February Swims

[Veronica]

2100 yards for me today.

Warm up was a 200 swim, 200 kick, 200 pull.

Then I swam a 400, then 4 x 100, 300, then 3 x 100. The long intervals were an easy swim. I averaged around 1:50 per 100 on the long intervals. The 100s were all at about 80% effort. The fastest of these was a 1:35. The slowest a 1:38. I am extremely consistent I guess. I wasn't sure how much rest to take between 100s. I started off with 45 seconds and that wasn't enough , so I upped it to a minute.

My cool down was just a leisurely 100 yards.

Veronica

[Selkie]

Yesterday, the pool opened a little late because the manager's car got stuck in the snow---the crowd waiting out at the door was getting ugly by the time he arrived (it was about 19 degrees outside and some were wearing deck slides w/out socks!!).

This put me about ten minutes behind schedule, so I did my best to swim faster. Unfortunately, it was crowded enough that I ended up circle swimming w/two people who were actually slower than I, a first! I managed to get in my usual 2,000 yards but still ended up arriving at work a bit later than usual.

[Susan Otcenas]

I ended January with 17,100 yards. I'm amazed at how quickly it adds up.

2700 yards for me today - my longest swim workout yet!

Warmup - 500 (5x100 easy)
Mainset:
1 x 400
2 x 200 0:30 RI
4 x 100 0:20 RI
2 x 200 0:30 RI
1 x 400
Cooldown - 200 easy

I'm stoked that my 2nd 400 was only 1 sec/100 slower than my first 400! I was starting to feel tired by the end of that pull, but I managed to gut it out.


Lap Distance Time Rest min/100 free
Warmup 500 0:11:17 0:01:21 0:02:15 (5x100)
Lap1 400 0:08:08 0:01:01 0:02:02
Lap2 200 0:03:58 0:00:28 0:01:59
Lap3 200 0:04:01 0:00:48 0:02:00
Lap4 100 0:01:54 0:00:19 0:01:54
Lap5 100 0:01:58 0:00:20 0:01:58
Lap6 100 0:01:58 0:00:24 0:01:58
Lap7 100 0:01:58 0:00:42 0:01:58
Lap8 200 0:04:01 0:00:34 0:02:00
Lap9 200 0:04:04 0:01:48 0:02:02
Lap10 400 0:08:13 0:01:45 0:02:03
Cooldown 200 0:04:53 0:00:00 0:02:27
Total 2700 0:56:23 0:09:30
Elapsed 1:05:53


I really need to learn how to kick. My tri swim coach spent essentially no time on kicking. In fact, he kinda discouraged it, with the idea that our legs will get plenty of workout on the bike and run, so we should concentrate on simply keeping our legs up and not dragging. So maybe what I really need is to figure out how to drag them along more efficiently!

[GLC1968]

Had my third lesson last night. Not bad - again, she came with some new drills which were helpful, but when we asked questions, she really had no answers. Eh.

Anyway, the pool was crawling with kids, so we opted to not try and swim laps after our class. My total meters for the class was about 550 (in 30 minutes). I had on my watch to count/time laps, but with all the discussion/teaching between each lap or each 100, I kept forgetting to start/stop it. I do know what we did for drills and the few extra laps I snuck in before they pulled down the lane markers for water aerobics, so that's how I got the total.

I was also a sneazy, snotty mess again. I think the problem is that since this pool is primarily focused on children, they chlorine the hell out of it. The lap pool at 24-hour fitness was chlorine too, but it was MUCH milder and it didn't bother me at all - even after accidentally snorting in a ton of it up my nose at one point!

[Urlea]

Still battling the head cold, ugh! I'm trying not to overdo it so I've been taking more rest days. It's been close to 2wks of being sick now and I'm ready to be healthy.

Not the strongest swim today, but it was a swim! My body was pretty fatigued overall especially coming off of the bike & recovery run. I'm relearning to accept that not every part of my tri-brick is going to be great each time, but to celebrate the parts that are.

Susan- Wow that is a lot of yards for January!! Fantastic.

[roadie gal]

I went Tuesday for my second swim of the year. I did a workout that my coach gave me: 200 warm up, 500 various drills, 5 X 100 fast, 200 cool down. That 5 X 100 was tough at this early stage, but I surprised myself by forcing myself to relax and stretch out on the last one and actually went 5 seconds faster than the previous 100. Huh! I guess that was the point, right?

I go to the municipal pool again today and meet the coach on Friday.

[Selkie]

By the way, check out this pull buoy! http://www.swimoutlet.com/ProductDet...ductCode=18905

Looks kinda cool. They come in "junior sized" for smaller legs.

[GLC1968]

By the way, check out this pull buoy! http://www.swimoutlet.com/ProductDet...ductCode=18905

Looks kinda cool. They come in "junior sized" for smaller legs.

Those things look like my worst nightmare! I would bet money that they don't make them big enough to fit on my thighs.

[Veronica]

That sounds like so much fun Jones. Where was the meet?

Veronica

[artifactos]

I managed another 800 yards or so today, after purchasing goggles. And they made a big difference in my comfort in the water! Unfortunately, they're pink AND mirrored, but they fit the best of all of the models at ****'s. Sigh.

Also got into a solid running groove for a mile and a half following the swim, so I at least have a solid place to start from for the sprint I'm aiming for in April. It's only a 400 yd swim, so I think I can handle it. First Olympic distance will hopefully be at the end of June, otherwise I'll be aiming for mid-July.

The stars are apparently for the name of a big chain sporting goods store.. silly filters.