Got a new Zoot speedzoot suit, so did a 2.4 mile time trial. Splits:
1000yd - 14:30, 14:23, 14:37, 14:35
225yd - 3:11
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4225yd @ 1:01:18

SCM

400ch
20x50 on 10s rest
4 dr sw
4 kk sw
4 band
4 polo/sw
4 build

8 x 100 d 1-4, 5-8 on 1:30
800 for time
100 ez
4 x 100 d1-4 on 1:30
400 for time
100 ez
2 x 100 d1-2
200 for time
100 ez

cd

TC - I would broaden that to say "swimming feels so right...":)

Sat.16.Feb.2013

1000 free w/u
6 x [(4 x 100 kick IMO) + 300 free alt sw/pl] on :15r
8 x 100 breast on :15r
300 free pull easy

6300 SCY + 3-mi run. Felt much better than yesterday.

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

2300 SCM easy week swim

WU
100m FS
50 kick
50 back
50 kick
50 breast
50 FS

Main set - pyramid to 400 in 100's on 15s RBI so like this
100/200/300/400/300/200/100

Warm down
50 breast
50 kick
50 back
50 kick
100 fs
50 breast

I don't know about that. Sprinting, for instance, that feels silly.

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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

I would like to add that one of these days I am going to be the meet director for a distance swimmer meet. There will be none of that 50 free crap. Distance swimmers will not have to sit through insufferable heats of 100s before they can race. ALL distance events, not the "1000/1650, choose one" option, will be offered. The events will be something like this, though not in this order:
500
1000
1650
400 IM
800 free relay
maybe a 1600 free relay at the end for kicks and giggles.

MAYBE 200s of every stroke, so that some 100 show up, and we can have an opportunity to swim circles around their little sprinting tails. Also, sprinters can sometimes be useful, as I've found they can be trained to hold one's lap counters.

I really just want a meet where I can show up and spend the whole time swimming (much like the sprinters do) rather than the warmup, swim a 500, spend the rest of the meet waiting around, swim a 1650. Or worse, warmup, wait for a billion heats of 50s and 100s, swim a 500, wait around, swim a 1650.

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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

Oh believe me I know the feeling, which is why I've been working on my strokes, so that some day I can go to a meet and swim the 200 of each stroke, 200IM, 400 IM, 500, 1000, and 1650. That would be 9 events which would make for a nice 3-day meet:)

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

I must say I do have a few sprinter friends, though. In college I swam with a girl who is a tenth of a second away from Trials cuts in the 50 and 100 free and, though a sprinter, I like her a lot. Tough as nails girl who taught me a lot about attitude (read: life is simpler when you just don't give a damn about what others think). We trained together in the off season. She liked having me to train with because it's easier to get to the pool when someone's waiting for you and I liked having her around because it's a treat to bask in the aura of someone That Fast.

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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

Eric, you asked about my tethers. I bought
http://www.swim2000.com/category/stretchcords/

Stretchcord short belt
and the extension from that page.

Together they were cheaper than the long one and I figured the combination would work no matter what pool I was in. :-) I'll let you know how they turn out.

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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

That Fast in the pool, but I bet she can't run like you do. She'd be basking in your aura at a tri or run:)

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

Ya, I'll be interested in your thoughts. To me it just felt really weird to be swimming, or at least doing the swimming motion, and not going anywhere. I fully understand that, well duh, that's the point, but still, it just felt WEIRD. Swimming the super short pool was much more fun, even if it was only 8 strokes per length, at least those 8 were REAL strokes, with flow and all that, and flow on the turns off the wall. I guess I'm just really into the feeling of flow I get in the pool, much more so than anywhere else:)

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

I've used them in the past and found them to help with technique. I have a slight catch in my stroke when I breathe on the right. If I have tension on a tether and I breathe right, I get pulled back to the wall a bit. I am NOT into the constant flip turn thing.

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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

OK, well enjoy then. To each his own as they say, although this one of the very few things we disagree on:)

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

Pool is doing maintenance...so not only no pool clock, they removed the little wall clocks...no timing...

5x600 as: sw, kick, IM(6x100 IM with no rest), Pull(band/buoy), sw Did this with 0-:10RI between 600's
200 easy mix
5x200p (buoy/paddles) :10RI
200 easy mix

4400scy

2/17:

500 w/u (6:34)
100/200/300/400/500/400/300/200/100 on 1:30/100
1:14/2:31/3:46/5:01/6:19/5:04/3:48/2:29/1:12
some other junk

3400scy

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"Go yell at an M&M"

"some other junk" - yeah I know that feeling

sore lats and triceps today kept the swim shorter than planned

500s 6:15
5x100 various kicks
500s 6:04
20x50@1:00 alt bk/br/fr (today I was in the no-fly-zone) bk's ~ :37 - :45; br's ~ :38 - :44; fr's ~ :33 - :37
100k
100s 1:06
50k
50s :29
50k
50br :36
200 cool

3100 sc yardages

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Proud member of FISHTWITCH: doing a bit more than fish exercise now.

