Man. When I was 7, my gym mile was 11mins.

Ten years later it's 4:48 ;)

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

Wow, he's quite the little athlete. Don't let him get lost into the abyss that is hockey. No disrespect to hockey players, but that sport sucks up so much talent here. My nephew is into hockey, and the amount of time that his parents spend sitting on benches at the rink is ridiculous, and leaves no time for any other sports. And that's at 11 years old, it gets worse from there.

On an unrelated note, our pool was closed Friday, Sunday, and today for good Friday / Easter. :(

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

2k XC at Alberta Provincials he was around 23/40 give or take a spot. 10.47 and 4/6 boys on his club. Bear in mind he was running in Pee Wee (usually 10-11, or U11 if no Tyke division) for XC as they did not run a seperate Tyke (normally U9) race.

He anchored the team as the final scoring runner and kept them on 3rd on points. They use 4 runners to score and 2 to displace points.



Great youth (6-12) coach with our Track Club CALTAF (Calgary Track and Field).

Doesn't hurt him that he has daily PE with a fantastic teacher who is also a great runner. She ran the 10 000 m at the 92 Olympics for Canada. The Principal ran varsity track at U of C as well (Pretty sure his son should be on the Dinos either this fall or next depending on when he graduates.).

Last year they had a spring lunch run club... mainly grade 3/4, but he might join this year. He is not racing outdoor track this spring but we might take him to a weeknight twighlight meet in July for fun. We keep him very active but I mind how much volume he is doing at any given time. You won't see him running a half mary at 10. Fast before far is the philosophy I am taking. So no races beyond 2k.

His AG races 100m/3-5km/~1km for Tri. He is super pumped to race May long weekend. He will crush dreams of some much bigger 9 year olds at these. Lots of hockey parents think their kids are fitter than they are.

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As far as I am concerned it hurts our overall performance at the Olympics for males since so many kids who have talent in other sports get burned by hockey and quit organised sport and never see what they could have been. We need a national talent id program that gets those kids into the right sports. Its better here than most Canadian cities because we have more winter sports like speedskating, sliding sports, ski racing and such.

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Canadian Record Holder 35-39M & 40-44M - 200 m Butterfly (LCM)

Good to see him getting good fitness habits at a young age, and that Canada has the right infrastructure to make it happen.

Here in the US, I played ice hockey from 5-13, and wrestled and played football 7-13. Endurance sports were far, far away from my mind.

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

At track they do all the events at this age. Indoor provincials didnt have a 1200 so Long Jump was his best event that day. He sprints best on relays like 4x200.

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

Just saw on swimswam that a friend of mine had a season ending injury. Blew out both knees in warmup!


http://swimswam.com/...eason-ending-injury/

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Saw it on Twitter... sucks.

On a side note my neighbor left a 50" plasma out on his lawn marked "free & it works". New XBOX screen.

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Canadian Record Holder 35-39M & 40-44M - 200 m Butterfly (LCM)

That's nice!

It snowed again today :(

The lakes are still frozen. Usually the canoers and kayakers will have been on the water for at least 3 weeks by now. They must be getting sick of dryland.

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Swimming Workout of the Day:

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

Our governor has not yet ordered pools to be drained due to the draught here in California, so I got another w/o in.

3000 straight in 39:56
100k cool

3100 sc yardages

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

9.5 mi run and 1800 yd swim yesterday
3 mi bike to work, 8 mi run, 1800 yd swim today

both days 3 x 500s/100k

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Jumped in at lunch for 1200m to shake the cobwebs out. Hadn't been able to swim since last Thursday, plus I'm still full from our Easter dinner. (I made a honey mustard glazed ham...mmmmm,....)

I was slow today...

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

Didn't get to swim today, but nonetheless had a fun day:

Woke up at 5:30 and got on the trainer for 90mins with 2x20' big gear repeats. Then drove with my friend for about 2hrs to get to Old Rag mtn in Shenandoah for a tough climb. 11 miles total, 3 of that was a rock scramble that involved a ton of pullup motions and such. I'm pretty tired, full body. Was an awesome time though, and the view was absolutely incredible. It was raining a bit at the base, and as we got higher we started to poke through the clouds until we were above them.

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

Ughhhhh.

Felt like crap at masters. Well the first set was good, 10 x50 @60 alt fly on the odds, free on evens.

Next set was 12x100.@ 1:50, and I just ran out of gas. Wife's been sick, so I'm hoping that I didn't pick up whatever she has. Early night tonight just in case.

