Just Swim Monday

I just wanted to swim today. I did not want to do any hard work this morning so I just swam some laps and thought about where I was in the water. Funny thing happened this morning. My timing was not too good and it was going to be circle swim for a while. Ir just so happened that the nice lady, Dorothy, saw that I was thinking of taking the last half lane in the shallower end and she offered me her spot circling with Brian and another swimmer. She kind of tricked me and I thought it was kind of funny. We laughed, and soon then she told me that she owes me one. It made the morning that much more fun.

I remembered again as I did yesterday that my 50 free turn was not very good on Saturday. I went into the wall tentative and I had a weak push off the wall. I did not have hardly any kick off the wall either. 1 breath down, 2 coming home, maybe 1.

This morning at Finley.

1000 swim
1000 kick on back with fins
500 back
500 breast
600 free
out ez

3600 yards
B

I want to go and work on my turns this noon.

Which I did, at Finley. I was only in the water for about 45 minutes and I did just what I went to do, I worked on my freestyle turns, including turning closer to the wall, which involves a tighter tuck. This technique differs from a distance freestyle turn because explosiveness in required during the push off the wall into streamline, followed by power kicks, either dolphin or alternating kicking into the breakout stroke. I did 12 power turns, followed by strong turns at the 50.

500 warm up free

12x50 free, power turn at 25, followed by strong turn at 50

10xmodified Texas 25/50s. I modified by allowing 1 breath before the turn, and swimming until hypoxic, then cruising into the wall. 8 and 9 were 1 breath 50s and the 10th was 50 no breather.

1600 yards
A

5200 yards

Aftermath

The sun feels really good today, it has been winter time for several days. I think we should enjoy the sun today because it is still winter in California and more rain please. We need the water. Fill up the reservoirs, lakes and aquifers, now. Good day at the Ridgway, some talk about yesterdays meet, and then we got right to it and Warren led the way for about 8 of us. Thank you.
500 warm up, choice
8x50 free on 50

Did he call it a Hale set, hail?
400, 6 min
2x200 2:45
4x100 1:15
6x75 recovery

Kick same
400 kick, 8 min
2x200 kick 4 min
4x100 kick 1:45
That is what was the prescribed workout. I had to modify the swim set by 200, and I seriously modified the kick set to just kicking 1000

200 swim down

3300 yards, or so
B+

Santa Rosa Masters Roster at USF

How many of my teammates can I recall seeing and swimming at the meet yesterday. It starts with me,Todd W., Hermine the coach, Jenny the newbie, Joel B.,Hilary H., John M., Christine, Don F., and...I think that is it. And Sara J. And Iris. 11 total.

I asked Brian Andrews, whom I consider one of the meet directors, about the number of entries and he said that there were 400 or so swimmers. I believe that number exceeds last years turnout and it also represents one of the largest 1 day masters swim meets in the nation. I will have to do research, especially in New England and Arizona.

Another new direction was tried after the 200 free. The rest of the meet was mixed seeded heats, meaning men and women swam together. I like it. Some people do not. Elmer the meet director, was looking for feedback and I gave him some positive. I heard there were people in the other locker room that were totally against the idea of the men and women swimming together. The meet did move along extremely efficiently, since mixing the heats definitely speeds up the whole meet. I think it was over by or around 2:30.

I swam all but one of my events in a new Speedo brief, right out of the grab bag. I put on the fastskin for 200 butterfly, only because. I gotta head to the pool to see who is back in the water this morning. I can not have an accurate total of the yardage for yesterday, but I will do a pretty conservative guesstimate.

500 free warm up
200 free 2:19+
200 warm down
250 fly warm up
200 butterfly 2:59+
200 warm down
50 breaststroke in relay 34.high
50 free 26.90
200 IM 2:44+

1850 conservative yards
A-

Time to go swim

Donut Friday

I went by the doughnut shop without stopping this morning and I went straight home anticipating a bacon and egg extravaganza, but instead I went to the old standby, mush. Now I am being harassed by Joe. The USF Masters swim meet is tomorrow so I am ready.

500 choice, over half fist swimming
15 minutes kicking on back with fins, dolphin(750)
14x50 choice, all strokes

1950 yards
B+

Two a Day The Easy Way

I think that my idea of swimming instead of going to the gym, rowing, lifting, or some other dry land activity is going to be easier than I think. It is swimming. I really like to swim and I will probably feel really good. I felt really good this noontime. I swam earlier in the morning, but just a bit.

Finley
1500 free/back, last 500 good back
good aerobic work easy
1500 yards
B

Ridgway at Noon
400 free swim
4x100 back swim

4 times
4x50 fly on 60, 55, 50, 45(broken 200)
300 free recovery
200ez

3000 yards
B

4500 yards total

Good Day to Oversleep

That it was, I was zonked. I went to the 0900 Finley session and while I was warming up I realized that I totally messed up yesterday's entry. I did 3x200 fly and then some 50s. I do not think that I recorded such, I am going to revise yesterdays entry if needed. While I am here ia am going to record todays workout. My brain is telling me that it was bit warmer than necessary in the water, but I slugged it out.

1000 swim warm up
5x100 back
5x100 free
500 kick
100 free
20x50,
5x50, 60 sec
5x50 holding 37, 45sec
5x50, 60 sec
5x50, free/fly, 60sec, 38s
150 ez warm down

3750 yards
B

This evening, as I normally do, I went to another workout. In the past, I have mostly opted for a dry land workout of some sort, and I have experience with doubling up on the swimming as I have done double swimming workouts in the past. I am now seeing what changes, if any, will come about because of this change in the philosophy. This is one reason that my yardage is really climbing.

6:15PM at Finley
500 swim
5x100 back on 2 min
12x25 kick with board
5x100 free on 1:30
200 ez

1950 yards
B

Grade or Quality Rating Scale

I think I am going to start grading or rating the workouts. I thought of a pretty good scale by which to rank the intensity and quality of the workout.
A-prescribed workout, like a coached workout, well thought out sets,
B-self coached moderate intensity workout
C-aerobic, low intensity workout , lap swimming, drills
Below average workouts should be considered rest days, or therapeutic swims

This morning would be a B workout. We worked harder at the Warren inspired Sunday workout and I have been using the Monday workout as a recovery day with less yards and lower intensity swimming. Last Monday I think it was a C workout, as I was feeling the previous day's workout. I was feeling pretty good this morning, although I could still feel residual soreness. I also held the yardage back a bit.

400 back swim
600 free swim
100 free
500 kick on back with fins, dolphin
100 free
10x50 free/fly on 60 seconds, last 3 on 90
100 ez free

2800 yards
B-

I need to revise this workout. I was starting the workout on Tuesday and I remembered that I swam 3x200 fly this morning the above workout, so perhaps I swam an additional 600 yards, I don't know. I will keep the total yardage as entered here and on the FLOG and I will try to be more accurate in the future.