Category: training notes

Last night’s pool session was kinda good. There was some freestyle and butterfly going down. Things felt smooth but I wasn’t keeping track of time. And at the end I did a bunch of kick work, which brought the cramps out like a mother. Total distance: 1200m. crankenstein.com

I’m strugglin’ to get pool sessions over with lately. The motivation is has left me, presumably because it’s winter and that’s how it goes for swimmers during the dark months. Anywayz, did some freestyle last night. da numbers: 300m easy free/drills 6 x 100m @ 2:30 coming in around 1:40 100m free w/ paddles 200m… Continue reading last water, still strugglin’

Bridget met me at the Los Banos pool last night for some hyper-unmotivating sets. I don’t know what my problem is lately. Winter just sucks away my motivation for swimming. Evening sessions are hard, and forget about early morning routines. Anywayz, I did 1000m of drills and IM stuff then got cold and left. crankenstein.com

It was cold this morning. Once in the water, things are fine. It’s the walk to and from the pool that really suck. And I ran in to a nurse that took care of me when I was sick – Cyndi. Most memories from that time are not super clear but the more she talked… Continue reading first water, cold

The Los Banos pool was cold last night. Actually, the pool felt OK – the walk to and from the pool was friggin’ frigid. Last week kept me out of the water because of this stupid cold, so last night’s evening session was my first in a while. I did a bunch of different things… Continue reading last water

I did a length of butterfly today, my first 50m long course of fly ever. It was rad and tiring at the same time. What else was rad was doing fly with 2 kicks after the catch, which helps kind of a lot cuz straight butterflying for 50m is way tiring. Other than that, I… Continue reading first water, I believe I can fly

I’m not doing much freestyle this week. Instead, I’m focused on bettering my butterfly stroke. Butterfly is rad, obviously, so I’ve been pretty psyched on morning pool sessions the past few days. On the other hand, putting in a full-distance workout without much freestyle is not super easy, nor is it super fast. It took… Continue reading first water, better butterfly

I did a bunch of different strokes and drills today, and not much freestyle. In recent days I’ve caught myself dreading the freestyle sets I’ve been putting myself through lately. So, I worked on the other strokes, mostly butterfly, and did some stroke drills like zipperswitch and one-arm fly. Not a lot in terms of… Continue reading first water, something different

I really wasn’t feeling the Eye of the Tiger this morning. So, what started out as a 1000m swim turned in to 3 x 200m freestyle then just turned in to random IM stuff, mostly butterfly. It’s cool though – I’d rather stay psyched than keep beating my head against the wall with distance freestyle.da… Continue reading first water, over easy