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Post your workouts.

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
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Re: June swim thread [Dr. Tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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4.6 mi run
1725 yd swim

2 x [500 swim + 50 kick] 7:29, 7:10
6 x 100 on 1:30
25 kick 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
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Re: June swim thread [Dr. Tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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1575m swim

400 swim/kick/swim/pull
3x( 100 25 scull/50 drill/25 swim @ 2:15, 2x50 odds: 20m sprint, evens: descend 1-3 @ 1:15 )

5x75 from a dive, at 50 pace @ 5 minutes

200 easy swim down

Disclaimer: Not a triathlete anymore, just a fish
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Re: June swim thread [Dr. Tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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Yard sale this morning, followed be an afternoon of yard work and garage organization. By the time I jumped in the pool at 5:30 I was completely exhausted.

1000 skps warmup

Main set (all on :30 per 25 send off)

25 fly
50 fly/back
75 fly back br
100 IM
25 back
50 back/breast
75 back breast free
100 back breast free fly
25 breast
50 breast free
75 breast free fly
100 breast free fly back
25 free
50 free fly
75 free fly back
100 free fly back breast


100 easy kick

4 x (
3x50 d 1-3
25 easy
)
Starting on 60 and descending off times by 5 secs each round. Goal to hold the same splits throughout (I.e 40, 37, 35)

200 easy

3000m total

Swimming Workout of the Day:

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2020 National Masters Champion - M50-54 - 50m Butterfly
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Re: June swim thread [JasoninHalifax] [ In reply to ]
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Tomorrow I have a sprint tri (first tri in a bunch of years). It is a pool tri, so its going to start with 1000m IM (800IM + 200 IM)...to goal for the 800m IM split is sub 15 min. It may be pouring rain and cold and I don't want to take any risks in my first tri back. I may skip the bike and jog the full run course. There are other races to do this summer, so it may just be a 1000m IM day plus a jog!
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Re: June swim thread [tomoffat] [ In reply to ]
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Hey Tom, welcome to the virtual pool here. I just had one question about this in your set;

5x75 from a dive, at 50 pace @ 5 minutes

How does one do 75's at 50 pace? Tell me your secret and I'm going to do 1000's at 100 pace!!!! (-;
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Re: June swim thread [monty] [ In reply to ]
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Reading your guys swim workouts makes my head spin! How do you keep track of all the sets? When ever I’m in the pool I look at clock and just go for allotted time ; 30 min, 45 min etc Smoke weed in the parking lot , focus on technique and breathing.

Swimming in the lake I just know one lap equal 800. So basically two laps is mile = 28-32 min avg.

Today I swam 1 mile in lake in 30

Ran 9 miles in 1:35 with 1500 ft climb and then Zwift easy for 30 min.
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Re: June swim thread [monty] [ In reply to ]
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Cheers for the welcome!

It's really just a 50m dive all out, then trying to hold on for the last 25m. Times were clocked at 50m.

Good luck with attempting that for 1k, I wish it were that simple...

Disclaimer: Not a triathlete anymore, just a fish
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Re: June swim thread [JYoung] [ In reply to ]
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JYoung wrote:
Reading your guys swim workouts makes my head spin! How do you keep track of all the sets? When ever I’m in the pool I look at clock and just go for allotted time ; 30 min, 45 min etc Smoke weed in the parking lot , focus on technique and breathing.

Swimming in the lake I just know one lap equal 800. So basically two laps is mile = 28-32 min avg.

Today I swam 1 mile in lake in 30

Ran 9 miles in 1:35 with 1500 ft climb and then Zwift easy for 30 min.


Been doing it a long time, so lots of practice
Use the pace clock to help count.
And set it up in repeating patterns

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2020 National Masters Champion - M50-54 - 50m Butterfly
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Re: June swim thread [tomoffat] [ In reply to ]
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1000 SKIPS
4x50 kick as odds: 2x10m sprints, evens: build through 50 @ 1:20

6x100 @ 3:00 as 1: sub-surface sprint every wall, rest easy, 2: max kick, 3: 1st and last 25 sprint, rest easy

6x75 @ 2:15 as above

100 easy

6x50 @ 1:30 as above, only 1st 25 on 3

6x25 @ 45 as with 50s

200 easy





All efforts were done on fly, easy was done freestyle. Didn't feel that amazing during it, been a pretty heavy week for me!



