Haven't been able to post due to no internet:

5/12 was 3300 scy with 40x50 on :50 main set, and a 75'ride/30'run brick
5/13 was 4600 scy with a descending ladder, and a 7mi/50 min easy run and core

This morning, 5/14, was some faster stuff:
8x50 hard
400pull
6x50 hard
300pull
4x50 hard
200pull
2x50 hard
100pull

total of 3300scy with warmup and cooldown. Legs were tired, fast was supposed to be long/smooth, holding form. I was around :32-:33 on each. I'll be riding and maybe running later.

---

"Don't you have to go be stupid somewhere else?"..."Not until 4!"

 
400 warmup
200 kick warmup
10 x 50 @ :50 stroke down/free back
8 x 100 free @ 1:30
16 x 25 IM order @ :30 (fast)
4 x 50 IM order @ 1:00 (fast)
4 x 150 pull @ 2:05
200 warmdown

3300 scm

That's a lot of work!

My AM:
1000s 12:44
5x100@1:50 alt bk/br
6x150 as 50k+100s 1:14~1:07
100 cool

2500 sc yardages

---

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

AM Swim Wednesday:

4 x 400's kick on back every 4th on 6:10
16 x 100's on 1:30 but every 4th on 1:20, descend 1-4 . Basically went 1:20, 1:17. 1:14, 1:10 all 4 times through.

In the PM I did a 2 hour bike run brick. Bike was at 65% of FTP for 80 minutes and the first two miles of the run were in 12:10.

Woke up late and sore. Swam this morning and it was bad.

95 min on the stairmaster, 1800 yd swim (3 x 500 swim/100 kick)

sooooo tired

---

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

300 choice
200 pull w/ paddles
6 x 50 desc 1-3, 4-6 on :60
20 x 100 on 1:30
300 CD

3100 SCM

Started out the 100s coming in on 1:16 then around #7 they started being 1:15. Held that for the rest with 3 of the last 7 being 1:14.

1000 SCY straight and easy. First race of the year tomorrow. Water temp is 56 degrees and forecast air temp for Saturday is 50-ish at race time. I'm cold just thinking about it.

---

--------------------------
The secret of a long life is you try not to shorten it.
-Nobody

9.5 mi run, 2000 yd swim

500 w/u
6 x 100 fast (50 kick easy after each) 1:09.5, 1:09, the rest 1:10s
600 c/d as 200 back, 200 free, 200 kick

---

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

Was leaving the home last night to walk the dog and thought I saw an issue with my lap pool. Once I got closer, I discovered it hadn't sprung a leak, but had sprung a palm. Might be taking a couple days off:
[URL=http://s378.photobucket.com/...loads/image.jpg.html][/url]

Whoa! You gots speed! Nice 100s
I did nothing today. My ow race for tomorrow was cancelled because the rain raised the bacteria levels. But, there's a race at a nearby lake I might do. We'll see.

---

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

Hopefully that'll be a quick fix! Should just be a matter of pulling out the tree and cleaning, unless the tree was heavy enough to crack the mold.

Friday AM, 800 breakdown, mixed in paddles and buoy as well:
800ez
2x400 fins kick/drill
4x200 on 3:00 desc 1-4
8x100 on 1:30 desc 1-4, 5-8 1:20-1:13
16x50 on :50 hold :35-:37
32x25 on :25 hold mid :16 to :18
200ez cd for 5000scy

Saturday AM:
4x400 on 6:00 various stuff warming up
4x400 pull on 6:00 desc 5:35-5:20
2x400 on 6:00 under 5:20
10x50 pull/paddles on :45 breath control
100ez cd for 4600scy

Also going to bike and hopefully run today!

---

"Don't you have to go be stupid somewhere else?"..."Not until 4!"

Thanks. Sorry about the race, but I know you all need the rain :-)

6000 yd swim for me!

500 w/u
4 x 100 on 1:30
400 swim
100 kick
3 x 100 on 1:25
3 x 100 on 1:20
300 easy
100 kick
2 x [2 x 100 on 1:15 + 200 easy]
5 x 100 on 1:30
100 kick
5 x 100 on 1:25
2 x [200 easy + 2 x 100 on 1:20]
100 back, 200 kick
500 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

Wow, just wanted to give thumbs up& congrats- that is fast! Breaststroke isn't too shabby either. Any thoughts to pulling that out to or challenging at longer distances?

