ZOOM! That is a fantastic time!

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Not really tapered either. 100Fly hurt more than the 1500.

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2020 National Masters Champion - M40-44 - 400m IM
Canadian Record Holder 35-39M & 40-44M - 200 m Butterfly (LCM)

Good times...

It must be meet season? I went to Austin for a meet there this weekend. I would say well over 50% of the people were shaved for this meet, but I'm saving that for nationals in May.

100 IM: 55:32
50 BR: 27.65
100 FLY: 56:00
100 BR: 1:01.57
50 FLY: 23:97
200 IM: 2:05.68

That represents 2 good swims for me each day with one pretty poor swim thrown in for good measure. The 100 fly and the 200 IM were the poor swims. I had one goggle do a 180 degree spin on me while diving in for the 200IM (the other goggle just filled up). The 100 fly I tried to take it easy at the beginning and go the last lap hard, but ended up getting lackadaisical taking 2 or 3 kicks into each wall. Funny part is that I didn't have much gas on the last lap anyway.

I got a movie of the 100IM and will see if I can post it sometime here.

shaved yes tapered no. Nationals are in Ottawa and I'm racing IM Whistler so I am passing this year. I will race FINA masters worlds in 2014 (Montreal)

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2020 National Masters Champion - M40-44 - 400m IM
Canadian Record Holder 35-39M & 40-44M - 200 m Butterfly (LCM)

4-7-13--1936m OW in 39:30. Water temp 74F, 12mph wind, light sea chop, 75% clouds, 5ft viz. Huge head current going out (25min, 14min back in)
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2011 Broward County 60-64M Sprint Tri Champion
2011 1st place 60-64M Race Troops Sprint Tri
2012 1st place 60-64M Spring Training Sprint Tri
2013 1st place 60-64M Bone Island HIM
2013 1st place 60-64M Tri-Miami International Tri

Sunday, April 7th
Race! Sprint distance tri - 750/20/5.

300 w/up
750 in 12.12 (when I hit land), 12.38 according to results. My Garmin 910 had the disance as 900m..?

7th in age group out of 109 (we have big races over here!!), 133rd of 1169 overall.

It felt nice to get 300m into a race & look left & still be able to see the leaders feet..!

Bike.. pretty good.

Run.. (jog)... fun!

Enjoyed a shorter race & remembered why I like the sport... A good day.

Saturday...
races (Alberta Provincials)
800 free 14:45 PR,
400 free 6:56 PR
50 free 37 something, I think it was a PR
50 back RS why why why coach? backjoke? My apologie to the rest of the squad.

Sunday
races
1500m free, 1st time for this swim 27:55, far better time than I had expected. Only 10:35 seconds or so slower than realAlbertan!
4x50m free mens relay, I thought I saw 38 on the split - no idea.
50m breast 50.9 - nothing left after the 1500.
4x100m relay - no idea, just guessing 1:35 - This swim hurt bad, I have never felt so much pain in a swim. clearly did not warm down properly after the 1500.

Overall, awesome weekend! Set some new PR's. Just gotta keep whittling it down!

Took Sunday off from swimming and attempted a 3 mile run - quite slow, but just nice to get out there.

5[200s+100k] no-stop
5x100IM@2:00 1:25~1:18
200 s/k cool

2200 sc yardages

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3000 LCM and an ass kicker!

500 w/u build
5 x 200 on :40 rest
5 x 100 on :20 rest
90 seconds rest
5 x 100 on :20 rest
500 w/d

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600 fr
4x75 swf @1:20 (25 drill, 25 sc, 25 build)
2x150 swf @2:30 (50 drill, 50 sc, 50 build)
300 swf (100 drill, 100 sc, 100 build)
12x50 pull @1:00 (25 ez, 25 no breath)
5x100 @ 1:25
5x100 @ 1:20
5x100 @ 1:25
3x100 (50 drill, 50 swim)
3900 scy
Didn't quite manage to make the faster set of 5x100 :( Clearly still suffering a bit from injury/time off.

Survival mode today. Super sore from only half of Spartacus 2.0 workout.

400 swim on 6:30
4x (3x100 + 200 + 0:30 rest)
Set #1 pull 1:25 send off per 100
Set #2 swim 1:30 s.o. per 100
Set #3&4 pull 1:25 s.o. per 100
2x (4x50 swim on 45 +0:15 rest)
200 easy

3000SCM in 47:04

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I had planned to swim today but woke up with a splitting headache, threw up the ibuprofin I took, and went back to sleep until 9:30. I did work and then got an 8+ mile run in, but no swim today :-(

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swan short workouts 3 of the last 4 days, only interesting one was,

~350 wu
2 x 400 all on 1:30/100 sendoff base
2 x 300
2 x 200
2 x 100
2 x 50
200IM cd

pushed hard, but steady on all.