Disclaimer: Not a triathlete anymore, just a fish
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Re: June swim thread [Dr. Tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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4500 SCY

450 ez
8 x 50 25 kick 25 swim fins on 1:00
8 x 50 25 k 25 swim fins on :50
300 75%
8 x 75 descend 1-4 5-8 on :20. RI
300 75%
8 x 50 descend 1-4 5-8 on :15 RI
300 75%
8 x 25 descend 1-4 5-8 on :35
600 pull gear one chamber
550 ez
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Re: June swim thread [tomoffat] [ In reply to ]
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It's really just a 50m dive all out, then trying to hold on for the last 25m. Times were clocked at 50m. //

Ok, that makes sense. When I get close to a race, I will do 200's, swimming a 100 very fast, and then hanging on for the next one. Then the same for 400's with 200 all out, just to simulate that horrible feeling at the start of races. Kind of an active recovery with the recovery being very hard. You know, the hard you feel trying to stay on that groups feet after you blew a big wad in those first minutes of Malay after the gun goes off..


You seem to do a lot of real swimmer type stuff, not the grinding sets of a distance triathlete guy. You will have to post up a couple of times so we can figure out which lane you are in here, and of course how old you are for context. Well you dont have to, but it makes if more fun for us in the slower lanes here... (-;
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Re: June swim thread [monty] [ In reply to ]
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I know what you mean with those sorts of sets, they're my least favourite types. I did a lot of them when I did triathlon, which I did for a while but then decided that I didn't enjoy the running enough so I went back to my old love of swimming.

I'm looking forward to you trying to guess, I'd be interested to see how close you all get to my actual age and ability. Of course, I could just tell you but where would the fun be in that?

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Re: June swim thread [tomoffat] [ In reply to ]
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I'm looking forward to you trying to guess, I'd be interested to see how close you all get to my actual age and ability.//

Ha, this should be fun. But the only real clue in your workouts is the one I already pointed out, you were/are a real swimmer, training for pool swimming races. You intervals are long rest, so we cannot even guess what times you are doing. Looks like you are swimming meters, SCM it appears, so could be another country like our Canadian friends who swim that format most of the year. Or no, I used to swim SCM all year in Carlsbad CA, just how the pool was set up most of the time..


You will have to sprinkle in some clues here and there, used to do triathlons suggests you are probably at least 30, so I will go with that for the low end.
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Re: June swim thread [Dr. Tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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Did 2100 yards in the pool today
Warmup
50
100
150
Then I decided I wanted to try and swim a mile without stopping.
1800 yard. Felt really good, didn't get too tired and was pretty proud that I made it. My longest all at one time was 1000 yards
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Re: June swim thread [JasoninHalifax] [ In reply to ]
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Did my first distance day in a long time, thinking my body is finally coming around. And I absolutely am feeling my pinchy little weight workouts having an affect, can't wait until I can break some plates like you do Jason.

Hot tub warm up
7x500-3p@7;00(6;50/6;38/6;30) 50breast/50free@8;00(7;29)2p@7;00(6;27/6;33)1kick-flutter/breast@9;30(9;19)
5x100buoy@1;30(1;24/25's)
4000SCY in under an hour!!!
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Re: June swim thread [JasoninHalifax] [ In reply to ]
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My pool spirit tri went well. My friend said my 800IM spit was 14:49. Waiting for overall splits. I paid for only biking outdoors around 8 times....my glutes were on fire being in the aero for 32km on a flat course with no breaks...or maybe paid for a 1000IM warmup lol. Also raced with no race gear and it was raining hard so I had a lot of layers. Jogged the 7km run after and just got it done. Just nice to be out and doing a tri. I should be OK for an Olympic tri soon as I missed a lot of tri training for swim nationals
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Re: June swim thread [devashish_paul] [ In reply to ]
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First masters meet this saturday. Prd in every event.
LCM
2:43 200m
1:13 100m
32.9 50m
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Re: June swim thread [Dr. Tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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Been a while since I logged my swim wrk outs. Some running races then surgery & the docs said “no swimming”.
Today...
5mi morn run

