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
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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
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Went to a new pool this morning – the Carpenteria Community Pool. It’s pretty nice. No long course but a sweet little short course of about 12 lanes. The temps were warm, which I’ve grown fond of as I’ve “matured”. I used to hate warm pools when I swam the 500. At 6:00 AM though,… Continue reading first water
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Swam some IM at GVAC this morning. IM’s are tough, man. I try to stay relaxed as I get tired, resist tightening up, which is good for my stroke but hammers my lungs. I’m just panting like a dog during sets. Gotta be good for me, I suppose. da numbers: 2 x 100m free/zipperswitch 16… Continue reading first water
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As I’m still not over my cold, swimming this week has not been stellar. I took all last week off – no climbing, no swimming, no anything not conducive to recovery. And I can’t take it any more. My symptoms now are confined to my head and sinuses but I can’t stand not training for… Continue reading first water
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today’s swimming routine: 200m free/zipperswitch 5 x 100m free @ 2:00 coming in between 1:30 – 1:35 5 x 100m free/zipperswitch alternating 25m @ 2:30 100m free w/ dolphin kick 100m pull w/ paddles 200m kick drill w/ short fins crankenstein.com
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Went super easy today, lots of stroke drill stuff, working on form. I was feeling run down from training earlier this week, I think. Which is what I wanted. da numbers: 2 x 100m free 10 x 100m alternating 50’s stroke drill (zipperswitch or free w/ dolphin kick) & freestyle @ 3:00 4 x 50m… Continue reading first water