October Swims

[colby]

I have fallen off the swim wagon the last couple weeks. This week I was at a conference, last week just plain busy. I think I'll put in some time this weekend, it's supposed to be super cold outside. I have a 12-miler to put in in the ol running shoes, but because of the conference travel I had to do last week's run on Saturday which gave me an extra day of rest (tomorrow) back to back instead of before/after my long run.

Anyway, I hope to get back on the wagon so that when I start the cycle over at the end of December it's not as big of a gap. I really liked doing 2x/week at ~2000 and a longer swim on the weekend. My swim buddy should be back on the wagon at least once a week now, too.

[zia]

Back to 5:30 am swims with the masters. 2700 yards yesterday. Running 5 miles a few hours later was probably a mistake. I woke up in the middle of the night starving!

[Reesha]

I've been swimming at my school for the last month or so 5 days a week at 5:30 am-- beginning as a self-described poorly trained swimmer and within a month, the woman who runs the morning swim session has told me I have some of the finest natural form she's ever seen (even though I'm not particularly fast yet)

I've gone from swimming barely 10 laps consecutively (and then switching to kickboarding with fins and hand paddle thingies) to currently being about to swim 1000 freestyle and 500 breaststroke without feeling like I'm dying. I can't do that each day consecutively yet-- must give my weenie shoulders a break, but I'm doing significantly better!

Huzzah

[Fujichants]

I just started swimming (training for my first tri, yay!) and all these workouts you ladies post is like a different language to me! Are there any links online that can explain what it all means? I'm trying the total immersion technique...so far so good, I can swim freestyle without feeling like i'm dying.

[Fujichants]

I spoke too soon! I found a thread that explains it all.

[Reesha]

Another week, more swims!

Today

1000 freestyle
250 breaststroke

Freestyle is hard when it feels like you're going to choke on your phlegm (I had an allergy intensive morning). I think I was going fast though this morning and my arms felt better than they did the first time I did 1000 freestyle.

[zia]

Freestyle is hard when it feels like you're going to choke on your phlegm (I had an allergy intensive morning).

I hear you. Horrible cold, very stuffy nose. Took a little blast of Afrin before I left this morning (chased by saline, because I hate the feel of Afrin so), which seemed to take care things today... Hello, cough and cold season. Congestion does not make swimming fun!