short swim, but I swam hard enough to make it work

400 continuous (50 free, 50 kick alternate)
10x100 (held 1:25... it's hard enough for me)
4x50 cd

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1500 warm-up
24x50 on 50 descend every 3 (all fast 50s 36)
6x100 on 1:40 descend ever 3 (#3=1:15, #6=1:14)
200 cool down

3500 SCM in just under 1 hour

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ALBOPADS XTERRAWETSUITS NEWTON OAKLEY FIZIK GARMIN ROTOR COMPUTRAINER QUARQ HONEYSTINGER

I've no immediate plans to swim.
I did, however, say "Rabbit Rabbit" first thing upon waking up this morning.

Swimming with my knee all swollen, craploads of antibiotics and ibuprofen..

500 swim
5x100 various kicks (this is always: 100 breast/100 dolphin on back/100 breast/100 flutter/100 breast, all fairly hard & no stop)
5x100 free on 1:20 1:06 - :08
2x100 kick
200/150/100/50 on 2:45/2:00/1:30 2:22/1:48/1:08/:33

2200 scy

Happy March!
First big race: Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas April 10th

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

February ended a week short due to a business trip. Starting out March this morning with 3200scy.

200yd wu
5x200 on 20 sec int
5x100 on 1:50
5x100 on 1:45
5x50 on 1:00
5x50 on :55
5x50 on :50
5x50 on :45

liberal use of coffee afterwards.

If anyone wants to join the years-in-the-making Spreadsheet Challenge, that link is here:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/...KCPw&ui=2#gid=64

If you've signed up previously, you are still signed up. If you have never signed up and want to, PM me or tigerchik and include your real e-mail address.

Once you are signed up, go to the link above, make sure you're signed in, add your name to the next column on the right, designate whether you swim yards or meters, put in your distance goal, and the number of swims you think it will take you to complete that goal, that's it. Then go back each time you swim and record the distance; everything else will calculate automatically.

Don't forget to put in a distance goal, otherwise the sheet will perpetually show you as behind!

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600 warm up (100 free/50 back x 4)
4 x 800 IM on 11:00 descend. 10:30 - 10:15 - 10:10 - 9:57
400 pull/technique

only 3 lines, but quite a workout! 4200 scy

I am in awe of all the fish here in ST!
Would it be possible for you to put in your workout postings: how long you've been swimming and competitive experience, i.e. Division I college, etc.?
I think it would helpful to all of us "amphibians" who aspire to see a 100 on the 1:00.

4 x 800 IM on 11:00 descend. 10:30 - 10:15 - 10:10 - 9:57 \\\[/url]


Wow!! Nice set of IM's there, did you do it 200 of each stroke, or some variation?? I think I will stick to 400's, but even then I couldn't hold you 800 pace!!
Very heavy arms today after the 55x100's@ 1;15 yesterday, but got a bit better as the workout went on. And I like the last posters idea of pointing out your age and background;

Kicking off March;
500 warm up@ 6;45
3x(2x200@ 2;45/4x100@1;30/1;25/1;20/1;15) 2 swim/ 1pull- 200's-2;40s/2;35s/2;24s/2;23s/2;20p/2;18p- 100's- 1;18 to 1;07
12x50IM order@ 1;00- fly's-;39/38/36- bk-;43/42/40- brst-;43/42/41- fr- ;34/33/;32
100sd
3600SCY

Age 55(officially today!), swimming since 16,(surfing since 8) average Div 2 swimmer in mid 70's, MVP in polo

Warm up:
600 swim
200 stroke
200 pull
Main Set:
2x500 on 7:10 (1st alternate 100hard-100easy, 2nd Negative split)
2x {1x300 on 4:15, 1x200 on 3:00, 1x100 on 1:25}
4x75 on 1:15
Cool Down:
200

3700yds total

Age:19, been swimming for 2 years consistently, swam competitively in winters for my whole life

That was just one of those odd sets that someone threw out as a challenge. They were straight 800's. Splits on last one were 2:23 (fly) 2:30 (back) 2:57 (breast) 2:07 (free).

I decided that this month is going to be IM/fly focus... just to mix it up.

Happy Birthday, monty.

37 yo... swimming forever

Like I said, super solid set, and you are no spring chicken. What does that make me? I like the fly/IM focus for the month, I will be doing the same thing myself, as i will be getting ready for masters nats. Good to have you aboard the fish thread, looks like you have been pretty much a lurker for awhile. But we are determined to smoke out all the secret training fish here, we need the support and carrots out there to shoot for. And folks don't have to be ex div 1 finalists, everyone can set and achieve their own short and long term goals.

Me for instance, I will disect your 800 set into 200's to begin with, and see if I can hold you 800 averages for 4x 200's IM. Might take me a couple shots at it, but best part is that just trying will make me faster, so thanks for my next inspiration Andy, welcome aboard..

Thank you for starting the thread :-)

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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 did as well.

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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

No prob! Slow morning at work for once.

3600 this morning.

WU - 800
6x100 kick
8x25 Buile 1-4, 5-8
Main Set, done on 1:25 base again.
3x100 - 1:10, 1:07, 1:06
2x200 - 2:27, 2:24
3x100 - 3:35
2x200 - 2:29, 2:26
3x100 - 1:11, 1:08, 1:08
CD - 100 easy

25yo. Swam 4 years of high school. Swam senior year of D3 college (took 3 years to get team started).

