Largest Age Group is Mens 55-59 at PMS Long Course

Wow, what a difference from the short course meet in April. The age group is huge, there are over 20 of us in 100, 200 and probably 50 frees. I submitted slower times than usual because of the injury and I have not pushed the season after the shoulder injury. Speaking of the shoulder, I went to the pro op appointment today. I think this weekend will be my last competitive weekend in some time. I hope that I can come back for the Long Beach meet in December. I am looking for an injury free weekend. The heat/psyche sheets are posted at the PMS website.

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750 choice
250 1 arm fly
2x200 IM, alternate 1arm fly
4x25 cruise
1500 yards

Taper: Just Back Off

Forget about it, I just swam 5 days in a row and I swam twice on Friday, on purpose. So today is really supposed to be an off day, no swimming anyway. I am going to go to the y but only for personal P/T. I did go to Finley for about 20 minutes before it closed at 1:15. I swam a few yards and did some breaststroke break outs. that's all, folks. I am going to rest up for the weekend. And watch some swimming on Universalsports.com

Lance Factor

YMCA day as I was only going to swim a bit, but I had to hurry to get 1750 in so I could watch the TTTT of Astana and Lance Armstrong. He looked tough. Tough, Texas tough. Ineed yto do some Texas 25's to honor him later, maybe tomorrow. I think the shot is wearing off a bit, I could hear my shoulder at the p/t session yesterday. I can feel familiar tweaks, but no pain.

Get in the Water

Should I begin a taper, huh? I feel really good in the water. My shoulder feels great, but I think that I feel the impingement and the tear on occasion. I think that because of the cortisone injection, there is no associated pain when I feel the pinch or strain.
1000 choice
5x100 free, pace
20x25 kick, no fins, some board, some underwater dolphin
250 dps,
2250 yards

Believe it, I am going to swim at the PMS Long Course meet this weekend. I have not trained hard at all for this meet, it is more of a test again. I am staying away from butterfly, except for the 50. I am pretty much swimming what I usually swim when I am not swimming IMs. I have not swam much butterfly in the last two months. I can swim the stroke, although hand placement on the catch is key to a less painful stroke.

Sunday Swim at Ridgway

I think I took Thursday off, but I did do my pers0nal p/t at the Y. I rowed a good one, I think I did a good row, either 3550 meters in 15 minutes or 5 minutes, I think it was the previous one. I went to finley on Friday morning and swam 2500 yards, pace mostly off Emmy Cozine. I went to Ridgway for noontime, and swam about 1000 yards, mostly fly drilling and breaststroke swimming.
Saturday was a fairly well organized workout at Ridgway, and there were nine of us. I did a several hundred yard warm up, and then we did
3x100 kick choice
3x100 kick/swim choice
10x100 choice on 2 minutes, hard 3, 6, 9, 10 is timed
4x50
10x25 on 45
4x50 ez
2250 yards plus warm up(750)

Today, Sunday, I basically swam 2000 straight and 500 kicking, with and without fins.

Swim for the Roses

I am supposed to be really putting my shoulder to the test this week and it is holding up extremely well. I have been having some thoughts about the situation and it concerns the cortisone injection that I received in late May. Is that what is keeping me out of pain now that I am able to do most everything normally, considering that I have backed off the heavy training and have not had any gross setbacks? I do remember the cortisone injections that I received over the several years of marathon training. I would be fine and able to run pain free for several weeks, even months, after each injection, even though the pain and swelling would come back eventually. Is this what is happening? I understand that the SLAP tear does not repair itself, although Dr. Schmidt says the MRI is usually inconclusive, so possibly I do not have a torn labrum? I feel a slight twinge in the mid bicep region under competitive strain, and I do feel that if I go hard with the 'hammerheads' that I am on the edge of blowing out the shoulder again. Many questions still need to be answered. What are the liability factors involved with a situation like this, when it has been determined by worker compensation that surgery is indicated, but the patient is feeling healthy now , perhaps because of the recent cortisone injection. Will the patient get injured again?
I swam at Finley, I tried to swim hard.
700 choice
800 kick on back with fins
10x100 free, ez/hard, descending to 1:12
100 ez
8x25fly/25free 60 sec, 18-16 fly laps, work on timing and wider hand placement
3000 yards