Category: long course

My legs have been cramping kinda bad lately. This happens in the pool during kick sets. Anyway, it’s odd.da numbers: 400m easy free 4 x 100m free @ 2:00 coming in between 1:35-1:40, pretty slow 200m pull w/ paddles 100m fly kick 200m fly drill 300m fly kick total distance: 1600m crankenstein.com

I had to be at work early so I swam at lunch time. And clearly my lunch break is for 2 hours. Today’s focus was on freestyle sprints. And I’m working on my kick.da numbers: 400m easy free 6 x 100m free fast/easy The first 50 was hard, barely able to get something back on… Continue reading lunch water

Swam with Bridget at Los Banos yesterday morning.da numbers: 400m easy free 3 x 100m free @ 2:00 took it easy, coming in around 1:35 3 x 100m free @ 1:45 I kept up with Bridget for the first 100, maybe the second, but the third was gruesome. 6 x 50m fly drill My fly… Continue reading first water

Long course is still a new thing for me. I think I’ll spend this week, again, getting used to the distance; maybe focusing not so much on time as just getting the routine done. Also, the Eye of the Tiger did not seem to be with me today. This may represent a lull in my… Continue reading first water

I swam at Los Banos for my fourth time yesterday morning, and fourth day in a row. Bridget wasn’t there. Thank God. I must have been spent from Wednesday’s asskick-athon with Ms. Fish because Thursday morning sucked. Accordingly, things were done at a non-blistering pace. 400m free 4 x 100m @ 2:15 Not fast. I… Continue reading first water

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