---

Training Tweets: https://twitter.com/Jagersport_com
FM Sports: http://fluidmotionsports.com

biked to the pool, swam and rode home the long way,

1000 wu
5x500 pwb, swim,kick,pwb,swim
200IM cd

3700scy
28mi

turned out to be a nice day today, IMTX folks lucked out!
relatively cool and breezy for Houston

---

------------------------------------------------------------
some days you're the windshield some days the bug

I decided to head over to the lake for the 2 mile race. A lot of people there with the cancelled ocean swim! It's a mass start with both 1 & 2 mile swimmers together. A bit crazy and lots of battling for space for a couple hundred yards, then the pool jockeys started falling off. I got on some feet for the first loop (and I suspected who it was, but then decided it couldn't be George because I've double-lapped him in a 1650 pool race.) I figured this guy was doing only one lap but, no, he reached shore and ran around the pylon and re entered for the 2-mile. I pushed hard to beat him to the first buoy, hoping to break him, but he stayed right with me. With some 500 to go, my stomach hurt as I dug deep – as far as I could tell, I was leading the 2-mile. I came out of the water with a 3 or 4 length lead. He came out and , holy crap, it was George! Well, some young guy, in a wetsuit did a 42 something while I was 45:15. So, second place, but no wetsuit and, well, geezer, too! George is a thin rail and he wore a shorty wetsuit. I believe, with his body type, he gets tremendous advantage with the suit. Who knows, I might have won if I wore one. The water was 74 deg. (the ocean is 60).

500 w/u
2 miles

---

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

Well done! As far as I'm concerned, they should split the results into no wetsuit and wetsuit categories.

---

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

Nicely done! I agree they should split the results.

I mainly swim the 100 to 400 distances, just did 50's at provincials because there isn't a lot of time between events.

At nationals now.
Day 1 - no swims, skipped the 1500 (travel day)
Day 2 - 200 free 2:07.7 (5th) and 50 free 26.2 (6th). My times would have placed higher in every other AG, even the young guys. Lot of fast dudes in the 45-49's right now.

Day 3 is tomorrow. 400 free in the am, 100 free in the afternoon.

Day 4 I have 100 fly and 800 free.

---

Swimming Workout of the Day:

Favourite Swim Sets:

2020 National Masters Champion - M50-54 - 50m Butterfly

There's no awards or recognition of any kind at that event. They don't post results.
Ride 22.7 miles in 1:15 and followed with 3100 in the pool
500s
5x100 various kicks
10x100@1:30 1:14~1:09
5x100 as 25k/50s/25k bk/br
10x50@:50 ~:35-:32
100k cool

3100 sc yardages

---

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

It is so nice getting rest between events, completely different from our normal meets. 4:32 for the 400m and 57.6 in the 100. Winner of the 400 went 4:11 in the 45-49's

---

Swimming Workout of the Day:

Favourite Swim Sets:

2020 National Masters Champion - M50-54 - 50m Butterfly

First OWS of the year yesterday. Not far .5 mile, 56 degrees, finished the swim in 11 minutes and suffered through forzen feet on the bike and numb feet on the run. Lovin early season races.

---

--------------------------
The secret of a long life is you try not to shorten it.
-Nobody

Hah! Isn't that fun.. the frozen feet bit. I had that at Oceanside 70.3 years ago. My feet finally thawed some half way through the run. At that point, I wished they had stayed frozen... man did they start hurting!

Got caught up discussing Amgen this AM which shortened my swim:
1000s 12:50
2x100 various kicks
100IM
5min BSing
4x100IM@2:00
3x100 various kicks
100s cool

2100 sc yardages

---

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

8 mi run on the track yesterday, stopping every lap to watch the baby bunny that was eating grass right beside the track, and 5 mi on the bike doing errands.
8 mi on the treadmill this morning + 3100 yd siwm

500 swim
4 x 125 kick the first length of each
400 swim
4 x 125 kick the first 50 of each
300 swim
4 x 125 kick the first length of each
200 swim
100 back
200 sidestroke :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

Final day today of nationals.

1:00.8 in the 100m fly, 9:34 in the 800. I didn't have anyone counting laps for me in the 800, after 400 I had no idea where I was. Just swam until I heard the bell. Silver in the fly, bronze in the 800.

---

Swimming Workout of the Day:

Favourite Swim Sets:

2020 National Masters Champion - M50-54 - 50m Butterfly

Yesterday (Monday): 4500scy with 15x200 main set, also lifted some weights in the evening

Today (Tuesday): 3300scy with 40x50 main set, planning on a bike/run later

---

"Don't you have to go be stupid somewhere else?"..."Not until 4!"