Los Banos in the morning. Not the same, smoking fast crowd as last night but most were still faster than patrons of the other local pools. Being around a better clientele is good for me, I think. This long course thing kills me. I dropped the distance way down and focused on 100s. da numbers… Continue reading first water
Month: September 2008
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I went to Los Banos Del Mar for the first time last night. It was good. And it’s long course so it kills me. I wasn’t doing sets for time, just swimming 100s for 1100 yd. crankenstein.com
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Felt good this morning. Finally. This week has been alternating days of good and bad. IMs had me breathing like a maniac but I stayed loose and kept good form; good for me, anyway. Even butterfly is starting to feel good. Not so good that I can finish two lengths with 1-to-1 kick, but better… Continue reading first water
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Today was hard.da numbers: 2 x 100yd free 10 x 100yd free @ 2:00 coming in between 1:20 – 1:25 300yd fly kick 3 x 100yd IM @ 3:00 coming in between 1:40 – 1:50 4 x 100yd pull w/ paddles @ 2:00 coming in between 1:20 – 1:25 200yd apnea drill w/ short fins… Continue reading first water
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I know my workouts are getting long when I dread having to type it out.da numbers: 2 x 100yd free 4 x 200yd free @ 4:00 coming in between 2:47 – 2:55 300yd fly kick 3 x 100 IM @ 3:00 coming in between 1:50 – 1:40 400yd pull w/ paddles 200dy fly kick 200yd… Continue reading first water
that which does not kill me makes me madder
Owl Tor made me mean. She had to have seen this coming. Probably she knew all along her special kind of relentless derision would make a person mean if it didn’t break them. Which explains why on Saturday, on my second consecutive weekend of uncharacteristically strong performances, I still feel beaten. What else could I… Continue reading that which does not kill me makes me madder
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Note to self: if you need to wake up at 6:00 AM to swim, go to bed before 2:00 AM. This morning totally sucked. I was mega-slow and generally felt like road kill. And this week’s daily yardage is pegged at 2400 yd, so yeah, I’ll be going to bed way after 2:00 every night.da… Continue reading first water
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IM is hard. Finishing this morning’s requisite yardage was hard. Not a super motivating day in the pool. But I did some butterfly for 100yd distances. Well, kinda. I pulled once for every 3 kicks and I paused between lengths. But no more one-arm stroke drills. That’s good, I suppose. Closer to good anyways. da… Continue reading first water
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Good times at the Carpenteria Community Pool. I don’t know what it is about that pool exactly that makes me really like swimming there. My main set was 10 x 100yd on 1:50. This is faster than I’ve been going for a 1000yd set. A couple weeks ago, 10 x 100yd on 2:00 felt hard.… Continue reading first water