So I don't really want to get into it too much, but Sunday night a friend that Jeff and I play hockey with died (they think it was an undiagnosed heart condition, but we're not sure yet) and we were up pretty late staying with his roommate/cousin, so I didn't get to practice Monday morning. I attempted to go swim later in the afternoon, and got a little in, but my heart wasn't really into it. Here's what I did do, though.
200 swim (flipturns)
200 drill (IM order by 50)
200 kick (IM order by 50)
250, 25 fly / 50 back / 75 breast / 100 free
250, 50 fly / 75 back / 100 breast / 25 free
400 pull (with paddles, flipturns)
100 flutter kick (with fins)
100 dolphin kick (with fins and snorkel)
300 free (100 catchup / 100 fingertip drag / 100 swim, with snorkel)
Total: 2000 SCM (~2200 SCY)
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
3300 (18950/268250)
So my regular pool (EPIC) is closed this weekend, so I had to go over to the other muni pool to swim this morning. At first I didn't really mind swimming at Mulberry, but now that I'm swimming more in a set, I'd really prefer to go to EPIC. The lighting inside Mulberry isn't very good, for one, and there are only six lap lanes. There's a tiny diving well with one low diving board, then the a section of shallow pool that has this large piece of what is basically playground equipment in it. Because there are so many kids playing in there, the pool is filthy, and has WAY more chemicals in it, so the water is gross and cloudy.
But I did it anyway. Mulberry is in yards, so to swim a mile I had to do 1800. My time was about a minute slower than my last 1600 meters, but I'm going to attribute that to a) 1600 meters being about 1750 yards, so I swam an additional 50 yards today, and b) my turns are pretty bad, so more turns generally means more lag for me. Swimming that far is still boring, but I do have to say that it makes me happy that I can do that much distance. When I first started Masters last December, I could barely swim a 400 consecutively, and now I could probably do a 2k if I felt like it. Also, my BFF Cheryl bought me one of those H2O Audio setups for my birthday that just arrived today, so as soon as I get myself a new iPod shuffle, I can start listening to music during these workouts. I can't wait!
I enjoyed the IMs today, since I got to do them on my own pace, and focus on my form instead of trying to keep up with my teammates.
Okay, off to watch some US National Championship trials. Wee. :)
4 x 100, 50 drill / 50 kick, IM order
2 x 100 IM (second 1:56)
400 pull (with paddles, flipturns)
1800 free (35 flat)
150 kick, 50 back / 25 free / 25 breast / 25 back / 25 fly
100 IM
50 free
Total: 3300 SCY
Friday, July 10, 2009
3100 (15650/264950)
OMG breathing fail today. I woke up feeling heavy in my chest and I knew I was in for some fun at the pool this morning. I had pretty much nothing going into this practice, and I have literally no idea how I managed to do all that fly without puking or passing out.
That said, on the second round of those broken 25s, Evan made a point to tell me that my butterfly technique is really good, I just need a little more kick. Which sounds about right to me. I was very pleased to receive the compliment, though. It definitely made me feel better about today's fail!swim.
So everyone but me and Lori were doing 100 IM fast followed by 100 IM easy. Evan was having us do just a 50 easy afterward, but at the end, Lori said, "let's do another one." Evan said of course SHE wanted to do another one, she wasn't swimming fly. ;) But I did it anyway.
I've mentioned this here before (probably a million times), but I LOVE butterfly. It's hard and I can't do much of it at a time, but it's my favorite stroke. So I really liked getting to do so much of it today, despite the pain and suffering. And wow, was there pain. When I'm having asthma problems, it usually starts with pain in my chest that just spreads out through my limbs. By the freestyle of all of those IMs, everything was burning, and my arms felt like they weighed 100 pounds each. Ugh.
I still love swimming. Even when it's killing me. Maybe even more when it does. ;)
400, free/back by 50 (warmup)
4 x 75, 50 drill / 25 swim (IM order) on 2:10
8 x 25 swim, IM order (supposed to be on :30, was more like :40)
250 free
100 IM fast
50 free easy
6 x 25 swim, IM order (minus free) on :40 - adjusted by Evan so I wouldn't die, heh
350 pull
100 IM fast
50 free easy
6 x 25 swim, IM order (minus free) on :40
350 pull
100 IM fast
100 IM smooth
200 kick (with fins - warmdown)
Total: 2850 SCM (~3100 SCY)
That said, on the second round of those broken 25s, Evan made a point to tell me that my butterfly technique is really good, I just need a little more kick. Which sounds about right to me. I was very pleased to receive the compliment, though. It definitely made me feel better about today's fail!swim.
