Fast Friday Fried Jan 11, 2013 swam a double yesterday, went to bed after midnight last night & definitely felt it today did not feel too snappy Added a countdown for days till my next meet, we're 83 days away Days Till Whitney Coached 6:30 - 8:00 dove in around 6:04ish ish SCY UT Swim Center main pool Swam in my own lane during the main set beside David, Mike, Chris, Marcio, Ned, Larry, Jim, Todd, Tyler, & Bess Warm up went around 650 Main Set 500 FR for time went around 5:30 200 easy 5 x 100 FR on 2:00 held 1:02's 200 easy assigned: 200 stroke of choice FAST for time did 150 k with a board, went around 2:00 200 easy 4 x 50 FAST, flutter K with a board on 1:00 went 33, 35, 36, 34 200 easy 100 FL K with a board fast went 1:17 200 easy 4 x 25 SDK fast on :30 went 14, 15, 16, 14 200 easy (last thing was do a 100, 200 or 500 FAST for time again and try to be faster) I dove in thinking OK I'll try a 500, but was hurting pretty bad so I just did a 200 50 easy Next Meet: 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships Fri Apr 5 - Sun Apr 7 UT Austin, TX Days Till
Updated January 11th, 2013 at 10:42 AM by ande
Thu Jan 10th, 2013 I decided to come back for more at noon. Whitney Coached noon - 1:15 dove in around 12:20 ish SCY UT Swim Center main pool Swam beside Dale, Stacy, Mary, Kellie, Bob, & Chuck Warm up missed it Main Set 20 x 50 on 1:30 best ave did 10 fr held 28's - 30's, 10 flutter K with a board held 34's - 36, went 32 on last one assigned 300 swim with 3 SDKs did 3 x 50 20 x 25 on 1:00 did 8 fly & 12 flutter kick with a board 50 easy Next Meet: 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships Fri Apr 5 - Sun Apr 7 UT Austin, TX Days Till
Thu Jan 10th, 2013 weighed 210 after practice thinking about doubling today and making the noon practice more sprint and kick Swam Tue & Wed Whitney Coached 6:30 - 8:00 dove in around 6:40 ish UT men & women are away at Auburn & Georgia SCY UT Swim Center main pool Swam with Todd, Chris, & Marcio Beside Jim Sauer, Mike, Paul, David Alley, Gull, Larry, Ned, Brandon & Amy Warm up went around 4 - 500 Main Set 20 x 125 on 1:30 best ave held 1:22's made em all, took 5 sec extra rest when chris moved up from 4th to 1st in the lane, I was 3rd 100 easy 400 swim 20 x 75 on 1:00 held 46's & 7's 100 easy 6 x 25 no breath Next Meet: 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships Fri Apr 5 - Sun Apr 7 UT Austin, TX Days Till
Mon Jan 7th, 2013 Recently Renewed my 2013 USMS membership http://www.usms.org/reg/ http://www.usms.org/reg/content/benefits Don't have a team? Consider registering with: Longhorn Masters / TXLA especially if you ever swam for Longhorn Aquatics club or Masters, UT or if you are coming to the 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships April 5, 6 & 7 in Austin at the UT swim Center and you want to do some relays Swam on Sat: Did not swim on Sun Today: Bess Coached noon - 1:15 SCY UT Swim Center main pool Swam with Jim Sauer Beside Bob, David Alley & Sarah Groff who got 4th in womens Tri in London She was fast Warm up went around 500 Main Set 3 x 200 on 2:20 right into 3 x 150 on 1:45 right into 3 x 100 on 1:10 right into 3 x 050 on 0:35 ? 2nd round attempted 3 x 200 on 2:15 right into made 1st 2 then faded on 3 3 x 150 on 1:40 right into skipped a 50 or 2 3 x 100 on 1:05 right into totally missed these 3 x 050 on 0:35 Next Meet: 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships Fri Apr 5 - Sun Apr 7 UT Austin, TX
Fast Fri Jan 4th, 2013 Recently Renewed my 2013 USMS membership http://www.usms.org/reg/ http://www.usms.org/reg/content/benefits Don't have a team? Consider registering with: Longhorn Masters / TXLA especially if you ever swam for Longhorn Aquatics club or Masters, UT or if you are coming to the 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships April 5, 6 & 7 in Austin at the UT swim Center and you want to do some relays Tue Jan 1st: Assigned 13 rounds of: (500 Fr on 7:00, 50 fast on 2:00) Did: 7 rounds then got out, went 5:22 on last 500 Wed Jan 2nd Did not swim Thu Jan 3rd 10 x 100 on 2:00 hold 1650 pace 10 x 75 on 1:30 hold 1000 pace 