7/1:

800ish warmup

8x(100 on 1:30, 75 on 1:10, 50 on :50, 25 on :30) (last 4 100s were 1:11/10/9/8)

200 cd

3000scy

(doing my part)

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"Go yell at an M&M"

1000 swim (6:33-6:19)
600 pull
6x50 cruise on 45
Extra 30 seconds rest
50 fast (29)
50 easy
4x100 cruise on 1:30
1 minute extra rest
100 fast (1:02)
100 easy
3x200 cruise on 3:00
2 minutes extra rest
200 fast (2:12)
200 easy

3600scy

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Bruce
ALBOPADS XTERRAWETSUITS NEWTON OAKLEY FIZIK GARMIN ROTOR COMPUTRAINER QUARQ HONEYSTINGER

Well, I guess I'm both a fishie and a guppie, because I'm slow and I swim a lot. My yards in each challenge will cancel out.
2500 scy, inc. 300 TT: 4:56.6

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No coasting in running and no crying in baseball

Add one more for the fishes...

Today:
(All distances LCM)
WU: 1x400 mixed stroke and drills
SW: 8x50 @:50 desc 1-4, 5-8. :42, :41, :41, :40, :42, :40, :38, :36
Pull: Broken 1,500 (20 sec rest after each interval)

• 750 = 10:26
  
• 500 = 6:44
  
• 250 = 3:15
• 1500 add-up = 20:25

SW: 1x200 recovery
K: 4x100 @2:30
SW: 3x200IM @ 3:30 (3:01, 2:55, 2:48)
WD: 1x200 easy
Total: 3700m

As the cat wrangler for a bunch of stats to be used to roughly compare these challenges & compare against the fish, I may ask a few of you/us gilled folks for some info. Stay tuned. HS - you're definitely one of the ones I'm asking. I'm considering us the "control" since most of us probably won't be changing anything we do & therefore can really expect only moderate gains to already reasonable/fast times.

I suffered through a worthless workout this morning.

300wu
8x100 D/S 1:50
6x200 Pull 3:10 (Desc 1-3/4-6, 3:00, 2:50, 2:40)

2x:
2x100 Build 1:45
8x50 1:00 (Odd - Ez/Fast, Even - Fast/Ez)

200 K Build
4x50 K Fast 1:00
200 cd

TOTAL: 4100 LCM

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AW

Thanks and welcome govols. It'd make it a lot easier to add up yardages if you (all of you posting only here) posted w/o's and joined the challenge in the ST Training Log. We can't let a bunch of guppies out swim us!!

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

Done, at least I think I've done it correctly. Hard to believe I've been on ST for years and this is the first challenge I've participated in.

I'm doing a month long OW swim series (2mi race/each Tuesday) so I'm hoping to keep my weekly yardage at around 12k not including the races. Should help our monthly total.

Got 3/4 way through the workout this morning, and thunder was heard... we were told to evacuate the pool. Rats - i wanted to go long. We didn't see any lighting. Only got in 3,550m today. It was a simple aerobic freestyle set (with waaay too much kicking). Sorry to newbee this, but where is the ST log? I'll be swimming like a fish in July. And see if I can beat the 55 miles I did in June.

warm up. (200 swim, 200m kick, 200m pull)... and then some for me...
4 x 150m (50 drill, 50 kick, 50 swim) on 20s rest
--then 8x200 on 5-10 sec intervals, like this--
1 x 200m (50 kick, 50 swim, 50 kick, 50 swim)
1 x 200m (100 moderate, 100 fast)
1 x 200m (50 pull, 50 swim, 50 pull, 50 swim)
1 x 200m (100 fast, 100 easy)
--then repeat--
1 x 200m (50 kick, 50 swim, 50 kick, 50 swim)
1 x 200m (100 moderate, 100 fast)
1 x 200m (50 pull, 50 swim, 50 pull, 50 swim)
1 x 200m (100 fast, 100 easy)
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Hear thunder... get out...

RACE REPORT: Pacific Crest Long Course Triathlon went great! Won the old/heavy (Clydes) division, 5th fastest of all 372 racers in the swim... That was fun.

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

I haven't posted many workouts lately but I'll have to keep up for the team. Couldn't get outta bed this morning on time so this was pretty short

200 wu

9 x 100 (1-3 @ 1:45, 4-6 @ 1:35 breathe 3rd, 7-9 @ 1:25) all around 1:22-23

3 x 100 IM/100 bk @ 3:30

2 x 50 fast (2nd 35 high) @ 2:00

100 ez

4 x 25 fast IMO

200 ez

2200 lcm

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Oh yeah!

