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didnāt swim over the weekend (7.2 mi run and 8.17 mi bike Sat; 40.74 mi bike yesterday)
6.84 mi run in 65 min (1.6 mi @ 6.2 mph, 1.6 mi @ 6.4 mph, 2.25 mi @ 6.4 mph, .3 + .49 @ 6.6 mph)
1250m swim
6 x 100 fist drill on 1:55
6 x 100 swim on 1:50
50 kick c/d
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3300 yds free then 1000 kick / goofing off
all on 1:50
6 x 100 fist drill
6 x 100 first swim, rest fist drill
6 x 100 first two swim, rest fist drill
6 x 100 first three swim, rest fist drill
6 x 100 first four swim, rest fist drill
3 x 100 first two swim, last fist drill
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i finally did! (start swimming, i mean).
an easy-ish 1500. my usual little warmup of 300ish, then an alternating handful of 200s, pull and swim, and then a whopping 100 cooldown.
i raced yesterday, and havenāt been in the pool in ages, so all told i surprised myself by not feeling too miserable.
2023/5/1
The only indoor city pool (in a city of over 500,000) has an interesting set-up. 11 lanes in a 50m pool. 6 of those lanes have a temporary bulkhead that makes for 25m lanes on one side, 25y lanes on the other, and 5 lanes remain 50m. One of the best USA Swimming Teams uses most of those lanes in the afternoons, but there are a few lanes that are left open for rec swimmers. I got into the one 50m lane not used by the swim teamā¦ and shared it with some old ladies who insisted an doing an activity that was a hybrid of supported water-walking and heads-up swimming. And they insisted on swimming two-abreast in the lane. No matter: I got in and swam in the lane, going anti-clockwise and leaving it up to them to get out of my way because they wouldnāt āswimā single file. It was an obstacle course, and I donāt think that they wanted to back down. However, this is a PUBLIC POOL and I AM going to use my lane.
Because of the old geese floating around, I didnāt really have intervals:
2 x 500m warm-up
200 pull buoy
1000 with snorkel
800 swim
(Triathlete shows up, sits in chair by the lane until I invite him to come in and circle-swim, which he skeptically accepts.)
Assorted 200-300 repeats until I get to 4000m
Not a bad day considering the obstacles. This tied my longest swim since my stents 5 weeks ago. And I think I showed a skeptic that circle-swimming does in fact work.
NOTE: I donāt ask to share a lane, especially when it comes to a 50m lane. I just say āIām sharing the lane, letās swim circles.ā Asking to share in a public lane just invites someone to refuse. Allowing someone to decide that 2 people is the maximum in a 50m lane is silly.
Practicing in a public pool with other lane swimmers is one of the more irritating pastimes I can think of, because the āFast Laneā is usually inhabited by people who were never more than recreational or mediocre high school swimmers who think that doing a kick set, without switching lanes, is a great idea. And lets face it swimming in a pool is like biking through never ending tunnel, boring. However this is Canada, so there are few fistfights.
While I would never be silly enough to list my āyardageā in the pool as I do a ridiculously small amount, I did decide to enter the Provincial AG Swim Championships as a last hurrah for my diminishing abilities. They are this coming weekend.
I have discovered, much to my chagrin that I can no longer manage 50m of Butterfly at any sort of speed, and was not much better at the other three options, in any order. As being able to swim four strokes was my specialty at one time, I am embarrassed and devastated.
A perfect example of āif you donāt do it, you lose it.ā
I have a feeling that at this rate, the only thing keeping me going in an open water swim will be wearing a flotation device (wetsuit) and the wind or current.
Circle swimming in a 50m pool is much easier to do. There are times at my pool (25y) where some brave folks ask to circle in my lane, and I usually do refuse because Iām going twice as fast as the others, so I would end up just swimming down the middle anyway. Iām open to circling when needed, but the lane mates need to be somewhat close in speed. Here in the US there really is no lane grading system, or at least Iāve never seen one enforced in the many public, YMCA, and Lifetime Fitness pools Iāve been in. I usually do see a lane designated for water walking/ aerobics that isnāt lap swimming, and it sounds like your pool needs one of those.
Today:
lower back feeling wrecked from attempting Nordic Curls yesterday, so pretty easy cruising:
2x
1000 swim aerobic effort (11:49)
4x50 drill
1000 pull aerobic effort (11:09)
4x50 cruise
3200scy
Continuing to swim regularly
MyMainSet today:
4x50 on 1:00 Dec 1-4 34,33,32,30
10x100 on 1:20 holding 106s on each alternate breathing as well
4x50 on 1:00 Dec 1-4 33,32,31,29
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DidnĆ¢ā¬ā¢t have my usual sprint partners so this was solo. Glad I did it. But not sure I can do max efforts solo. Hopefully we are back Thursday for some efforts
All the best,
Daved
Practicing in a public pool with other lane swimmers is one of the more irritating pastimes I can think of, because the āFast Laneā is usually inhabited by people who were never more than recreational or mediocre high school swimmers who think that doing a kick set, without switching lanes, is a great idea. And lets face it swimming in a pool is like biking through never ending tunnel, boring. However this is Canada, so there are few fistfights.
While I would never be silly enough to list my āyardageā in the pool as I do a ridiculously small amount, I did decide to enter the Provincial AG Swim Championships as a last hurrah for my diminishing abilities. They are this coming weekend.
I have discovered, much to my chagrin that I can no longer manage 50m of Butterfly at any sort of speed, and was not much better at the other three options, in any order. As being able to swim four strokes was my specialty at one time, I am embarrassed and devastated.
