Catch a wave...Or the swimming thread

[NbyNW]

I've been jealously reading everyone's training updates - and struggles - for a few months. Had not been in the pool since I took a TI workshop back in November, because I came down with the flu and had a chest cold that wouldn't clear up.

DH and I are on a long trip now, and landed in Indonesia last week. We found a hotel with a 40-meter pool! With the warmer climate I finally felt my chest loosening up and started working on my TI drills.

It felt great to be in the pool again. We're back on the road, so I don't know when I'll get to swim again, but it sure felt great to start up again.

[rocknrollgirl]

Swim team practice ends on Tuesday!!! I can get back in the pool during the week.!!!!!!

YIPPEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[alpinerabbit]

I think I've got the flip turn down! woohoo!

[eclectic]

I think I've got the flip turn down! woohoo!

Good for you! Now you will be cruising!

[eclectic]

I've been jealously reading everyone's training updates - and struggles - for a few months. Had not been in the pool since I took a TI workshop back in November, because I came down with the flu and had a chest cold that wouldn't clear up.

DH and I are on a long trip now, and landed in Indonesia last week. We found a hotel with a 40-meter pool! With the warmer climate I finally felt my chest loosening up and started working on my TI drills.

It felt great to be in the pool again. We're back on the road, so I don't know when I'll get to swim again, but it sure felt great to start up again.

Are you on a pleasure trip or a work trip? - sounds very exciting and exotic either way. Keep us posted on where you are. I love to live vicariously through others travels (just let us know what strand you put it on)

[Urlea]

Another trip to the pool today. Swam about 1 mile. My first attempt at doing so. Went really well.

CrazyCanuck I can identify with the turtle feeling.

There were a lot more people in the pool today, most of which were faster then me. Two of which were wearing swim-caps from the tris I did last year so I knew why they were swimming.

But keep up the good work! This is why we train to hopefully get faster and more efficient, right?

[NbyNW]

Are you on a pleasure trip or a work trip? - sounds very exciting and exotic either way. Keep us posted on where you are. I love to live vicariously through others travels (just let us know what strand you put it on)

It's a pleasure trip, with the exception that DH is interviewing for a job here in Melbourne yesterday and today.

I've mentioned a bit about the trip in the Touring forum - there's a thread called "tanking economy and trip planning" that shootingstar started.

We're doing a round-the-world itinerary with Star Alliance -- it's actually only slightly more expensive than one or two round-trip international tickets, dpending on the mileage you choose, except you get multiple destinations up to a year. We've been saving up to do this for a while, and recently found ourselves both *ahem* "unencumbered by work commitments." So it seems like this is the ideal time to do a trip like this!

We started in Paris then flew to Singapore to use as a hub for other points in Asia. I already mentioned Indonesia, and next week we'll go to Taiwan to hang out with my extended family for a couple weeks. After that, New Zealand. A friend of mine recently suggested we might want to try going to the Phillipines as well, so we might add that on. We expect to be home late March.

People have been asking me to post pictures, so I think the easiest thing for me to do is edit down a selection when I get home and post them on their own separate thread. I'll let you know when I do that.

[Wahine]

This morning's masters' work out was officially a killer. the main set was 44 50s with every 4th 50 being butterfly... yes I meant 44, that wasn't a typo. I had to wear fins for half of the workout to keep up with the interval and even then I was only getting 5 sec rest after the fly and 10 sec on the freestyle 50s. The total workout was 3000 m with warm-up and cool down.

I'm starving to death and feel like falling asleep at my desk. Ugh.

[Veronica]

I haven't been in the water since my last tri in Sept. I have so much work to do on my running that I don't swim all that often. It's kind of the fun workout. When I go, I just do whatever I feel like.

Today was swim 1,000 yards. I kept track of my splits. The first one is always fastest and was 1:39. The next 8 were all between 1:47 and 1:50. I kicked it up a bit on 10 and did 1:43. Not bad for not having been in the water for four months.

Then I kicked 300, alternating between flutter, breast and dolphin kicks every 25.

Then I pulled 500. I was hoping to do it in under ten minutes but came in at 10:05.

100 warm down and I was done.

I probably won't swim again for another month. I wish I had a masters team locally.

Veronica

[eclectic]

Syndirelah

If I did the math correctly that work out is 4000 meters! how long does that take you? WOW

Wahine 44 50's sounds really intimidating! and every 4th the fly! They would be dragging me off the bottom of the pool.

After my swim today I decided I need to do more fly to help my freestyle. I have gotten lazy on my free and I am not pushing myself enough. I have developed a "good enough for a sprint tri" attitude - not worth the effort it takes to speed up - I can easily, w/o pushing, maintain a 1:50 pace for 1100 continuous yds and still feel great after so I figure "good enough"

Like you Veronica I need to concentrate on my running - I REALLY bite it there.

BUT today I did a couple of 25's of fly and thought "this is good for me"
I timed myself on 25 back and 25 fly. I am waaaay faster on the fly - now if I can just get my endurance up!

One more thing - I asked my coach about mixing up the sets w/ different strokes and correlating drills - it sounds like I am the only one on here who does that on a regular basis.
Her answer was "anything that helps strengthen your core is going to help you on the swim, bike and run; doing all the strokes helps balance out and strengthen all the muscles not just the ones used for that specific stroke. Also it prevents overuse injuries, AND prevents boredom"

I believe her. She is the coach who is training the 16 year old who is now being lauded as the fastest 17 and under female swimmer in the world - she does all the strokes.

[eclectic]

Syndirelah - that is an amazing swim! A lot of yardage in a short period of time

I didn't swim this morning so went down when I got to work to tell my coach that I went home and went to bed and not out for "adult beverages" like I alluded to during Parent teacher conferences last night.

Dagny was still in the water so of course I had to stand and watch her.
She was doing 10 x 100's on 1:15 and holding each 100 under 1:00 - she brought her final one in at :57

If it is any consolation she was breathing hard