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Swimming Workout of the Day:

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

I'm not sure if Santa came or not.

I ordered a new tech suit from Team Aquatic just over a week ago, to be delivered by Canada Post. Just got a notice from Canada Post that I have a package to be picked up from the post office, it will be ready for pickup today. Cool!! But then, I logged into my account on the TeamAquatic website and the order status is "Processing"....


Arrrgh, the suspense is killing me!!

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Swimming Workout of the Day:

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

Legs were definitely tired after yesterday, but gutted one out nonetheless:

1000 ez
5x200 50k/50dr/50k/50build
200easy
50x50 pull odds ez evens hard w/paddles, left on :50. Hard was about :36-:38
4x25 all out kick
4x25 sprint
4x25 all out kick
4x25 sprint/paddles
4x25 easy IM order

5200scy

I'll probably run a little bit later today and lift some weights!

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

Just another morning workout:
8x[200s+50k] 2:37~2:21
8x50@1:00 alt bk/br
100s cool

2500 sc yardages

Been working on getting some run back into my legs. It's not pretty and it's not fast, but I'm seeing improvement. All I want to be able to do is a sub :50 10k at the end of an Olympic Tri in June. Well, it's a very hilly tri... not the swim, but the bike and run are tough buggers.

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

Getting close to what I thought was an elusive (to me) 1:30 repeat time...realizing it's almost time to not settle for it and continue chasing faster repeats ;)

300 wu
200 pull
16x100 on 1:45 averaging 1:31 (ranging from 1:28-1:33)
400 cooldown

2500 scm

Yeah I improved quite a bit. And no, I spent September-February swimming that much but now i'm dialed back at around 25,000ish meters a week. I'm probably around 5:10ish? for 500 yard free.

4x 400
1: Swim
2: 150k/50ch
3: pb with snorkel
4: 4x 50 on :45, 4x 50 on :50 d1-4

15x 200 on 3:20 descend by 5's
1-5: 2:40's
6-10: 2:38's
11-15: 2:35's

100 ez
6x 50
1 kick, drill, swim

8x 100
3 kick with fins on 1:45 (1:30's)
1 ez
3 backstroke with fins (1:25's)
1 ez

5700 LCM

I hate longcourse haha.

Yay, my suit came in! This one :-)

Now I'm all set for nationals, since the club just got new silicone caps.

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Swimming Workout of the Day:

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

I'd love to get a cool racing suit, but I simply can't justify the cost and the associated durability (the more it costs, the less it lasts, it seems). How much speed gain are we talking here. The most I've spent is for the Speedo Aquablade - about $45. One pair lasts me through a few swim meets and my regular run of open water swims.

This AM swim:
1000s 12:51
5x100 various kicks
5x100s@1:30/1:25/1:20/1:15
10x50@1:00 alt bk/br
2x100 s/k cool

2700 sc yardages

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

Maybe 1 second in the 100....

it came out of my bonus money, so I consider it to be free ;)

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Swimming Workout of the Day:

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

Wow! I'm jealous of that improvement. How long were you doing 50k weeks?

Still feeling this mornings swim:

WU: 10 min swim, 8 min pull, 6 min kick
MS: 8x150@2:00, 8x50k@1:00, 8x150p, 8x50 4 breaths @:50, 6x150@2:00

Wasn't wanting to lead the lane but ended up fine holding 1:42-1:47
5800scy

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I hit the jackpot 6 months ago when I found nike suits for $5 on sale at a local bargain store. I bought 5 of the same thing. I will be wearing a one piece black nike for the next two years :-)

3 mi bike to campus, 6.5 mi run, 1800 yd swim.

MEET THIS WEEKEND!!!!!!!!

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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

Woot! what are you swimming? I think you already posted it but I'm too lazy to go look it up.

I'm doing 200 fly, 50 and 100 free tomorrow.

Also, if you are back in Maine over the summer, there's a LCM meet in Saint John, New Brunswick, June 27-28. East Coast Games, I think it is called, swimming, track & field, rugby, and a couple other sports. If you are interested I'll dig up the link. I doubt I'll be able to make it, but there will probably be a group from our club going.

Lastly, last night was the best practice I've had in a little while.

main set:

300 (100 fast, 200 easy - 1:08 for the 100)
2 x 250 (75 fast, 175 easy) (50, 49 for the 75's)
3 x 150 (50 fast, 100 easy). 32's for the 50's

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Swimming Workout of the Day:

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