I’ve been doing IM sets with 50yd for each stroke. Today I increased that to 100yd. And it was hard. My strokes are coming together though. Butterfly is even kinda working. After the IM sets I did tons of dolphin kick yardage. da numbers 2 x 100yd free/zipperswitch 100yd fly kick 8 x 100yd alternating… Continue reading first water
Author: elijah
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The GVAC pool is not especially fast. In fact, it may be the slowest pool I’ve ever swam in. Maybe this is because it’s 3.5 deep the entire length, or because it’s cold or the lanes are narrow. Whatever, it’s slow and it sucks. And this morning’s pool session was brutal.da numbers: 2 x 100… Continue reading first water
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Didn’t feel as good as yesterday. Felt a little tight and times weren’t stellar. Lots of yards though.da numbers: 2 x 100 yd free/zipperswitch 5 x 200 yd free @ 4:00 coming in between 3:00 – 2:55 4 x 100 yd free easy/hard @ 2:00 coming in between 1:20 – 1:25 300 yd dolphin kick… Continue reading first water
no Tor last weekend
Instead of Tor Saturday, I had Shed Sunday. Marcela cranked with me at the Shed in the evening. It was good. I felt strong, got on a couple projects, made progress. This two, and now three, days a week at the Shed is hard on the old tendons. Hopefully this makes a stronger, better me.… Continue reading no Tor last weekend
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Good yardage this morning. I’m back to “distance Mondays”, my day of the week to crank out some longer-than-usual sets in the pool. For instance, today’s focus was on a couple 400 yd freestyle intervals. And my times were not that dismal, coming in right under 6 minutes on my second go, putting my splits… Continue reading first water
Painted Cave
Because it’s one of the few local bouldering spots not touched by the Gap Fire, Painted Cave was my best option for a quick evening session after work yesterday. And it reminded me how far I have yet to go to be a good boulderer. I’m maybe the wussiest person I know when it comes… Continue reading Painted Cave
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I was tired this morning, forgot my watch and almost just went home. But I went through my stretches, dunked, and worked on butterfly. Yardage was a little short today, 1200 yd, with the focus on fly and a few fast free 100s. Today produced my first lengths of real fly. No more stroke drills… Continue reading first water
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Maybe it’s not me. Maybe the Carpinteria Community Pool is fast. I gotta say, the water feels thick. And my times are inexplicably quicker. Either that pool is fast or the GVAC pool is slow. I prefer to think GVAC is slow. Yesterday’s IM set at Carpinteria was actually enjoyable.da numbers: 2 x 100 free/zipperswitch… Continue reading first water
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After yesterday’s 200 yd times, I thought today’s 100s would be a little faster. Perhaps this is why I swam the 500 and not sprints. With 200s at 2:50, 100s should be better than 1:35. That makes my splits in the 200 faster than a straight 100. Who knows, sets aren’t races. And today’s 10… Continue reading first water