So everyone but me and Lori were doing 100 IM fast followed by 100 IM easy. Evan was having us do just a 50 easy afterward, but at the end, Lori said, "let's do another one." Evan said of course SHE wanted to do another one, she wasn't swimming fly. ;) But I did it anyway.
I've mentioned this here before (probably a million times), but I LOVE butterfly. It's hard and I can't do much of it at a time, but it's my favorite stroke. So I really liked getting to do so much of it today, despite the pain and suffering. And wow, was there pain. When I'm having asthma problems, it usually starts with pain in my chest that just spreads out through my limbs. By the freestyle of all of those IMs, everything was burning, and my arms felt like they weighed 100 pounds each. Ugh.
I still love swimming. Even when it's killing me. Maybe even more when it does. ;)
400, free/back by 50 (warmup)
4 x 75, 50 drill / 25 swim (IM order) on 2:10
8 x 25 swim, IM order (supposed to be on :30, was more like :40)
250 free
100 IM fast
50 free easy
6 x 25 swim, IM order (minus free) on :40 - adjusted by Evan so I wouldn't die, heh
350 pull
100 IM fast
50 free easy
6 x 25 swim, IM order (minus free) on :40
350 pull
100 IM fast
100 IM smooth
200 kick (with fins - warmdown)
Total: 2850 SCM (~3100 SCY)
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
3700 (12550/261850)
Since this is posting to my Facebook now, I should probably put the writeup at the top, rather than below the workout. I'm sure most people don't care about my swimming sets. :)
This felt like a lot of yardage when I was doing it, but I didn't realize it was THAT much. Nice. And we cut a 100 at the end because, the age group swimmers needed to get into the pool. It was really tiring, but it felt good to do that much swimming, and try to hit those intervals (even if I wasn't completely successful). Man, I love to swim.
My legs are totally feeling it right now, though. Also, I did a lot of biking and running yesterday, so my quads are shot. I'm taking my road bike in for a tuneup today, and if I have to leave it overnight I'll be riding the mountain bike to work tomorrow, which should be... entertaining, heh. Probably good for me, though. Builds character.
I just ate my body weight in food. I was starving when I got out of the pool. Mmm, giant breakfast.
300 swim (warmup)
200 pull (warmup)
100 IM (warmup)
3 x 200 free, descend 1-3 on 3:50
2 x 200 pull, breathe 3/5/7/choice by 50
300 free with fins, every 4th 25 fast kick only
2 x 300 free on 5:30
3 x 200 free on 3:50
2 x 100 free on 1:50
100 free (warmdown)
Total: 3400 SCM (~3700 SCY)
This felt like a lot of yardage when I was doing it, but I didn't realize it was THAT much. Nice. And we cut a 100 at the end because, the age group swimmers needed to get into the pool. It was really tiring, but it felt good to do that much swimming, and try to hit those intervals (even if I wasn't completely successful). Man, I love to swim.
My legs are totally feeling it right now, though. Also, I did a lot of biking and running yesterday, so my quads are shot. I'm taking my road bike in for a tuneup today, and if I have to leave it overnight I'll be riding the mountain bike to work tomorrow, which should be... entertaining, heh. Probably good for me, though. Builds character.
I just ate my body weight in food. I was starving when I got out of the pool. Mmm, giant breakfast.
300 swim (warmup)
200 pull (warmup)
100 IM (warmup)
3 x 200 free, descend 1-3 on 3:50
2 x 200 pull, breathe 3/5/7/choice by 50
300 free with fins, every 4th 25 fast kick only
2 x 300 free on 5:30
3 x 200 free on 3:50
2 x 100 free on 1:50
100 free (warmdown)
Total: 3400 SCM (~3700 SCY)
Monday, July 6, 2009
3000 (8850/258150)
Well, with this post I am FINALLY caught up. Whew. Again, sorry for the massive spam.
100 swim (warmup)
300 pull (warmup)
4 x 75, kick/swim/kick, odds breast, evens free
4 x 150, 50 9-kick hesitation / 50 6-kick hesitation / 50 swim, 3&4 with fins
300, 100 free / 100 breast / 100 free
300, 100 free / 100 back / 100 free
4 x 100, odds 50 catchup / 50 free, evens 50 breast drill / 50 breast
12 x 25 { 4 x 25 drill, 25 swim, 25 fast } (1-3 fly, 4-6 back, 7-9 breast, 10-12 free)
100 pull (warmdown)
Total: 2800 SCM (~3000 SCY)
I really liked this workout, though I did abuse myself with a ton of breaststroke. Evan had a bunch written into it, but then I added my own when we were supposed to swim choice sets.
