Feelin good!

Swam with the tri club, chatted with our coach beforehand to let her know that I was gonna modify the practice a bit to accommodate taper.

As written, it was:

800 skps
4x50 scull/drill
4x50 kick/pull

Main set:
3x(
500 d1-3
50 ez
)

200 warmdown

The main set didn’t really suit my purposes, so I just did the following
#1 450 ez, 50 fast (33)
#2 (200 ez , 50 fast, 250 with the last 50 build). 31.5 on the fast 50
#3 shortened to a 250. 50 fast, 150 ez , 50 build (30 flat on the fast)

50 ez then we did a couple of starts from the blocks

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You're ready to slash and burn it up, have a great meet and keep us posted after your swims. I will be living vicariously through you and the others that are putting that !! at the end of the winter swim season...

Psych sheets are out.

Z28 and I are seeded 1-2 in the 200 free. Should be a good race (I hope....)

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That seed time was pulled out of thin air. I initially had it the exact same time as yours and changed it last minute for some reason. I really have no idea how to swim a good 200 so it should be interesting! :)

As an aside, the best athlete in the meet is the 8th seed in the 200 free. Rio Paralympian, S5 class.

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Neither do I. I just hope I can count that high.

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Z28 and I are seeded 1-2 in the 200 free. Should be a good race (I hope....) //

That should be really fun for you guys, and good news is that you will both be winning your AG!!!

Did they change the meet time? I thought when I looked at the meet package a few weeks ago it said the start time was noon but now it says 4pm.

No, it's always been a 3 pm warmup, 4 pm start, as far as I know. It was the same last time Dartmouth hosted, I don't think they can get the pool any earlier.

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I must have been looking at something different. Glad I noticed and didn't get up at BF early for the drive!

yesterday 14.5 mi outdoor run
today 7.2 mi run w/ 1 mi @ 9:05 right into 3 mi @ 8:57, and 1025 yd swim (usual straight w/ some kick)

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So, Kino closed today due Masters Nationals I went up to El Dorado. Got in an 800m as I build up the endurance in the pool.

2x50 (0:58, 0:59) 15 sec rest
2x100 (2:12, 2:15) 30 sec rest
2x200 (4:43, 4:55) 45 sec rest
1x400 (10:24) 1 min rest
1x800 (22:02) 1 min rest
2x100 (2:22, 2:33) 30 Sec rest
2x50 (1:17, 1:20) 15 sec rest

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Washed up footy player turned Triathlete.

WU:
200ez,
2x50 kick,
2x100 la/ra/sw/sw,

MS:
4x{4x100 desc} on 2:10,
1:51/44/36/32
1:47/40/36/31
1:51/46/36/29
1:47/43/36/28

CD: 200cd

2300scy

Still having trouble pacing #1 and #2 consistently from set to set. But, I was happy with being able to descend each #4, and obviously the consistency of #3.

4 mi easy run 38:40, 1625 yd swim

250 w/u
8 x [100 fast + 50 kick] avg 1:15
175 c/d kick the last 25

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Last taper practice today, meet tomorrow. Took yesterday off just hopped in the water with my 2 year old for her swimming lesson.

Pretty basic stuff today, nothing too taxing, a little bit of speed.

200 swim
200 kick
200 pull w/ paddles
200 IM

2 x 50 breaststroke min SPL (5 down 4 back on the second one)

4 x 50 d 1-4 to 90% effort (33)
50 ez
4 x 50 d 1-4 to 95% (32)
50 ez
4 x 50 d 1-4 to 98% (32)
50 ez
50 @ 100% (30)

50 ez

50 fly drill (3-3-3 drill)

done.

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I had first day of the other Ontario provincial today

400IM 7:06 which was a PB...gutting closed to the goal of sub 7...opened with a 1:36 100 fly which was super easy... 5 min later was back I. The water for the100 fly....it totally ducked beyond imagination. I ended up around 0.5 seconds slower than in the 400IM and did 1:36.xxx....was slower than during the 400IM. 25 min later I was back in the water for the 1500 free...that also sucked and ended up doing 24:14 which was 11 seconds slower than last month, but I had more rest in between 400IM and 1500 free last month and no 100 fly in between!

Wow Dev, talk about a brutal set of races so close together! Only thing that would have made it worse was if it was the 200 fly. :)

Congrats on the races, what other events are you swimming?

So I cleaned out my bag to pack for the meet
today, but just left it in a pile on the floor next to my bag. and now the 3 y/o is walking around the house with fins, paddles, and a centre-snorkel making swimming motions with his arms.

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Sounds like you've got him well trained.

Not well trained enough. He should know better than to use fins and paddles together....

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Or 200 breast. No way I’d do that race schedule if I had a choice in the matter. Good on Dev...

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200 fly was second event this morning. At my tourist pace I thought itay be more efficient to micro stop at each wall and take two breaths and do a hard wall push off and dolphin kicking. I was also breathing every stroke. Other than the last 25m. I ended up 3 seconds faster than in Markham last month squandering probably 5-6 seconds at the walls and swimming probably 10 second faster. It felt way easier than trying to breath every second stroke till I blow up. When I finished I thought I could have gone harder but like in an Ironman, this probably means pacing was perfect. Ended up in 3:33. Goal is to get sub 3:30 by nationals which should be in the range.

Also did 4x100m relay this morning. I have 400 free and a 50 back in a medley relay this afternoon. My final event is 50 fly but there are empty lanes in the 200 breast so have requested a swap if possible...technically no deck entries, but I have never done a 200 breast which means I should probably put myself through the full misery tour

Zenmaster28 wrote:

sounds like you have a little triathlete on your hands!
*ducks*

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11 mi run 1:39:24 w/ 1.4 mi + 1.92 mi @ 9:05, 3.35 mi + 1 mi @ 8:57

875 yd swim easy straight w/ 125 of it kick

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Results are up.

http://swimnovascotia.com/...l-champs-results.pdf

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