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February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week
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I was thrilled to have so many participants last month. Keep up the swimming! The goal is to swim four times a week (water running doesn't count ;-)

6 mi easy run for me today then 2200 yd swim:
20 x 100 on 1:25 desc 1:17 to 1:12
200 c/d mix back, kick, free

maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD
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Re: February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week [tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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Dear Eric The Biking,
If you are reading this, could you please create a Feb Fish Challenge for us on the Training Log?
Thanks!
tc

maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD
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Re: February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week [tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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3000 sc yardages in the pool this AM. I couldn't bring myself to dip so soon back into the ocean at 54 or less degrees.

1000s 13:15
500 kwf flt/250 kwf bk/250brk
10x100@1:45 alt IM/fr IMs 1:27~1:24/FRs 1:13~1:07
100 s/k cool

Proud member of FISHTWITCH: doing a bit more than fish exercise now.
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Re: February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week [HalfSpeed] [ In reply to ]
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3000 this morning
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Re: February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week [elund] [ In reply to ]
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I don't consider myself a Fish and have embarked on the Guppy challenge to try and sort my swimming out from the woeful 2.00/100m standard it is currently.

Seen as i'm basically halfway through week 1 I am assuming resurrecting each weeks thread wouldn't be ideal! If I have questions am I good to ask away in these threads or are they more for just talking about what you've done in the pool each day?

I'm only 3 swims into it so far but i'm finding having a bit of structure to it makes it a whole lot more enjoyable!
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Re: February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week [chunkytfg] [ In reply to ]
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Seen as i'm basically halfway through week 1 I am assuming resurrecting each weeks thread wouldn't be ideal! If I have questions am I good to ask away in these threads or are they more for just talking about what you've done in the pool each day?

Please ask whatever questions you have - this is a good place to tap into swim knowledge.

Feb. 2:

8.5 mi easy run
1600 yd swim

5 x 100 on 1:30
100 kick
3 x 200 on 3:00 first 25 fly
100 kick
2 x 100 as 50 fly/25 kick/25 free
100 c/d

maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD
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Re: February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week [tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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4100 SCM this morning. 10x300 broken a couple of ways - ran out of gas near the end.
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Re: February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week [tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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tigerchik wrote:

Please ask whatever questions you have - this is a good place to tap into swim knowledge.

Awesome thank you.

Week 1 Swim 4 completed today. 2100m

I wont bother listing what I did but it seems my swim fitness/technique(or lack of! haha) has come back to some extent as since fridays first swim my times per 100 have come down around 10 seconds! Still a long way to go but fingers crossed I can get a bit more time off that in the coming weeks.

Need to seriously work on my kick though! Nearly 1.45 to kick 50m with a board is woeful at best!
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Re: February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week [chunkytfg] [ In reply to ]
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chunkytfg wrote:
Need to seriously work on my kick though! Nearly 1.45 to kick 50m with a board is woeful at best!


I'm a horrible kicker. We'd be about the same speed. I attribute it to being rather bowlegged, as I have great ankle flexibility and can streamline my feet well (Size 10.5) and kick from the hip. In other words, as far as I can tell, I do all the right things, there's just no thrust. Put on fins, though... watch out! On the other hand, as a swimmer, I'm pretty fast - top 5 in the nation in my age group in distance events. Go figure.

This AM:
500s 6:15
5x100 kwf various strokes
10x100@1:45 alt BR/FR - FRs 1:12~1:08
10x100@(whatever) alt pull/kick


3000 sc yardages

Proud member of FISHTWITCH: doing a bit more than fish exercise now.
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Re: February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week [HalfSpeed] [ In reply to ]
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HalfSpeed wrote:
chunkytfg wrote:
Need to seriously work on my kick though! Nearly 1.45 to kick 50m with a board is woeful at best!


I'm a horrible kicker. We'd be about the same speed. I attribute it to being rather bowlegged, as I have great ankle flexibility and can streamline my feet well (Size 10.5) and kick from the hip. In other words, as far as I can tell, I do all the right things, there's just no thrust. Put on fins, though... watch out! On the other hand, as a swimmer, I'm pretty fast - top 5 in the nation in my age group in distance events. Go figure.

That makes me feel a bit better about things. It wasn't helped by having a guy sharing my lane also doing some kick sets but kicking his 100's at about the same pac as my 50's!
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Re: February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week [chunkytfg] [ In reply to ]
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Need to seriously work on my kick though! Nearly 1.45 to kick 50m with a board is woeful at best!

Don't bend your knees - that will drop that time - you are probably bending your knees...

