Catch a wave...Or the swimming thread

[eclectic]

Oops thought of another thing I JUST had to share.

I am swimming in the Blizzard Biathlon on Sunday. I have the easy leg. the run is 5 miles outside on all the snow and ice. It is supposed to warm up by sunday to the mid 20's so lets hope it does (-10 F this morning w/ -25 to -30 windchill).

the swim is jsut a 500. The only hard part is they don't seed the lanes. Last time I got in a lane with a speedy high school swim team girl and a pokey young semi beginner swimmer. Even though we were circle swimming in the lane we would end up in the same place at the same time so couldn't pass.

Although it is just a fun Bi. I am going to suggest for next year people put a guesstimate on their 500 time and seed the lanes for 8 min, 9 min 10 min etc. At least it would be a few laps before anyone caught up and had to pass someone.

Oh well it is just for fun and honor.

Next year i hope to do the whole thing - my relay partner is learning to swim better and I am learning to run!

[rocknrollgirl]

Salsa,
Those videos are great, thanks for posting them. I ran this morning and then changed and went right to the pool. I normally do that in reverse order so it was a bit odd.

I shared a lane with one of my students that is on the swim team. It was fun. At one point we were on the same sets, on the same interval without knowing it. It was weird. I looked over at her and said...hey...kiddo...are you following me?

Fun.

[eclectic]

Salsa,
Those videos are great, thanks for posting them. I ran this morning and then changed and went right to the pool. I normally do that in reverse order so it was a bit odd.

I shared a lane with one of my students that is on the swim team. It was fun. At one point we were on the same sets, on the same interval without knowing it. It was weird. I looked over at her and said...hey...kiddo...are you following me?

Fun.

That is awesome that you ended up the same place at the same time. You must be a fast swimmer. I don't even do the same sets as the swim team kids. they will do 10 x 100 on 1:20 (or if you are Dagny on 1:05 ) Me I am more like a 2:05

[rocknrollgirl]

That is awesome that you ended up the same place at the same time. You must be a fast swimmer. I don't even do the same sets as the swim team kids. they will do 10 x 100 on 1:20 (or if you are Dagny on 1:05 ) Me I am more like a 2:05

She is one of the younger kids on the team, only a freshmen, so not ridiculously fast yet. They try to get me to work out with them every day. Respectfully I decline. I do love to be there when they train. All girls, most of them my students of advisees..they are fun. Yesterday one of them asked my if she could do a tri with me. How cool is that!



I bring my 100's in around 1:30 , so my interval is usually go on the 1:45.

[eclectic]

She is one of the younger kids on the team, only a freshmen, so not ridiculously fast yet. They try to get me to work out with them every day. Respectfully I decline. I do love to be there when they train. All girls, most of them my students of advisees..they are fun. Yesterday one of them asked my if she could do a tri with me. How cool is that!



I bring my 100's in around 1:30 , so my interval is usually go on the 1:45.

That is what is fun about working w/ kids - they really do like their teachers for the most part and want to hang w/ them. Well anyway they like to tease me about how slow I run and are always pumped to see me at the Y.

1:30 is a very respectable time - I am trying to maybe someday get close to that again. If I could maintain my 50 time I would be pulling them in at 1:34 but alas - I can't maintain that pace for 100 and no way could pull off repeats. Oh well something to shoot for. I should be doing more dryland training.
I was content to bring in the 100's at 1:50 but now I need to really start pushing it because I can maintain that pace non-stop for 1100 yds. But then I guess that is what I need for tris - steady distance pace w/o wearing myself out.

[rocknrollgirl]

That is what is fun about working w/ kids - they really do like their teachers for the most part and want to hang w/ them. Well anyway they like to tease me about how slow I run and are always pumped to see me at the Y.

1:30 is a very respectable time - I am trying to maybe someday get close to that again. If I could maintain my 50 time I would be pulling them in at 1:34 but alas - I can't maintain that pace for 100 and no way could pull off repeats. Oh well something to shoot for. I should be doing more dryland training.
I was content to bring in the 100's at 1:50 but now I need to really start pushing it because I can maintain that pace non-stop for 1100 yds. But then I guess that is what I need for tris - steady distance pace w/o wearing myself out.

I try not to get too wound up about my times in the pool and I focus more on how I do OWS. Because I am pushing off the wall and timing myself, it is probably off...but it does not really matter. I really enjoy the pool workouts, and since I do not swim with a Master group, if I am a little off...who cares!!!!

[jesvetmed]

Did a fun workout this morning. We called it a "Cross Fit" swim.

WU 300yd (swim, pull, kick)
25 sprint, and did dips on the pool edge, then 25 basic recovery swim back.
25 sprint, push-ups on pool edge. 25 recovery.
25 sprint, squats on deck. 25 recovery
25 sprint, situps on deck (with a kick board under the tush), 25 recovery.
REPEAT.
Then 200 cool down.

I had to get to yoga, but would have gone a bit longer, as I'm trying to push up to 1000m or more each time I'm in the pool.

But this was a hard workout! My arms were burning part way through!
And it was fun, not just swimming back and forth. I think I'll throw this in once a week or so (only if I'm already getting two other swims in, though).