this was actually yesterday:

800 warmup
5x100 with ankle band (holding 1:09-10 on 1:25)
2x800 with paddles and buoy as 150 cruise/ 50 strong. 1min rest between (8:42/8:38)
4x50 easy

3100scy

8.5mi run today. super humid. looked like a wet dog walking back into the office. found out no hot water in the office showers (not such a bad thing today).

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Any pools you swim at where you can do some more specific swim run stuff? Get out and then run around a bit and then jump back in and blast a 400?

LCM this morning

500 easy
20x50 on 1 hold best effort, last one 31 high 32 low
500 easy

5 minutes in gym after - 30 seconds hanging x 4 with 30 seconds rest
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 push ups

Still doing every other day, so yesterdays 2k and some distance:

3x100s@1;40(1;24/24/20)
3x450pull@7;00 (5;37/34/33)
3x100IM kick@2;10
100back/50swim
2100SCY

Still have not snapped out of my funk, but am getting faster each 2k swim day..

my whole body felt stiff today but the splits were typical to fast, soooo there's that :-) 4000 scm (might have been 4100? I lose track kicking)

500 swim 7:49, 50 kick
8 x (100 fast, 50 kick) 1:22, 21, 20, 19, rest 19-20
450 swim, 50 kick
4 x (100 fast, 50 kick) 1:21, 20s
400 swim, 50 kick
2 x (100 fast, 50 kick) 1:21, 1:23
50 swim
350 kick mix breast, fly, scissor

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Decided to add more rest and do some faster swims today, had dan in tow to help push the pace:

6x50@50swim(39 to 36)
150pull(1;50)
10x100@2;00, odds IM/evens pull IM's(1;20/19/19/18/20)puls(1;10/09/09/10/11)
6x50@1;10, odds frog kick/evens IM. Fly(34+)back(39) breast(42) kicks(50/49/49)
4x50 buoy@;50(39's)
1950SCY

Second day in a row feeling stiff :(
1750 scm, 7.38 mi run (65 min w/ 6.1 mi at 849 and 2 x 4:15 at 7 mph or better)

500 swim, 50 kick
8 x (100 fast, 50 kick) 1:21, 23, 22, 21, 21, 21, 21, 20

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Sorry you too are feeling off Tiger, punch you way out of it. I woke up today and thought this would be a good day to finally do two days in a row, but kept to my 2k total. Just going to add frequency as long as I keep feeling better, and a few extra yardages here and there:

3x(400buoy@6;30/100swim fast@2;00)400's(5;44/34/27)100's(1;12/11/10)
2x100IM kick@2;10(1;54/52)3x100p@1;30(1;16/15/11)
3x50buoy@;50(39/38/37)
2150SCY in 37 minutes

4.8 mi run (42 min ) this morning, 1000 yd ish swim in an outdoor lap lane of suspect length this afternoon. Just wanted to get in because nothing is open tomorrow

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Today:

WU:
4x100m with fins.
4x50m with paddles.
4x25m with buoy.
4x12.5m.

Hard 12.5m (Around 7.5sec). (Yes. 12.5m is A Thing in my little swimming world.) :)

CD:
2x12.5m.
2x25m.
2x50m.
2x100m.

I feel my form inching towards something better with the (new) use of these swim toys.

And, I'm recommitting to my goal below in signature. The more distance swimming I do, the more I hate it.

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I only swim.
I used to run. (31:09 10k)
I never did Triathlon.
Sue me.

lots of people do 12.5s! Sprinters especially. They're good for you. I should do them. I should do 25s and 50s too

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LCM distance set yesterday 10x400 so fast today

SCM today

500 easy
25x50 on 1 all hold 32s (fell of the pace to 33 around 18 but otherwise held good) finished with a 31 on second last and 32 low on last one
200 easy

Some chin ups and 'negative pull ups' on the gym on the way out - so weak

Yeah!

It seems that I love 12.5m, 25m, 50m and 100m. The 100m is An Almighty Bitch to me. A huge challenge. I'm quite happy to do only these 4, and stop slogging/struggling with longer distances. Maybe it's an age thing - 60. I dunno.

(I know it is very strange to say these things on a tri forum.)

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I only swim.
I used to run. (31:09 10k)
I never did Triathlon.
Sue me.

Dr. Tigerchik wrote:

dirty secret: one of my goals is a 59.x 100 yd free.
It's a goal I don't work toward (I don't do the stuff one would need to do to get a faster 100 time), so maybe "pipe dream" is better. And it's not like that's an unachievable goal, even for a distance swimmer, plenty of really good college fish hold that pace or under for a mile. Probably AG kids too.

as you know, I love doing fast 100s in workouts. Perhaps this discussion will motivate me to do fast 50s and eventually I'll get that 59 point 100.