Then to the pool:
400 br/fr w/up
21 x 50 (wanted to do 1 extra) 10s RI
1000 pull w/pads & buoy
500 w/ankle band
150 br,bk,fr cl dwn
3100 scm

Plus 1.5hr on the bike trainer.
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Re: June swim thread [Blmgtnbkr] [ In reply to ]
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Yesterday's workout:

500 easy
5x100 with 3 sightings per length and deckups after each 100
4x150 pulling with buoy and snorkel, increasing effort, 30 sec rest
4x150 at about HIM pace, 30 sec rest (1:40 pace)
4x150, 50 at takeout speed, rest attempting HIM pace, 60 sec rest. These just ended up a hair faster than the previous ones. Not easy to keep up on these.
100 cooldown

2900 scy

Was thinking about doing an open water swim today but skipped it as my right arm triceps tendon was a little bit sore. Did a short easy bike ride instead.
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Re: June swim thread [Dr. Tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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Long course meters today:

500 warmup as 200 free, 200 snorkel, 100 free
5000 for time
100 easy
5600m

Splits:
6:50.66 (1:22/100)
6:49.99 - 13:40.65 (1:22)
6:54.93 - 20:35.58 (1:23)
6:50.78 - 27:27.76 (1:22)
6:59.74 - 34:27.10 (1:24)
7:01.89 - 41:27.99 (1:24.4)
7:09.19 - 48:37.18 (1:25.9)
7:14.18 - 55:51.36 (1:26.7)
7:08.25 - 1:02:59 (1:25.7)
7:07.35 - 1:10:10 (1:25.5)
1:24.2 avg
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Re: June swim thread [140triguy] [ In reply to ]
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140triguy wrote:
Long course meters today:

500 warmup as 200 free, 200 snorkel, 100 free
5000 for time
100 easy
5600m

Splits:
6:50.66 (1:22/100)
6:49.99 - 13:40.65 (1:22)
6:54.93 - 20:35.58 (1:23)
6:50.78 - 27:27.76 (1:22)
6:59.74 - 34:27.10 (1:24)
7:01.89 - 41:27.99 (1:24.4)
7:09.19 - 48:37.18 (1:25.9)
7:14.18 - 55:51.36 (1:26.7)
7:08.25 - 1:02:59 (1:25.7)
7:07.35 - 1:10:10 (1:25.5)
1:24.2 avg

ouch....

Swimming Workout of the Day:

Favourite Swim Sets:

2020 National Masters Champion - M50-54 - 50m Butterfly
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Re: June swim thread [monty] [ In reply to ]
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A rather coolish no-wetsuit swim out of Woods Cove. I’m guessing in the realm of 60°. So, a little chilly and just swam down to the Pirate Tower at Victoria Beach for a bit over 2000 yards. I soloed it as the other two that showed up aren’t nearly as fast. Well, for a 100 yards or so, I did have a sea lion partner.

Proud member of FISHTWITCH: doing a bit more than fish exercise now.
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Re: June swim thread [JasoninHalifax] [ In reply to ]
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Didn't hurt at all. I had a few stops at the 500's to adjust goggles, which added a few seconds here and there. I did SLIGHTLY overcook the first 500-2000, but I didn't hurt all that bad at all. It's also over a minute faster than I was last year, when I had just come down from a year at altitude and did the same swim in the same pool. I didn't really go after it super hard. But I am glad I didn't decide to do the 10k today.

Water temp was probably 77 with bright midday sun, 11:20am to 12:40, including warmup and CD. Slight cross-current at the turn end that pushed me into the lane rope, and there was a triathlete I had to pass since we were circle-swimming.
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Re: June swim thread [Dr. Tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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SCY
2000 in 27:30 even split
400IM kick
6x100P on 1:30 (1:12-14)
6x50 on 60 (35-6)
6x25 on 30 (17-18)
3500 total. Felt pretty good after a long ride and also a run yesterday.

I went to register for US Masters open water swim championships (1 and 3 mile) in VT in August and found it’s sold out (capped at 100 swimmers per race). That was to be a summer goal swim and kicking myself for not registering in March. Will be looking for another one in the Northeast, or just a few sprint or Oly tri’s.
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