The 25s drill/swim/fast were fun, because the breaks made me feel like I could sprint a little fly. I love it, but it still dislikes me quite a bit, heh. The last 25 was my free sprint, and Evan commented that it looked "really fast". And it was, something like :20, which isn't bad for 25 meters. If only I could keep up that pace for a 50 or 100, heh.
The bummer is that we found out this morning that EPIC (the pool where we swim) is closed ALL of August for cleaning and ceiling renovation, so we won't have any practice. If I go that long without swimming, I WILL turn into a giant blob, no lie. So I'm in the process of enacting a backup plan.
Option one is to swim at the other, smaller muni pool. They do open at 5:30AM, but I have no idea if they have swim teams practicing at that time or not. The cost for drop in is $4 a session, or $3.20 if you get a Super Pass multi-use card. That brings the total for three swims a week for four weeks to either $48 or $38.40. I'm paying $35 a month to FAST for dues, which Tasha said shouldn't be charged the month we're not practicing. So the cost isn't much worse. The only drawbacks are a) not knowing if we'll have the space to do it, and b) the workouts aren't coached.
Option two is to swim with another Masters team for a month. T2 Coaching (triathlon group) has a Masters team, but they apparently also practice at EPIC, so thye're likely SOL as well. There's one at a local health club, but I'm pretty sure you have to be a member of the club to participate, and their pool is TEENY. Then there's Vortex, who I was considering joining when I was trying to find a team to swim with. They are currently swimming at a private outdoor pool, which is very appealing to me. The drawback here is that their dues are $60 for the month, but they do have a more open practice schedule, so I could swim even more than three times a week, if I wanted. I sent them an email today to see about joining for August only, just to see if they'd even let me do it.
So, yeah. I WILL swim in August, even it I have to take two hour lunch breaks and work until six everyday to make it work. I'm hoping the Vortex thing works out, even though it's more expensive, because I'd like to keep up with coached workouts.
100 swim (warmup)
300 pull (warmup)
4 x 75, kick/swim/kick, odds breast, evens free
4 x 150, 50 9-kick hesitation / 50 6-kick hesitation / 50 swim, 3&4 with fins
300, 100 free / 100 breast / 100 free
300, 100 free / 100 back / 100 free
4 x 100, odds 50 catchup / 50 free, evens 50 breast drill / 50 breast
12 x 25 { 4 x 25 drill, 25 swim, 25 fast } (1-3 fly, 4-6 back, 7-9 breast, 10-12 free)
100 pull (warmdown)
Total: 2800 SCM (~3000 SCY)
I really liked this workout, though I did abuse myself with a ton of breaststroke. Evan had a bunch written into it, but then I added my own when we were supposed to swim choice sets.
The 25s drill/swim/fast were fun, because the breaks made me feel like I could sprint a little fly. I love it, but it still dislikes me quite a bit, heh. The last 25 was my free sprint, and Evan commented that it looked "really fast". And it was, something like :20, which isn't bad for 25 meters. If only I could keep up that pace for a 50 or 100, heh.
The bummer is that we found out this morning that EPIC (the pool where we swim) is closed ALL of August for cleaning and ceiling renovation, so we won't have any practice. If I go that long without swimming, I WILL turn into a giant blob, no lie. So I'm in the process of enacting a backup plan.
Option one is to swim at the other, smaller muni pool. They do open at 5:30AM, but I have no idea if they have swim teams practicing at that time or not. The cost for drop in is $4 a session, or $3.20 if you get a Super Pass multi-use card. That brings the total for three swims a week for four weeks to either $48 or $38.40. I'm paying $35 a month to FAST for dues, which Tasha said shouldn't be charged the month we're not practicing. So the cost isn't much worse. The only drawbacks are a) not knowing if we'll have the space to do it, and b) the workouts aren't coached.
Option two is to swim with another Masters team for a month. T2 Coaching (triathlon group) has a Masters team, but they apparently also practice at EPIC, so thye're likely SOL as well. There's one at a local health club, but I'm pretty sure you have to be a member of the club to participate, and their pool is TEENY. Then there's Vortex, who I was considering joining when I was trying to find a team to swim with. They are currently swimming at a private outdoor pool, which is very appealing to me. The drawback here is that their dues are $60 for the month, but they do have a more open practice schedule, so I could swim even more than three times a week, if I wanted. I sent them an email today to see about joining for August only, just to see if they'd even let me do it.
So, yeah. I WILL swim in August, even it I have to take two hour lunch breaks and work until six everyday to make it work. I'm hoping the Vortex thing works out, even though it's more expensive, because I'd like to keep up with coached workouts.
