5 mi easy run
1600 yd easy swim (12 x 100 on 1:35 + 200 kick + 200 swim)

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
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Couldn't do anything yesterday. Had to starve myself and drink PEG to clean me out for a colonoscopy. This time they could put me out as my RHR was 47 instead of 39 like the last one I had and remained somewhat awake through. Anyway, I digress... Taking a day off from work, recovery, you know, and swam at Corona Del Mar Beach. As I was swimming out to the second buoy, a boat decided to anchor right there and start setting up for fishing. (I didn't know it was legal for boats to be in that close). I swam past it and began my 1000 yard tour of the buoys. When I returned, they were in full fishing mode and I elected not to swim by them again and just swam up and back along the inner buoy line, doing intervals. As I returned, I smelled fish blood - they were chumming... time for me to leave. I got spooked by that and swam to shore. Only 2200 yards.
Got on the bike and rode to Sunset Beach and back almost 29 miles. Pretty flat and pushed it for a good 21+mph average. Things heating up out here. We're approaching 90 degrees.

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

I was super tired this morning so I did work and took a nap, then went to the gym midday.
9.3 mi run 1:11:29
2200 yd swim

1200 w/u (felt like long and easy)
3 x [200 swim + 50 kick] 2:40, 2:35, 2:33
250 c/d last 50 back

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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.
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did a taper-ish 2500m today IM focus with a bunch of drills and easy stuff, then main set was at the very end

2x200IM on 4:30 - 1st one moderate drill/stroke, 2nd one fast, but not quite flat out. 2:45 with the drag suit. My seasons best is 2:38, so that bodes well :)

then finish up with 8x50 @60 descend 1-4, ascend 5-8. :38, :35, 34, 32, 33, 36, 40, ??...

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Swimming Workout of the Day:

Favourite Swim Sets:

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

8 mi easy ish
2200 yd swim

500 kick every 5th length
2 x [50 fast + 50 kick] :35, :36
2 x [100 fast + 50 kick] 1:15s
200 easy
500 kick every 5th length
500 swim

over the 50k yards for the month - and with some fast 50s...

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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 don't know if yesterday's cycling messed up my back more, or what, but this AM it was very painful to move... do anything! I got some stretches in and decided to hit the pool to see if it would loosen up. Despite the back pain (flip turns were really hard, but in a good way), I had a great workout, good speed. My left side feels semi-normal, but the right has taken a hit. I see my PT again today. See what he has to say.

5x[150s+50k]
5x100 various kicks
500s 6:10
100k
400s 4:50
100k
300s 3:35
100k
200s 2:20
100k
100s 1:06
100s
5x100 various kicks
10x50@:50 fist/open

4500 sc yardages

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

Feeling quite a bit better today. Finally succumbed to taking so pain killer anti-inflammatory pills last night. (i hate taking pain killers)

5x100@1:30 1:10/:12/:10/:09/:08
5x100@1:25 1:09/:08/:09/:09/:09
5x100 various kicks
5x100@1:20 1:08/:10/:10/:09/:10
5x100@1:15 1:08/:10/:12/:13/:11
10x100 as 25k/50 alt bk/br/25k
10x50@:50 pull w/band
2x100k
4x50s@:50 :32~:34
2x100k
4x50s@:50 :33~:34
2x100k

5000 sc yardages

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

Another fine day in the pool.

5x(200s+50k
500 various kicks
10x100@1:20 1:07~:09
100k
10x100 as 25k/50s/25k alt bk/br
20x50@:50 alt pull(band)/fist
100k
500s 6:10
100k
10x50@1:00 alt bk/br/fr
200 s/k cool

6000 sc yardages

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you're really cranking out the yardage!!

I hopped in for about 2K today. Helped my daughter out with her pushoffs and breakouts for about a half hour, then dropped her off at home and came back to the pool.

quick warmup followed by 5x50 pull (desc 1-5 - last one :34) 100 ez, then 5 x 50 swim desc 1-5 (last one a :31)

floated around a bit then 3 more 50's on 5:00. 29 from a push, another 29 from a push, then 27 from the blocks. (drag suit, no cap).....

total about 2000 SCM

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Swimming Workout of the Day:

Favourite Swim Sets:

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

Here's where I did my last prep this weekend for next week's 5k National champs OWS... :-) Where did you swim? :-)

The workout? 2km yesterday, 2.5km today...

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Proud member of FISHTWITCH: beating you to T1 for over a decade, and working on beating you to T2...

Where did you swim?

your pool is nicer than mine.

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Swimming Workout of the Day:

Favourite Swim Sets:

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

Oh, that looks nice. Water temp?

Back to my old 45 min pre-work grind in the AM after having a few days off.

500s
10x100 as [25k/50s/25k] alt bk/br/fr
10x50@:50 pull w/band

2000 sc yardages

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

8 mi run, 45 min stair master on Saturday. Wanted to swim but spent 4 hours tutoring calculus instead
Sunday off
11 mi run + 1600 yd swim today

500 w/u
100 kick
3 x [100 free + 100 back + 100 kick]
100 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.
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I swam outside last night for the first time this year! I usually don't have access to an outdoor pool, but friends invited me to swim with them at their club. Saltwater pool, so it was a little different.

3000m with a view of the harbour.

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Swimming Workout of the Day:

Favourite Swim Sets:

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

So sad that the outdoor pool is only open for another 4.5 weeks. Le sigh...

500 w/u
4 x 50 kick (alt back/choice)
3 x 100 alt drill/swim per 25.
10 x 100 on 1:45 EASY.

2000 SCM.

It's recovery week in the 140.6 build, so no pushing the pace. Arriving on 1:30-1:33 for the 100s. Not bad, considering my old "easy" pace was around 1:45/100 yards...

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I did nothing yesterday except use a $100 gift card to buy a new training suit and tech suit (and he threw in a pair of goggles for free!) My 'Go-the-Distance' suit finally got to the embarrassing translucency level and my training suit was blown out on one side.
Back at it this AM:
1000s ~13:00
5x100 various kicks
5x100@1:30 1:10/:08/:07/:06/:04
5x100 as [15k/50s/25k] alt bk/br

2500 sc yardages

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8 mi easy run 67:29
4600 yd swim

5 x 200 on 3:00 w/u
100 kick
3 x [50 fast + 50 kick] :35s
2 x [100 kick + 100 fast] 1:12s
2 x 300 on 5:30
2 x 200 fast on 4:00 (2:34s)
2 x 100 on 1:30
4 x [100 kick + 400 swim on 6:00]
100 back 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

Last day of July!

5x[150s/50k]
2x100k bk/b
10x50 w/band alt fr/scull
2x100k br/fl
100s 1:04
100k br cool

2100 sc yardages

I might get a bit more in the sloshbucket at lunchtime.

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6.5 mi run
5000 yd swim, last swim in Oregon for about 2 months

10 x 100 on 1:30
4 x [50 fast + 50 kick + 100 fast + 50 kick] :35s for the 50s, 1:13s for the 100s
5 x 200 on 3:00
100 kick
2 x [2 x 100] on 1:30, 1:25
100 kick
2 x [2 x 100] on 1:25, 1:20
100 kick
4 x 100 on 1:20
100 kick
400 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