimming)
b) I took off 2:10 from the January TT
c) all of that on the second 500!
I feel much stronger on the catch these days, have improved the push-through phase although I am sure that could be improved.
3100 m this morning. I nearly didn't go. There was a trange beeping sound in my house last night that I have yet to diagnose. I would wake up to the beep, then it would stop so I couldn't figure out what it was. I'd fall asleep and wake up again to the beep... Anyway, we're trying to up the speed and we're doing 200's, 100's and 50's. I was holding 44 to 45 on my 50s. I have a goal of breaking a 1:30 100. I think I'm getting close.
If you have CO detector check that. We changed out all the smoke alarms one day and we still heard a beep. It was the CO detector. Who knew.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wahine
Good job for getting up and going!
Thanks Chick. I think that all of our smoke detectors etc are hard wired into the house. But I'm wondering if they still have batteries for back up that might be the problem?
We did 3000m today, great breakthru for DH as I had made a comment that the guy in the next lane sounded like a whale when he breathed- I think he sings or ??? actually I don't know what he does but I can hear him a lane over- anyway DH then realized that he gets concentrating on a skill and starts holding his breath so by the time he gets to the end he can't catch his breath at all!
I was very very happy for DH and Mr whale who inadvertantly helped DH:)
Also an older woman joined us- she said we were setting a good pace- by older I mean late 70's - guilted DH into finishing all the sets instead of slacking- was good allround day at the pool:):)
I got up at 5:30 AM and went to swimming this morning. :)
We had some basic speed sets... and then we did some mass start race simulation.
The pool that we swim at has a shallow end that is like a beach. The concrete starts very shallow and gradually gets deeper.
So we lined up... and ran into the water and then started swimming when it got too deep. It was fun! I loved pushing people out of my way.
Although, one big guy was not moving. By accident I put my hand flat on his butt and shoved. Ooopsss! I bet he felt all molested after that.
Otherwise, when we turned around and swam down the lane... I was behind a couple of guys and I just played with their feet the whole time. What fun!
I like getting aggressive in the water.
I got up and was in the pool by 5:30 this morning! :eek: It was nice, until the older water aerobic crowd pushed me out of my lane. :(
250 m warm up
500 m free
500 m free w/fins
I only got in a 150 m cool down before they kicked me out.
It felt good to get up and accomplish something that early. Good swim, but my brain wanted to go faster than the rest of me did.
Running at 5:30 I can do. Swimming? :eek::eek: Too cold that early in the morning....
I normally swim at 5:45 am with our group. That means waking up at 4:15am :o as it takes me 1/2hr to drive to the pool.
I can't run in the mornings as my stomach does wacky things :eek:..I won't be running for a while..:o
Great session this morning :D. I'll try and repeat some of what we did today tomorrow on my own.
Wow! to be at the pool at 545- that is impressive! Actually maybe if it was just me I could get there- but DH is NOT a morning person so I start the waking process at 5.30 and we have yet to get to the pool by 700 usually manage by 7.15-7.30- oh well neither of us have to be at work early so we can still get our workout in.
I went swimmin' this afternoon. I didn't think I was going slow, in fact, I thought I was swimming more steadily than normal, but I ran out of time and didn't finish my swim plan. I wonder if I lost count and did more lengths than I thought - I do that a lot. How do you keep track of how many lengths you've done? I must be so distractible... :rolleyes:
Alphabet soup.
I swim either one or two lanes with the letter "a" rotating in my mind. Then b... and I calculate ahead of time where I will end up.
It's easier to keep track of letters than numbers. Like this, I can remember my lanes even in a 25m pool.
I do something similiar except with digits. Right hand first: Thumb, index, middle... You get the idea.
I just keep repeating where I am as I turn this is 50 this is 50, etc then I always look at the timeclock- it gives me some idea of where I'm at too esp useful if I am repeating sets.
I break it down to 500s which I only count when I hit the wall I started on up to 10 and then start over again for the next 500. I'll even lose count when I'm counting to 20, but for some reason I can figure out where I'm at by doing that.
At every 50, after my flip turn, I call out under water, "50"... "100"... "150".Quote:
Originally Posted by kelownagirl
For some reason, saying it outloud, even if underwater... helps me keep track.
I also have a workout written on an index card in a plastic baggie propped up on my water bottle. So, I might be doing 3,000 yards... but I have sets. For example, 4x100. So, that is 400 total. But I don't have to remember ALL the yardage I have done. It's written down. I just have to know where I'm at in the workout.
Now, when I have had to do like... 10x100... I put pennies out on a kickboard and I move a penny each time a 100 is done.
But for long sets... like a straight 1,000.. I just call out underwater.
I use a SportCount (can never have too many gadgets!)
I saw that sportcount! One of the girls at the pool had that and I thought it was pretty dang neat. I want that and the underwater mp3 player for long continuous swims.
I have the one that counts laps and nothing else.
That sport count looks neat but I think it would drive me crazy.. I can't even stand having my watch on since it feels different side to side- guess I'll have to keep counting in my head:( too bad since I LOVE gadgets:)
Managed to get 3000 m in today- only the last 400 was a pain since we got squished into 2 lanes since the aquasize class started at 8.30- thank goodness we were pretty much finished by then.
I want one. Just call me Madame Inspector Gadget.
I was late getting to the pool because my dentist appt ran late so I only got 25 minutes in. Did a warm up then decided to see how many lengths I could do in the last 10:00 (or how many I could do before I had to stop for a breath. I managed to do 300m in 10:30. Unfortunately it was 6pm by then and I had to get out. I'm sure I could have done at least another 100m. I can't wait until Wednesday. I'll try for 400m then.
Swam 1500 yards yesterday morning. I swam in the part that has no lane dividers, just the black line on the bottom to keep you straight so I was dealing with quite a bit of waves. Good practice for the tri, right? Tomorrow I'm supossed to join the tri-swim class at the gym. We'll see how that goes.
I just do 2 swims per week- I repeat the same workout on the second day- it is easy for me to see if I'm improving then or just having a easier time the second go around
Today it was 2000
200 swim
100 kick
200 drill/ swim by 50
4x 75 descending repeat 3 times
2 x 200 swim 150 moderate 50 hard
200 cool down
Felt easy today so that was nice:)
Swam 1500 on Wednesday in about :45 minutes, rests included. Felt pretty good once I got warmed up. Had planned to w/o with the Tri stroke class at 5:30, so I drug myself out there in the snow flurries in AL to get there, and there was only 1 other person in the pool even though I was a little late, so I just worked out on my own. After I got ready to go to work, I looked back out in the pool area and it looked like the Tri class was going on about 1 - 1:30 hour after it was scheduled. Grrrr!! No notice of the time being changed, so I don't know what happened. I'm going to check into it before next week, though.
2K today, just slow and steady. I am more than happy that these days, swimming 2K is merely a matter of willpower.
Whoo hooo!! After my warmup, my goal today was to swim 400m without stopping (up from my 300m last week.) I managed the the 400m in 10:20 but felt good so I kept on going until I'd done 750-800m in 21:00 even!! :D:D:D:D:D I may have lost count at the very end so I'm not entirely sure if I actually made it to 800m like I though but I'll take the 750m happily because that's what I have to do in ther tri. (Of course, that will be in the lake, in a wet suit, with hundreds of other people kicking and splashing me...:eek:)
Oh happy day!!!!
Yipppppeeeeeee KG!!
wow! Good work KG!- Your swimming is coming along great!