Late to Open

Can a person that has a current lifeguard certification be allowed to watch a group of fellow swimmers until the swim facility calls in another guard? What are the liability issues and it is not really a problem. We did get into the pool about 10-15 minutes late but it is of no issue.

500 swim warm up
6x75 swim50/kick25

Main Set, 4 times
5x100, reverse IM order, 1:45 interval

100 swim
75 swim/25kick
50 swim/50 kick
25 swim/75kick
100 kick
4x50 on 60 sec
To stay close to the interval, I need to modify at times. The last set, butterfly, is appropriate at the end of the main set. I think I dropped 2x50, so I will modify total yards to 4050.

8x50 back on 60 sec

4050 yards

Warm Up Early, Dual Meet Today

I went to Finley at 0900 this morning. I used the time for a good warm up session, I am going to Petaluma this afternoon to participate in the dual meet that has been arranged between the two masters workout groups there. I am looking forward to this afternoon, I hope the weather is compatible with outdoor swimming in January.

500 free swim
5x100 free, smooth
250 kick on back with fins
250 inverted breast kick
10x50 choice

2000 yards

We headed over to Petaluma High School for the dual meet that turned out to be only a scrimmage due to the fact that the other team did not come. i do not know the ins and outs of the story, but it sounds like it may be ugly. Anyway, it was a lot of fun. There were about 9 of us and Dea Ann ran the event as a swilm meet, real time. She acted as starter/referee and did a fine job. She is a really good coach. We had whistles, and a start horn. I swam my events, 100 fly-1:11.5; 200 free-2:23; 100 IM-1:19; and 50 back-39.3. I figure that I swam another 500 or so for warm up/warm down so I can put down another 1000 yards for today.

1000 yards

Kvetch Master

It is too warm, like the Y, this morning at Finley AC. Why can't the pool management keep the pools a constant temperature? Not to kvetch, okay, I kvetch every day, mostly about water temperature variation, sometimes about clarity issues or turbulence and tidal actions at Fridgway. Kvetch appears to have found its way into the common American lexicon; I notice that this the proper spelling for the Yiddish word. It did seem a bit warmer than usual this morning, but it beats Ridgway in more ways than one. It was a nice swim, I had no idea what the plan for the day was but I decided I am not going to swim with the noon group today.

500 free warm up
500 back, purposeful
500 breast, body awareness
5x100 free
20x50, various paces, intervals, strokes, most on 1 min, 1 broken 200@45 sec, 8x50free/strokes

The practice dual meet is at Petaluma High School tomorrow at 1 PM. I signed up for the 100 fly, 200 free, 100 IM, and 50 back. USF Valentine Affair is next week. I have entered 200 free, 200 fly, 50 free, and 200 IM.

3000 yards

Day of Rest

Thursday has been the no swim day for quite a while. I made a decision to put the Y membership on hold for a few months so I will now supplement the swimming with more swimming instead of Y dry land workouts. There are two or three reasons, first being the economics of a month pass at the pool and the Y dues. I also want to see if my swimming speed declines without the dry land work. I also want to have more time so I can pursue riding the bicycle with more effort. So today, Thursday, I swam easy.
250 free
250 back
500 free
250 kick with fins
250 back
500 free

2000 yards

Therapy and a Workout

I held up pretty good today. I was thinking about going to PHS but reality set in around 0415 and I swam at Finley. I used the time at Finley to do more of a therapy swim, which means that I did not swim very hard in anticipation of the workout at Ridgway with Morales at noon.

500 free swim
500 back swim
10x25 breast kick
250 kick on back with fins
10x50 bilateral breathing swimming, easy

2000 yards

I had to go to the Ridgway workout at noon because it is butterfly day.

4x100 free on 1:30
12x50 choice on 55

Main Set
4 Times

Broken 200 breast/fly 60, 55, 50, 45 interval
300 free(250)

breast/fly relay
3x50

2950 yards

4950 yards total for day

Ringer Status

I think that it is a hoot that I have bn invited to swim at a dual swim meet between the two masters workout grouops in Petaluma. The meet is at the Petaluma High School pool this Saturday, January 30 and it looks like that there are all the events at a regular swim meet, minus a few. I have entered 200 free, 100 fly, 100 IM and 50 back. I hope to capture the essence of this meet in images and I will make sure I have a good post after the meet.

I need to log the second workout I did yesterday at Finley at the noon hour swim.
500 free
5x100 free
5x100 back
500 free
200 warm down

2200 yards

This morning I was at Finley to swim some yardage. I felt a bit of yesterday's workout.

500 free
10x100 back, straight swimming
500 kick on back with fins, alternate/fly
500 free, good pace
10x50, breast/free, free/fly
200 ez

3200 yards

At noon I walked to the Ridgway pool, hoping that the water temperature had come up to be tolerable, and more comfortable. It is back to normal now. There is a masters workout today, but there was an open lane, and then I shared a lane later in the swim.

7x100 IM,
7x100 IM, reverse order
200 free
6x25 fly with 25 swim back

1900 yards

Warm Up Morning

I spoke with an aquatics professional this morning and he stated that the other pool, Ridgway, was very cold yesterday. He said it was 75F and they probably should have not opened because it was too cold. This morning the water temperature is perfect at Finley.

500 free
500 kick on back with fins/alternating
500 free, moderate pace
500 kick on back with fins/dolphin
500 free, better pace
500 free/back
500 free/breast
500 free/fly,
200 warm down ez

4200 yards