10 x 50 on 1:00 hold 500 pace 100 fast choice, flutter kick with a board from a push, went 1:08 Today: Whitney Coached 6:00 7:30 - dove around 6:12 SCY UT Swim Center main pool, north end Swam with Bill Cohn from San Diego, David Alley, & Marcio Trained beside Sloan, Kellie & & Gull Warm up went 150 or 200 Main Set 4 x 50 FAST in heats (3) each heat took 1:00 used it to warm up assigned 1000 something 4 x 100 fast in heats (3) each heat took 1:30 didn't really work it that hard assighned: 1000 something prob went 850 Next Meet: 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships Fri Apr 5 - Sun Apr 7 UT Austin, TX
Tue Jan 1st, 2013 Today FINA considers me 50 for SCM & LCM even though I don't turn 50 for 4 months & 3 weeks Recently Renewed my 2013 USMS membership http://www.usms.org/reg/ http://www.usms.org/reg/content/benefits Don't have a team? Consider registering with: Longhorn Masters / TXLA especially if you ever swam for Longhorn Aquatics club or Masters, UT or if you are coming to the 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships April 5, 6 & 7 in Austin at the UT swim Center and you want to do some relays Swam: a double yesterday LCM again, was close to cramping, missed warm up Today: Whitney Coached 9:00 - 11:00 dove in on time SCY UT Swim Center main pool Swam with Dick beside Stan, Kellie, Larry, Jeff, & Sharon kellie went pretty fast assigned: 13 rounds of a 400 or 5:00 on 7:00 odd: FR evens: toys Followed by a 50 Fast on 2:00 Did: 7 rounds then got out Odds did 500 fr went 6:00 5:40, 5:48, 5:22 did 1 SDK on each length Evens: swam 500 on #2 went 5:50ish, kicked 400 on #4, went 450 on #6 50s: most were FR went 25s, did a couple FL, & 1 flutter K with a board, didn't do the 7th 50, then got out I'm a little tired, bet I'd be fried if I did the whole work out Next Meet: 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships Fri Apr 5 - Sun Apr 7 UT Austin, TX
Monday Dec 31st, 2012 400 KICK for Time Tomorrow I will be a FINA 50! Lately I've been preparing for the 400 Kick for Time I showed up yesterday for Sunday practice and the pool was set up LCM, and the 400 Kick for time is SCY, so it was a no go. Showed up today for 5:30 am to 7:00 practice & the pool was still LCM, did most of the practice, then got out 15 minutes early, put on a B70 jammer & gave the 400 another shot, my 1st 2 tries were 5:32 & 5:24, today I went 5:08.11 050 33 0:33 100 37 1:10 150 39 1:49 200 39 2:28 1:18 250 40 3:08 300 40 3:48 1:20 350 40 4:28 400 40 5:08.11 1:20 2:40 went out a bit too hard but it didn't feel like it at the time stuck with the NO STROKE RULE which I really wanted to break but didn't wore a jammer Recently Renewed my 2013 USMS membership http://www.usms.org/reg/ http://www.usms.org/reg/content/benefits Don't have a team? Consider registering with: Longhorn Masters / TXLA especially if you ever swam for Longhorn Aquatics club or Masters, UT or if you are coming to the 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships April 5, 6 & 7 in Austin at the UT swim Center and you want to do some relays Swam: Sun, mainly worked on flutter kick with a board, doing fast 50's & 100's Did not swim on Saturday Today: Whitney Coached 5:30 - 7:00 dove around 6:40 LCM UT Swim Center main pool Swam with Todd (who hasn't swum in 10 days) & Marcio (who's swum 3 times in the past 2 months) I was very impressed with how they hung in there and did the practice. Trained beside David, Larry, Sharon, & Gull Warm up assigned 800 dove in late, did 3 or 400 Main Set 8 x 150 FR LCM 2 on 2:15 2 on 2:10 2 on 2:05 2 on 2:00 Made em leading the lane assigned 800 did 6 x 100 K We did 8 x150 same as above but PULL Todd went 1st, he's faster when he has oars, made em all again, held 1:55's & 6's, 1:52 on last one drafting was much easier than leading ASSIGNED: another 800 but I got out to prepare for my 400 kick thanking about doubling Next Meet: 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships Fri Apr 5 - Sun Apr 7 UT Austin, TX