Try kicking streamline on your back, no board.

maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD
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Re: February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week [tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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Was going to swim yesterday, but did some weight training with the daughter & then we hit a little coffee shop & chatted. She's 23 but still my little girl.

Today in the pool at 5am for 3500 yds:
400 br,fr,bk,br w/up
500 fr
4x125
400 pads,buoy
4 x100
300 ankle band (forgot how tough this was)
3x100
200 fr
5x50 fast
300 cool down



Then 14 miles on the trainer & a 30min ez track run.
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Re: February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week [tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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really working on consistency, and this will help.
currently following the guppy challenge for workouts.

2000scy at lunch yesterday
900 of wu/drills
5x200 @3:20
100cd

1500tt planned during tonight's workout, shooting for 23:30

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Re: February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week [tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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Endurance Corner is in the final stretch of a two week swim challenge they're doing. They've put up some solid swim workouts on their social & on their website.

Link to those workouts is here if interested: http://www.endurancecorner.com/...lenge-2017-workouts/

Today's workout below.


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Re: February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week [tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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Looking forward to Feb!

today's workout was the following....all continuous swim in each block just a few seconds to change equipment

10 min warmup build
10 min 25m hard 25 min easy with Swix Kick Fix keep repeating, focus on core rotation and staying narrow
7 min fins kick (dolphin, back, side for 25 m each) keep repeating
15 min (50m kick hard-100m free hard)....keep repeat
10 min (25m fly hard with first 8 underwater dolphin kick -25m free easy with first 8 m underwater free kick)...keep repeating

I like not worrying about a pace clock during public swim. Just seems less problematic without having to worry about send off times and getting in people's way.
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Re: February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week [devashish_paul] [ In reply to ]
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3300 SCM

main set 7 x (
150 build by 50s
50 kick
100 non-free (did odds IM, evens Breast)
50 all out)
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Re: February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week [r_mohr] [ In reply to ]
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Thanks for sharing.

4 mi run, 2200 yd swim

500 w/u
50 kick
100 swim
2 x [2 x 100 IM on 1:50 + 4 x 50 swim/kick on 1:00 + 50 fast on :40 + 50 easy on 1:20]
50 easy
2 x 100 IM on 1:50
300 c/d kick the first and last 50

maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD
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Re: February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week [tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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2700 this morning.
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Re: February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week [tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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Last nights masters workout - 3100 SCY

Warmup: 250 swim, 200 kick, 250 pull

Main:
4x25, 4 breath rest
2x100 IM, 6 breath rest
4x50 kick, 6 breath rest
200 pull
rest 1 min.


8x25 IM order, 6 breath rest
4x100 free, 8 breath rest
200 IM
rest 1 min.


12x25 free, 4 breath rest
200 free, no walls
2x100 Free or IM, fast, 1 min. rest


Cool Down: 200
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Re: February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week [tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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Hi All....I have a sub challenge within the Feb swim challenge.....how far an you dolphin kick under water and still complete a sub 50 second 50m. If you are on short course meters, the second push off, just do a regular push off. The hard part of this is the longer you go underwater, the more hypoxic you are emerging so you are slowing completing your 50m. I have not tried this yet. I think I can come out at 10m but it's going to be tight hitting 50 seconds.
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Re: February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week [devashish_paul] [ In reply to ]
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3.7 mi run, 925 yd swim

500 w/u
25 kick
3 x 50 fast fly/free on 1:00
2 x 25 fast free on :30
3 x 50 back on 1:00
50 c/d

maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD
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Re: February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week [elund] [ In reply to ]
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I got an unexpected MTB ride in yesterday-9 miles. As a result I cut todays swim short for tiredness.

1800 scy

https://connect.garmin.com/.../activity/1557693605

3x300 descend W/U (accidentally swam 350 on 2nd one.
6x50 kick (last 2 wo zoomers)
3x100 banded ankles
added a 50 kick in to equalize the extra 50 and rest my arms
Decided to call it and did a 200 CD

Now I am eating Mexican food and listening to Fu Manchu.
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Re: February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week [elund] [ In reply to ]
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10 mi run 1:19:57, held even splits.

1200 yd swim to cool off. Did a 500 w/u, then mixed kick and swim for another 700.

maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD
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Re: February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week [tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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Meet warm up and 400 for time... 4:19. 1500 scm total

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Re: February Fish Challenge: Swim 4x a week [realAB] [ In reply to ]
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Speedy!

4100 SCM this morning
6 x (
100 IM
2x50 kick
100 pull
200 T pace)
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