Look at the blue line at the top of the page. The 8th link over is Training Log. Once in the training log and you start logging your w/o's. Click the Challenges and you'll see all the various challenges. Our Fish vs Guppies is titled: Challenge the Guppies Revenge Swim Challenge.

I won't be swimming nearly as much as the past two months, I fear. So, good to have some new fishies join up!

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

Another swim in the Rockies but this one wasn't quite as painful.

Wu- 500fr, 400 IM (k/dr), 300 (ra/la/sw), 200 fast off wall
Ms- 4x200 (odds IM), 10x150 pull, 16x50 (odds fast, evens b/e 3)
Cd- mix bag with some kicking
5200 scy

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https://twitter.com/mungub

Duffman!! You're no guppie! Get out of that challenge and get in the fishies challenge!

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

D'oh! Need to work on my reading. Fixed.

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Oh yeah!

The guppies are whooping us pretty badly.
Fishies: 37666 Guppies: 107704

We're missing our heavy hitters. Where are you guys??? ericmulk, WE NEED YOU!!; Tigerchik, you're on the list, but I guess running is more important to you... pfffff!!!; Butterball, Trexlera, leh, c'mon guys join up, don't let the guppies swarm all over us! Do I have to give you all a motivational speech?

500s w/u 6:28
5x100 various kicks
10x100@1:20 1:14~1:08
200 s/k/cool

2200 sc yardages

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

Is there a quick way to get the total pts for the people entered?

run: 9 mi w/ 24 min. going from 7.5 mph to 9.8 mph (increase speed 0.1 mph per min)
yoga: 1 hr
swim: 3000 yds

I was in a 20 yrd pool. Did
600, 400, 200, 200, 400, 600 w/ 100 kick after each
4 x 50 pull the evens
4 x 100 kick the evens

30 points is equal to like six guppy workouts, right?

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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 usually throw in on the monthly challenges, just occasionally post workouts that I think are interesting or particularly gruesome. I'll enter this one & try to remember to log my workouts on here too. Since I fairly religiously track them on usms & in my own log, anyone is welcome to remind me if I start slacking on here.

Today was just gnarly. I swear this stupid LCM outdoor pool at the Y that our tri group swims at on T mornings is uphill. I swear that it's uphill. Everyone swims slower, the water flow is weird...it's just not my favorite. Throw in a broken clock & we're training Pavlov-style using a tempo trainer for our interval, unable to track anything. BEEPBEEPBEEP - GO!

But it's outside...so I'll shut up now.

300 warmup

800 swim 12:00 (all on 1:30 base)
200ez pull
2x400 6:00
200ez pull
4x200 3:00
200ez pull
8x100 1:30
200 ez pull

200 cooldown
TOTAL: 4500 LCM

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AW

I copy/paste the two challenges into a spreadsheet and summarize the distance columns - =SUM(E1:E13), for example. It takes all of 30 seconds to do.

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

Now that I literally live above a 25yd pool - I may actually develop a swim program with some consistency. Here's my 1st workout after 3 weeks on land - and my times reflect it.

warm up
600 (8x 50 free, 25 back)
200 kick
200 drill
Main set
4x
200 @2:40 medium (2:33, 2:34, 2:35, 2:35)
150 @2min build (1:52, 1:52, 1:54, 1:55)
100 @1:20 hard (1:11, 1:11, 1:12, 1:10)

200 IM warm down
3k scy

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Thoughts on being an Urban Triathlete

Hey! I resemble that remark! As soon as I'm able to get vertical I'm going to make it my mission to pad the guppies' total.

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http://harvestmoon6.blogspot.com
https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/katasmit

These guppies are going down. Let's see how they swim with a loaded mesh swim-bag wrapped around their toes...

Maybe I'll start doing some of my 5 mile open water swims in the river early this year... (I usually wait until August)

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

I'll join this challenge.

300 easy
200 k/s by 50

4 x 200 150s/50k on 3:00
6 x 150 pull on 2:00
8 x 100 25stk/75fr (imo) on 1:25
10 x 50 desc 1-5,6-10 on :45
5 x 100 free smooth on 1:20

1x100 warm down

hot tub

4,100 scy

Fantastic! Please add yourself to the challenge in the Training Log so your yardages will be added into the collective (yes, I've been watching Voyager reruns on Netflix lately - a few episodes past the inclusion of 7 of 9 (woohoo!))

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

Oh Kathy!! Stick with Slowman's plan and soon, you too, will be posting in the fish challenge instead.

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

Hurt back during yoga and flip turns are a no-go. 9 mi easy run (fine) then 1200 yds with open turns.

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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