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
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lunch water
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
first 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
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
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
first water
Swam with Bridget at Los Banos this morning. And she made it hurt. I don’t think she understands why I suck so bad. I was struggling. STRUGGLING. Panting like a dog. Not that that’s unusual. It was just especially bad this morning. Long course is killing me. Gotta be good though. da numbers: 100m free… Continue reading first water
first water
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
evening 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
first water
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