FAST FRIDAY Dec 28th, 2012 In 4 days I will be a FINA 50! Lately I've been preparing for the 400 Kick for Time went 5:32 & 5:24, pretty sure I can go much faster might do it tomorrow, Sun or Mon Just renewed my 2013 USMS membership http://www.usms.org/reg/ http://www.usms.org/reg/content/benefits Don't have a team? Consider registering with: Longhorn Masters / TXLA especially if you ever swam for Longhorn, UT or are coming to the 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships in Austin April 5, 6 & 7 Chris coached 6:30 - 8:00 dove around 6:35 SCY UT Swim Center main pool north end (no blocks) Swam with Chris Kemp beside David, Larry, & Keith Warm up 20 minutes choice stop at 6:50 I swam easy 50's on 40 & 45 Main Set ASSIGNED: 20 x 100 on 2:00 1) swim fast 2) pull fast 3) kick fast 4) easy DID: several of the fast 100's, but not killer hard since I was concentrating on the 100 K, then I started doing 50's instead of 100's on 1 & 2 to rest up some for the 1 k which I went 1:09 to 1:13 or 14, most were 12's Assigned: 12 50's on 1:15 1) swim fast 2) pull fast 3) kick fast 4) easy again took it easy on the swim & pull to kick fast went 35, 34, & 31 on #11 Next Meet: 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships Fri Apr 5 - Sun Apr 7 UT Austin, TX
THU Dec 27th, 2012 This week I've been preparing for another whack at the 400 Kick for Time Just renewed My 2013 USMS membership http://www.usms.org/reg/ http://www.usms.org/reg/content/benefits Don't have a team? Consider registering with Longhorn Masters / TXLA especially if you ever swam for Longhorn, UT or are coming to the 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships in Austin April 5, 6 & 7 Chris coached 6:30 - 8:00 dove around 6:40 SCY UT Swim Center main pool north end (no blocks) Swam with David & Tyler beside Larry, Sierra, & Gull Warm up went around 1500 Main Set 2 rounds of 4 x 50 FR on 40 right into 3 x 50 FR on 35 right into 2 x 50 fr on 32.5 50 easy on 1:00 Assigned: 1200 pull desc 400's Did: 12 x 50 flutter kick with a board fast, went 35's, 6's, & 7's Assigned: 4 rounds of 4 x 50 k on 40 with fins, right into 50 fr on 35 Did 4 x (4 x 50 k on 40) skipped the 50 fr swim 8 x 25 odds: drill evens: fast Next Meet: 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships Fri Apr 5 - Sun Apr 7 UT Austin, TX
Updated December 28th, 2012 at 12:50 PM by ande
Wed Dec 26th, 2012 Whoa, check out the new look of our forum & blogs, guess it's been a while since I posted. Just renewed My 2013 USMS membership http://www.usms.org/reg/ http://www.usms.org/reg/content/benefits Don't have a team? Consider registering with Longhorn Masters / TXLA especially if you ever swam for Longhorn, UT or are coming to the 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships in Austin 1st weekend in April Swam: Thu Dec 20, Fri Dec 21 & Sun Dec 23 Did not swim: Sat, Mon & Tue (we had no practice Mon & Tue) haven't lifted weights in 4 weeks & it's time to begin again Ed Coates coached 6:30 - 8:00 dove around 6:40 SCY UT Swim Center main pool north end (no blocks) Swam with Mike & Keith beside David Alley, Jeff, Larry & Robert Killeen Warm up went around 300 Main Set Assigned: 12 x 150 done 100 IM 50 stroke on 2:15 desc 1 - 3 Did: 100's flutter kick with a board desc 1 - 3 Assigned: 800 K with fins Did: 4 x (100k, 50 skip, 50 strong) went 34 - 6 on my strong kick Assigned: 12 x 75 on 1:15 done 50 IM 25 stroke fast Did: 50 drill 25 K fast 300 FR swim do as few breaths as possible took 0 on 1st length, 2 on lengths 2 - 11, 1 on length 12, 21 total Next Meet: 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships Fri Apr 5 - Sun Apr 7 UT Austin, TX
Updated December 26th, 2012 at 10:47 AM by ande
Tue Dec, 18th, 2012 Forgive me friends it's been 8 days since my last blog I swam Mon, Fri, Thu, Wed did not swim Sat or Sun Whitney coached 6:30 - 8:00 dove around 6:35 SCY UT Swim Center diving well Swam with Paul beside Jim, Chris, Mike and Todd Warm up went around 800 Main Set 40 x 50 on 1:00 each round has 10 followed by 100 easy BEST AVE 1) 25 FL 25 BK 2) 25 BK 25 BR 3) 25 BR 25 FR 4) 50 FR then I came back at noon for more fun and held faster times than this morning. Swam with Dale, beside Keith & Stacy Next Meets: 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships Fri Apr 5 - Sun Apr 7 UT Austin, TX