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"dirty secret: one of my goals is a 59.x 100 yd free."

I have a friend whose last race was their best, a (good but not exactly elite) 23.01 in the 50yd free in HS. The failure to get in the 22s is something they mentioned about once a week for two decades. There's a universe of time between 1:00.00 and :59.99. Good luck with it!

First double in a while - probably will only do 1 or 2 more this year

LCM AM and PM

AM

200 easy
4x100 medley
8x50 fast to 15-20m rest easy
3 rounds of 4x200 on 250 - first 200 as fast 50, 150 medium, 2nd 200 as 50 medium, 50 fast, 100 medium, 3rd and so on 100 easy between rounds
4x50 cd as breath hold (mix of 4, 3, 2 and 1 breath per lap with good rest)

PM loosen swim after work

500 easy mix
14x50 as 25 hard, 25 easy
50 fast
400 easy

Feel for the water always much better for me swimming in PM and on second swim of the day. If only I could recover from 2 hard swims a day :)

If that is a universe, the difference between my current 100 and a 59.99 is a black hole

Yesterday 6.3 mi run 55 min and 1.3 mi walk, plus flute exercises, plus a play swim w friends and their kids
Today 2850 scm and 3.3 mi (32:28)

3 x 200 on 330 (311, 305, 258)
50 kick
5 x (100 fast, 50 kick) 1:23, then four 1:21
2 x 200 on 330 (301, 255)
50 kick
200 (300)
50 kick

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If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
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JUST GIVER!!! (For my metric mind, a 60sec 100yd is like 66sec 100m, right?) FAST!!!

Today:

WU:
4x100m (1:57, 1:53, 1:49, 1:45)
4x50m with fins (42.5, 37.5, 34, 33....ha!!)
4x25m with pullbuoy and paddles (25, 23, 22, 21.5). I decided to put these two things together. Paddles and kicking were a bit too strange for me.
4x12.5m

A hard 25m. (Only 17.5sec - I wanted 16!!! The paddles made me tired.) :)

CD:
2x12.5m
2x25m (25, 25)
2x50m (53, 50)
2x100m (1:46, 1:48)

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I only swim.
I used to run. (31:09 10k)
I never did Triathlon.
Sue me.

kinda depends whether the 100m is short course meters or long course. I add 7 sec for scm and like 14 for lcm, I don't know how others convert stuff.

yeah, fast!

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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.
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I would say at the minute mark for SCY, it would be 7/8 for SCM and 8/9/10 for LCM. Not sure what the calculators give folks, I know for me that LCM is waaaay slower in head to head comparisons. You could do it for sure, but yes, you would have to dedicate about 3 weeks of specialized sprint training to get there probably. On the other hand, probably make all your other swims faster too, usually the way it works for distance folks racing down for a period..

Took two days off, all 3 kids are sick from school and just wanted to keep my immune system at high alert. But got in today to see if I got a bug swirling around me or not, probably know in the morning:

3x100@1;40(1;24/21/20)
5x350p@5;00(4;26/24/23/21/18)
2x100IM kick@2;10
6x50buoy@1;00(40/39/38/37/36/34) 50 back
2600SCY

Felt soooo good today, low volume the past few days plus a big bedtime snack probably did it. Of course the trouble with eating three granola bars smothered in peanut butter at 730 pm is I feel like it was and is still in my tummy and that didn’t feel good swimming or running. 3700 scm, and 3 mi easy 29:01

500 on 820 737
5 x 200 on 3:30 (2:49, 46, 45, 46, 46)
500 735
50 kick
2 x (100 fast, 50 kick) 1:22, 21
500 758
50 kick
2 x (100 fast, 50 kick) 1:21, 23
500 cd some of it kick

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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.
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Sa - 2500 yd OWS
Su - 2000 yd broken OWS
Wd - 4500 SCY via


500, 200 WU
10x100 on 1:40, 200 ez in 1:18-1:19s
13x100 on 1:40, 250 ez in 1:17-1:19s
4x200 on 3:10, 250 ez in 2:42s

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'22 IMMD, '23 SwimRun MD

4000scy
80 x 25 on :40 @ 60spm
20 x 50 on 1:15 @ 60spm
30 x 25 on :45 @ 45spm
10 x 25 on :40 @ 60spm

Ok. (Are you dreaming of sub60sec SCY? Or LCY?)

Today:

WU:
400m - 7:57
16x25m - 8x with paddles/buoy, 4x with fins, 4x with no toys. The 4th finjob was 14.5sec!! (That's really moving for me!)

100m semi hard - 1:23. (40/43)

CD:
400m - 7:35

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I only swim.
I used to run. (31:09 10k)
I never did Triathlon.
Sue me.

oh, I'd be thrilled with scy!

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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