~ 2550 scy

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first race of the year for me sunday (not a swim)--8k run @31:33 (6:21 min/mile). pretty happy as i'm only at 162 miles for the year. ramping that up for the summer tri season.

today, long course

600 wu

3 x 200 @ 3:00 (2:45, 2:47, 2:47)

12 x 50 @ 1:00 alt cruise/strong

2 x 200 @ 2:50 (2:43, 2:49)

4 x 100 IM @ 1:45 (1:35s)
4 x 100 p @ 1:30 (1:25s)

200 strong (2:43)

100 easy

3300 lcm

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Oh yeah!

Here's one I did on Monday.

W/U:
2x (100 Free, 100 Drill, 100 Kick, 100 Stroke, 100 Free)
M/S:
2x
200 Free Mod. (:10 R.I.)
100 I.M. (:10 R.I.)
300 Free Mod. (:20 R.I.)
200 I.M. (:20 R.I.)
300 Free Mod. (:20 R.I.)
200 I.M. (:20 R.I.)
200 Free Mod. (:10 R.I.)
100 I.M. (:10 R.I.)
C/D:
300 Easy Choice w/ 100 Dril

4500 Yards

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This is a great thread, very informative for creating great workouts.

Monday is my "distance" day, if you can call doing only between 3000-3300 yards "distance."

400 warm-up
2x(4x25 hard/easy, easy/hard, hard, easy by 25 on :25)

600 swim on 7:30
200 pull w/paddles on 2:30

400 swim on 5:00
200 pull w/paddles on 2:30

200 swim on 2:30
200 pull w/paddles

500 (50/25/25, 25/75, 50/50, 75/25, 50/25/25) kick down, swim back with fins on :25 base

4x75 warm down on 1:15

3200

Aww TC, any idea where the headache is from? I used to know when I'd be prime for a ripe splitting one around noon - I'd be peeing a lot more than usual in the morning leading up to it. Some chemical imbalance, I guess, where I'd pee all my water out and become dehydrated. Drinking more water would just make me pee more and I'd still get the headache. This was all before I started back up with an exercise routine - back some 20 years ago.

1000s w/u
5x100 various kicks
2x200IM
300 s/k/cool

2200 sc yardages

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Congrats to all the meet swimmers. Some awesome times and cool to hear about PR's. I can't even remember most of mine its been so long, maybe time for a 30 year PR reset.


a quickie swim squeezed into the bike commute, to see where I am with the "benchmark" 20 x 100 set. Consistent less acute asthma with a pre-swim bike warmup, need to look for some reverse tri's I guess.

~300 wu
20 x 100 @ 1:30 (1:13 - 1:16, most 1:15)
200IM cd

~2500scy

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So, actually I have two videos -- the 100IM and the 50BR from day 1. The 50 breaststroke is interesting because I went a masters PR for me, but got beat by a guy in the next age group older. I wasn't really aware of who he was until afterward. Evidently he holds 5 of the 6 FINA World Records for his age group in the breaststroke (short course and long course). Anyway, he tracks me down at the end and you get a glimpse of what a real breaststroke is supposed to look like as opposed to my desperate, flailing attempt to get to the wall.






Note: Yes, I did almost fall off the blocks on the 50. I'd like to think it was because I aligned my feet completely underneath me instead of widening the base and giving myself stability. Others have suggested age could have something to do with it.

Holy crap that's fast! Nice going!

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Nice swims. You did get some hang time on your Bk to Br turn though.

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2020 National Masters Champion - M40-44 - 400m IM
Canadian Record Holder 35-39M & 40-44M - 200 m Butterfly (LCM)

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Aww TC, any idea where the headache is from?

The light from the computer, I think - I fell asleep watching it.

Good morning today. I ran first, then went to the pool. My advisor was water running. I cannonballed him :D

8.3 miles in 61:03
2800 yd swim

8 x 125 w/u kick the last 25 of each
100-200-300-400-500 on a 1:30/100 base. The 300 was 4:00 and the 500 was 6:25
300 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

Nice times - will watch these later - exciting!

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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

Nice swims. Where does that 100im put you in terms of rankings? Breaststroke has always been a mystery to me. Looked fast, in a slow kind of a way.

2000 LCM this afternoon, sunny out and my tan is kickin

500 w/u
2 x 500 medium paddles
500 w/d

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