Started a 3rd day a week. This group is bit more serious.

10 x 50 d/s, k/s by 50
12 x 25 k/d/s IM order
8 x 25 build
100 IM / 100 Fr @ 1:35
200 IM / 200 Fr @ 3:10
300 IM / 300 Fr @ 4:45
400 IM / 400 Fr @ 6:10
300 IM / 300 Fr @ 4:45
200 IM / 200 Fr @ 3:10
100 IM / 100 Fr @ 1:35
100 EZ

4300 scy

Missed my Sunday swim, as due to the 35C/95F temperature, the pool was jam packed & only had two swimming lanes open.

Mixed bag Monday morning, 18th Feb.
900 w/up
2x50 @ 60 - as flat out 25, solid 25
800 build - 12.58
2x50 @ 60 - flat out
100 easy
400 build - 6.19
100 easy
2x200 @ 25 sec rest (3.04, 3.03)
100 easy

3000 LCM. Felt tired today - another big ride/run weekend left me a bit flat.

I always wear my Timex digital "Ironman" watch which has a 50-lap stopwatch, so always have a back-up timing device, except the once a yr it dies. These watches are great but if you read the instructions, technically you're not supposed to push the stop, start, or lap buttons when in the water. I just happened to read this by chance one day, after using these watches in precisely this manner for 25 yrs or so. They work just fine in the water but I suspect that's why they only last 12-18 months:)

Sun.17.Feb.2013

1000 free w/u
6 x [(4 x 100 kick IMO) + 100 IM sw + 200 free pull]
12 x 100 breast on :15r
300 free easy

6700 SCY + 3-mi run.

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

Despite all the snot rockets spewed (meh) and unshowered peeps (yawn) that suffered through 200 yards at the end of a reverse tri yesterday at my pool, I swam after it, yesterday and again this AM. But, the three hours I stood manning a bike corner for the race, my back has suffered and big doses of ibuprofen ain't helping. Nevertheless, pool swimming takes the pressure off except for flip turns and pushing off the wall.

5x100s@:1:30 ~1:10 - 1:15
5x100 various kicks
10x50@45 ~:35
100k
10x50@1:00 fl/fr;bk/fr;br/fr;fr/fr
400 s/k cool

2500 sc yardages

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Proud member of FISHTWITCH: doing a bit more than fish exercise now.

I used to have one, the gps one. It died, ran out of batteries, maybe. I bought a garmin 405 for running, and used the timex for swimming sometimes (set on deck, can't stand wearing a watch while swimming). Started using the swim clock only, ended up tossing the pool watch...

400 swim on 5:40
300 pull on 4:00
4x50 kick on 1:00
100 drill

4x (150 fast on 2:10 + 50 easy on 1:00) 1:55,1:56,1:55,1:54
4x (100 fast on 1:30 + 50 easy on 1:00) 1:16,1:16,1:15,1:15
4x (50 fast on 0:45 + 50 easy on 1:00) 35,35,34,35
All fast 25 free/25back

200 pull easy

3000scy

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Bruce
ALBOPADS XTERRAWETSUITS NEWTON OAKLEY FIZIK GARMIN ROTOR COMPUTRAINER QUARQ HONEYSTINGER

How did your sister do in the race? Kudos to you for getting a workout in after.
2h30 on the bike yesterday. Had a run in with a car, landed on my butt, and have a bruised tush... scarum/tailbone hurt the most, but are better today. That was a pleasant surprise as I figured I'd wake up SORE. It hurt a little bit with dolphin kick and the pushoffs.

9.3 mi run + 5000 yds this AM

Shoulders were not stiff from the bike, that was good.

500 w/u
4 x 125 first 50 kick
12 x 100 on 1:35
4 x 150 as 25k/50dr/75s
8 x 150 on 2:20 swim
200 kick
200 drill
600 c/d

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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

I just noticed a few things about the challenge.

1. I am only at 49,000 yds and I thought today would put me over 50k.
2. Trexlera wrote it as 100 KM not 100k YARDS. I have more swimming to do than I thought!
3. Both HS and Trexlera are ahead of me.

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
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disclaimer: PhD not MD

realABswim&tri (@realABswim_tri) tweeted at 11:15 AM on Mon, Feb 18, 2013:
10 x 400 on 5:30 #1 4:49 average 4:55 for next 8 and 4:50 on #10 #swim #triathlon
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