A perfect example of āif you donāt do it, you lose it.ā
I have a feeling that at this rate, the only thing keeping me going in an open water swim will be wearing a flotation device (wetsuit) and the wind or current.
I have the good fortune to have pools that arenāt super busy so at most I end up splitting a lane. Iām spoiled.
Let us know how your meet goes!
NOTE: I donāt ask to share a lane, especially when it comes to a 50m lane. I just say āIām sharing the lane, letās swim circles.ā **Asking to share in a public lane just invites someone to refuse. **Allowing someone to decide that 2 people is the maximum in a 50m lane is silly.
Interesting - I ask to look polite but I thought the expectation was itās a public pool so they canāt say no. Sometimes you might get a āweāre trying to do xxx workoutā in which case I think you need to do that too because they were there first, but I would NEVER be so bold as to tell someone they couldnāt share with me. I MIGHT ask ācan I do one more fast 100 aloneā but Iād never presume I could say no you canāt get in with me. Thatās not being a nice person. And youād be in the wrong to do so IMO.
A split lane here usually means 5 people, 3 is a luxury and 2 is a dream.
Casco long course in July and been in Indonesia for two weeks following a week recovering from Oceanside, Behind the 8 ball! 3K last Saturday, 2K sunday
Today 3500
400 ez
10 x 50 on :50 as 25 ez/25 mod
200 ez with fins
20 x 100 buoy/strap/paddles on 1:40 moderate, coming in 1:21-23
200 ez with fins
200 pull ez
no crowd this morning
Best of luck in your meet!! I just wrapped up US Masters Nationals (in Irvine). Had a blast swimming and cheering, and turns out 10 years after my last college race, I am almost as fast in 4/5 of my eventsā¦and faster in one of them
So far as training goes, Iāve been in the process of moving for the past month (across several statesā¦ its been messy) and getting training in was tight but I managed ~3k per session for 3-6 swims/week. Today was a very chill 3,000 with 4x100 IM (easy) - same thing for use-it-or-lose-it, my breaststroke left a lot to be desired.
Happy May!
Darn it!
Ohhhhh K
Local Sprint in June. Back in saddle tomorrow.
A timely thread!
Today (May 2) I said āgood byeā to lane ropes, chlorine hair, and coelacanths until Canadian Thanksgiving.
1st lake crossing of the year in full regalia was a leisurely affair - just over a half hour.
Had to stop on the return trip to splash about and appear ābigā as I was being scoped out by a trio of hungry or curious bald eagles.
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Darn it!
Ohhhhh K
Local Sprint in June. Back in saddle tomorrow.
wrong thread
NOTE: I donāt ask to share a lane, especially when it comes to a 50m lane. I just say āIām sharing the lane, letās swim circles.ā **Asking to share in a public lane just invites someone to refuse. **Allowing someone to decide that 2 people is the maximum in a 50m lane is silly.
Interesting - I ask to look polite but I thought the expectation was itās a public pool so they canāt say no. Sometimes you might get a āweāre trying to do xxx workoutā in which case I think you need to do that too because they were there first, but I would NEVER be so bold as to tell someone they couldnāt share with me. I MIGHT ask ācan I do one more fast 100 aloneā but Iād never presume I could say no you canāt get in with me. Thatās not being a nice person. And youād be in the wrong to do so IMO.
usually always say yes if asked. Yesterday for the first time in my swim life I said a sort of noā¦ slow guy (Iāve seen him at the pool before) asked to share lane, I said fine but I am swimming an IM set with fly and backstroke, it might be tightā¦ he backed off and luckily another lane opened up shortly. I did feel bad thoā¦
500 with snorkel, easy and thinking about the stroke
6x100IM on 2:30, 1:45s
100 free hard 1:12
5x50 hard, 35-7
250 snorkely
Same. I always feel bad on the occasions I have said things (a handful of times only).
I swim in public lanes all my swims, 1-2 swims a week are with a group and we have a big enough group no one else gets in.
Swimming scm is too hardā¦ needs to be similar speed or I just get on a kick board. Swimming short pool all the time I couldnāt do it if I was sharing with someone doing 30 + seconds per 100 slower. Youāve got to encourage your lane visitor to move on
In AUS there is not really much of a culture of people asking to join a lane. Certainly not in LCM.
Now I say something neutral where someone is impacting the lane in a negative way along the lines of āI donāt think this lane speed is the right lane for you, perhaps try lane Xā.
It is mostly men who overestimate their speed, swim in the centre of the lane, swim in the āfastā lane but are not āfastā to stoke the ego, have woeful technique, stand on the wall and then push off when you are at the flags. Most of the ladies when you watch them swim have a much better feel and gentleness with the water
Another solid day swimming.
4300 total
MyMainSet:
3 rounds of :
300 on 4min Ć¢ā¬ā 3:31,3:27,3:23
3x100 on 1:20 Ć¢ā¬ā 107s or 108s for the most part
4x75 on 1 Ć¢ā¬ā- 51s and 52s
Ć¢ā¬āĆ¢ā¬āĆ¢ā¬ā extra min rest between rounds
Tough out east here. Weather has been super depressing for weeks now. Rainy and cold. Whaaaa I know. But it would be nice to see the sun.
Daved
Only one swim this week as I stayed up way too late most days.
Signed up for a August Oly Tri and Sept MD SwimRun this week
3000 SCY 25-200s mostly free but 4x100IM included
~1:30/100yd pace
Any word on how Montyās weekend racing went?