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Author: elijah
Caveman
Andy, Micah, Marcela, Bridget and I checked out the Caveman cliff yesterday evening. It’s been a while since I was out climbing in to the wee hours, and it’s been never since I was at Caveman, and it was rad. .zg_div {margin:0px 5px 5px 0px; width:117px;} .zg_div_inner {border: solid 1px #000000; background-color:#000000; color:#666666; text-align:center; font-family:arial,… Continue reading Caveman
first water
Morning swim, again. I’ve been focusing on stroke mechanics a lot. If not for my hospital incident I would be more focused on increasing yardage. But I feel now like my limiting factor is my lungs. And they’re just going to take time to heal. In the meantime, maybe as long as a year, it… Continue reading first water
first water
Swam early at GVAC this morning before work. Focused today on stroke technique, alternating zipperswitch drills and crawl, and threw in some IMs. da numbers: 200m free 4 x 200m zipperswitch/free alternating 100’s @ 6:00 coming in between 4:05 – 4:20 2 x 200m IM @ 6:00 coming in around 4:15 300m short fin kick… Continue reading first water
Sunday swim
Micah and I got in the UCSB long course pool Sunday for some dynamic apnea. Not tons of noteworthy stuff was done except 50m no-breathers with the long fins. I did a ton of those, kicking on the surface to slow down my heart while staying warm between underwater lengths. Slow lengths with breathing is… Continue reading Sunday swim
no Tor for me
I didn’t make it to the Tor this weekend. And I’m actually OK with that. Ordinarily, when someone bails on me for the Tor I’ll pump hate at them for a couple weeks but this time I felt the break was good. Rather than punish myself in Santa Maria, I slept a bunch, swam a… Continue reading no Tor for me
finned apnea lengths at UCSB
Friday I decided to hit the UCSB pool in the evening for some freediving work. Long course 50m lengths with the long fins proved too much on the 2:30, of which maybe 1 length in 30 minutes was no breath. So, I slowed it down to 3:00 – 4:00 minute rest. Then I did a… Continue reading finned apnea lengths at UCSB
first iron
Was a little tired from a bunch of training this week, as is typical of Fridays, but got myself in to the gym for a good session with the weights. Today’s focus: arms and abdominals.da numbers: DB bench press 3 x 12 @ 65 lbs on 2:00 DB flys 3 x 12 @ 25 on… Continue reading first iron
first water
Had a good session in the GVAC pool this morning. After warming up I got in to some alternating zipperswitch and crawl 100s. Zipperswitch is great – the second 50 of each 100, when I went to regular freestyle, felt smooth and stretched out.da numbers: 2 x 100m free 10 x 100m alternating zipperswitch drill… Continue reading first water