Friday, July 3, 2009
2850 (5850/255150)
500, 100 free / 75 free, 25 back / 50 free, 50 back / 25 free, 75 back / 100 back (warmup)
10 x 50, 25 kick / 25 drill (IM order)
12 x 25 kick with fins, 2 free, 2 choice x 3
700 pull, 500 Fartlek (25 smooth / 25 strong, 50 smooth / 50 strong, 75 smooth / 75 strong, 100 smooth / 100 strong), 200 build
100 free fast, 25 - 10 seconds rest - 25 - 10 seconds rest - 50
100 free fast, 25 - 10 seconds rest - 50 - 10 seconds rest - 25
100 free fast, 50 - 10 seconds rest - 25 - 10 seconds rest - 25
100 free fast, 25 - 10 seconds rest - 25 - 10 seconds rest - 25 - ten seconds rest - 25
100 free fast, for time (1:38)
100 free (warmdown)
Total: 2600 SCM (~2850 SCY)
So this was actually an off day from work, so I got up feeling relaxed knowing that I could come home and go back to bed whenever I wanted. Which was 12:00 in the afternoon, after breakfast and a snack and a bunch of Heroes season 1. Heh.
Anyway, Tasha coached us this morning and I LOVED the little broken 100s at the end. I can haul a ton of ass when I do 25s, and I always feel really fast when I get to do them. The 1:38 at the end seems appropriate considering the other 100m times I've been getting, so yay!
So this was actually an off day from work, so I got up feeling relaxed knowing that I could come home and go back to bed whenever I wanted. Which was 12:00 in the afternoon, after breakfast and a snack and a bunch of Heroes season 1. Heh.
Anyway, Tasha coached us this morning and I LOVED the little broken 100s at the end. I can haul a ton of ass when I do 25s, and I always feel really fast when I get to do them. The 1:38 at the end seems appropriate considering the other 100m times I've been getting, so yay!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
3000 (3000/252300)
So the Wednesday before this I rode my bike to work, then came home and proceeded to run for 45 minutes on my elliptical runner. At a fairly high setting. And then lifted weights.
I think I killed myself a little, because I not only managed to forget to reset my alarm to 5:00AM for Masters practice, I turned off my backup alarm. In my sleep. I guess my body wanted rest. :p
So I went over my lunch break and swam about 70 minutes, doing another distance test.
200 swim (flipturns, warmup)
200 drill (flipturns, warmup)
200 kick (IM order, warmup)
600 pull with paddles
1600 swim (34:06)
200 pull (warmdown)
Total: 3000 SCM (~3300 SCY)
Where I got slower. What the? I'm not sure how that happened, unless it was the aforementioned body killage from the night before. Ah well. I do really like doing the mile, so I think I'll keep trying that here and there when I swim on my own.
Sadly, it turns out that by missing the morning practice, I missed my last LC workout. Wah. :(
A side note: I can now bench press 50 pounds, which is probably not even remotely impressive, but back in high school I could BARELY press ten pounds. Yes really. I was a 125 pound dancer weakling that only had muscle in my legs. I think this goes to show what swimming has done for me. I do weigh ten pounds more than that seventeen year old dancer, but I can guarantee that those ten pounds and more is from muscle. And I really like that I can say that. I'm in the best shape of my life at the ripe young age of thirty. I might be a slower learner, but at least it's better late than never. :)
I think I killed myself a little, because I not only managed to forget to reset my alarm to 5:00AM for Masters practice, I turned off my backup alarm. In my sleep. I guess my body wanted rest. :p
So I went over my lunch break and swam about 70 minutes, doing another distance test.
200 swim (flipturns, warmup)
200 drill (flipturns, warmup)
200 kick (IM order, warmup)
600 pull with paddles
1600 swim (34:06)
200 pull (warmdown)
Total: 3000 SCM (~3300 SCY)
Where I got slower. What the? I'm not sure how that happened, unless it was the aforementioned body killage from the night before. Ah well. I do really like doing the mile, so I think I'll keep trying that here and there when I swim on my own.
Sadly, it turns out that by missing the morning practice, I missed my last LC workout. Wah. :(
A side note: I can now bench press 50 pounds, which is probably not even remotely impressive, but back in high school I could BARELY press ten pounds. Yes really. I was a 125 pound dancer weakling that only had muscle in my legs. I think this goes to show what swimming has done for me. I do weigh ten pounds more than that seventeen year old dancer, but I can guarantee that those ten pounds and more is from muscle. And I really like that I can say that. I'm in the best shape of my life at the ripe young age of thirty. I might be a slower learner, but at least it's better late than never. :)
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