4200y this morning
warmup- 400swim, 4 x 50 pace on 50sec, 150 8kicks/1pull, 250 variable speed swimming
8 x 100 on 1:20- holding 1:01-1:02
8 x 75 on 1:05- alternating fly/back/breast and back- holding 50 for the IM, and 47 for back
50 easy
4 x 100 kick on 1:35, first 25 under H20 fly kick, 75 cruisy kick, usually holding 1:28s
200 scull/slack off
3 x 300- 2 "sight" breaths each lap on 3:50- 3:18, 3:15. the last one i stopped sighting and gunned it, and went out like a hero! only to finish in 3:07, with a last 100 of 1:09. we all taste the pain sometimes.
150 8kicks/1pull, 150 easy

21, swimming for a while, swim/run xc in D2 college. I have the privilege of racing the OP occasionally!

500 free
5x100 various kicks
5x100 IM on 2:00 1:20/:19/:19/:19/:17
100 breast kick
4x100 free on 1:30 1:06/:06/:05/:04
100 cool down

2100 scy

And now for my abridged bio:
I'm 55 and was a competitive swimmer from 8 yo thru high school, then burned out. Started recreational bike riding in the 80's and got back into swimming in 2000 when the company I work for added a 25 yd pool in the backyard. In 2002 a coworker who is a pro triathlete convinced me to enter a sprint tri. I placed 3rd and was hooked.

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

I'm cutting weight and the body is starting to revolt. Today was a struggle fest in the pool that ended up cut short so I could make it to work on time.

Anything and everything just to make it up to 1500 SCY

I am 26, with no swimming background other than playing on the beach. I started triathlons in 2009 and at the time was swimming close to 3:00 100's, now I'm down to around a 1:15 100... but not today or yesterday.

I have a question for the real fish on here: My pull has... let's say, less than desireable form. I am currently working with a friend who swam in the big 10 to iron out my stroke problems, but I am now having some elbow problems. I don't think it is tendonitis, it feels like a possible strain on the UCL. Has anyone else experienced elbow problems? Were you able to diagnose what part of your stroke was causing it? How did you eliminate the problem.

I know I can rest it, ice it, strengthen the muscles around it, so on and so forth to eleviate the problem, but since I am about 99% sure this is being caused by a problem with my stroke, I would like to work on the cause rather than the symptoms.

I would tape my stroke for all of ya'll to bash me, but I don't know anyone with an underwater camera.

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http://www.twitter.com/el_slice
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Sponsored by: http://www.92fifty.com

3500 short-course meters

Warmup: 150 each of swim, kick, swim, pull, swim
200 hard (2:40)
3x (100 kick on side, switch sides by 25 @ 2:30; 2x50 drill @ 1:30; 2x25 flip at wall @ :50; 100 hard @ 1:30)
400 hard (6:02)
100 easy
3x100 @ 1:50, each one slower
3x100 @ 1:50, each one faster
100 easy

37, swam on teams in junior high and high school (7 yrs total, just 1 season of summer club), on my own in college. No swimming at all 96-01, then got back into tri.

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"The hero is someone in continual opposition to the status quo. The hero is always becoming himself." Jos� Ortega y Gasset.

"The enthusiasm (absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit) is needed before breaking the milestone and not after." Sergio Escutia, on Lukas Verzbicas' subdued reaction to breaking 4 minutes in the mile.

1000 choice warm-up
4x (3x50 fast on :40 + 50 easy on :55 + 200 cruise on 4:00) avg 35s on the fast 50s
600 pull with paddles 8:23
200 cool down

3400 SCM

Bio - I should have swam in high school instead of getting beat up on the field and on the mat. I started swimming at 19 to get a job as a lifeguard. I started triathlons in 2005 and completed all distances in less than a year. I am 38 and somehow still managing to swim personal bests in the pool.

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Bruce
ALBOPADS XTERRAWETSUITS NEWTON OAKLEY FIZIK GARMIN ROTOR COMPUTRAINER QUARQ HONEYSTINGER

6100m with a masters group yesterday, 4900m today with same group.

11k for the month so far.

Just 2000 SCY in the local masters team "triathlete lane" which is always an interesting experience. Yep, all the lanes are segregated by speed except ours. I've taken off my watch, don't bring pool toys, do all flip turns, don't show up with a water bottle from a tri, attempt all four strokes (3 of them badly, freestyle is OK), and give what I got without whining about the 7 mile run I just did that afternoon. Last night finished with 8 x 50, odds all under :34, evens easy, rest of the lane was ~50s, so I led...still not one scintilla of respect. I don't mind for now...just starting masters swimming and will be asked to move over a lane or two soon enough, right?

Got my first swim of the month in this morning, one of many this month since the new practice schedule works 5x a week for me.

3050 SCY

3x200 free warmup
4x50 kick
2x100 8 beat kick drill
50/100/150/200/150/100/50 freestyle pyramid (15 sec rest)
10x50 (25 easy, 25 fast) on 1:00
200/150/100/50 warmdown

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