Mon Dec, 10th, 2012 Swam Friday Did not swim of lift Sat & Sun I've still been sick, I'm still coughing. I skipped 5:30 practice today and slept in. Whitney coached Noon to 1:15 dove around 12:08 SCY UT Swim Center south end Swam with Jim & Korey beside Ned, Anna, & Dave Van Dam Warm up went around 400 easy Main Set 050 on 0:35 right into 100 on 1:10 RI 150 on 1:45 RI 200 on 2:20 RI 200 on 2:20 RI 150 on 1:45 RI 100 on 1:10 RI 050 on 0:35 Made it 1:00 rest 16 x 25 k on 30 odds fast evens easy repeated ladder and added 5 sec to each interval made it Repeated same kick set, but did 12 SDKs on fast with mod back k to wall Repeat ladder one more time on original pace made it 50 easy Next Meets: 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships Fri Apr 5 - Sun Apr 7 UT Austin, TX
Updated December 18th, 2012 at 03:15 PM by ande
Thu Dec 6th 2012 I swam Mon, Tue, & Wed Today I am sick and am not going to swim feels like a bad cold
Sat Dec 1 2012 SCM Meet 200 - 239 4 x 50 Medley Relay BK 27.82 Me, 49 BR 29.64 David Guthrie, 52 FL 28.09 Jim Sauer, 55 FR 23.87 Mike Varozza, 45 1:49.42 WR was 1:49.6 I had too much glide into my turn Should have taken one more stroke 4 IM was just minutes after the relay I was thinking, I'm tired I don't really wanna do it I got up any way & cruised it beside Jim Sauer 30.95 36.37 1:07.3 39.91 39.48 1:19.4 2:26.7 41.40 42.33 1:23.7 35.51 33.85 1:09.4 4:59.80 Got deeked in BR Next was 50 BK, I should have skipped it since I had a time from the relay 28.05 Skipped the 100 FL, Should have skipped the 50 BK & swam the 1 FL 50 FR Felt terrible & weak 25.6 100 IM Felt fried from my other races Went 1:01.3 last year Terrible jammed BK to BR turn 1:02.96 28.85 34.11 Then swam an easy 1 Fr on the 4 x 1 Fr relay Event 24 Men 200-239 400 SC Meter Freestyle Relay Regional: 4:04.17 * 12/1/2012 Longhorn Aquatics D Guthrie, J Sauer, A Rasmussen, M Varozza 1 TXLA-ST A 4:04.17* 1) Guthrie, David M52 2) Sauer, Jim M55 3) Rasmussen, Anders M49 4) Varozza, Mike M45 27.93 57.70 31.45 1:05.59 29.68 1:01.63 28.71 59.25 Tomorrow I race: 1 BK on 4x1 medley, WR is 4:09 4 Fr plan to skip it 50 BR might skip it too 200 IM hope to do better than my 1 or 4 IM 50 FL is right after the 2 IM Entered 800 FR, might swim might skip
Updated December 4th, 2012 at 03:38 PM by ande
Fri Nov 30, 2012 SCM meet is tomorrow Entered: Sat 06 400 Individual Medley 10 50 Backstroke 12 100 Butterfly 18 50 Freestyle 22 100 Individual Medley Sun 34 400 Freestyle 38 50 Breaststroke 200 Individual Medley 46 50 Butterfly 56 800 Freestyle plan to do a few relays probably drop the 4 free My wife has had a bad cold & I hope I don't catch it. No symptoms yet Swam: yesterday, just took it easy Whitney coached 5:00 - 6:30 dove around 5:20 SCY UT Swim Center north end main pool, blocks Swam with Mike, Todd & Chris beside Gull, Keith, David, & ?? Warm up 150 Main Set Assigned: 4 rounds of 50 fast 50 easy 100 fast 400 easy Did: 25 or 50 easy speed on the 50's 50 easy 25 easy speed on 100's half or less of the 400 easy Next Meets: Sat Dec 1, 2012 - Sun Dec 2nd 2012 South Central SCM Reg Championships DAYS TILL 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships Fri Apr 5 - Sun Apr 7 UT Austin, TX
Mon Nov 26, 2012 4 days till SCM meet Entered: 1, 2, & 4 IM, 50 bk fr br & FL, 1fl, 4 & 8 fr, plan to do a few relays and probably drop the 4 free Swam: Thu, Fri, & Sat but not sun feeling good, took it easy, did several sprints Lifted: Wed Slept in a little today Whitney coached 5:00 - 6:30 dove around 6:00 SCY UT Swim Center north end main pool Swam with Mike, Tyler, Ned, & Korey beside Larry, Gull, Sloan, Keith, David, & ?? Keith pulled a 600 in 6:16 Warm up missed it Main Set warmed up did a few 25's easy speed swim and kick Might drop by noon for a little more Next Meets: Sat Dec 1, 2012 - Sun Dec 2nd 2012 South Central SCM Reg Championships DAYS TILL 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships Fri Apr 5 - Sun Apr 7 UT Austin, TX
Wed Nov 21, 2012 10 days till SCM meet Wedge starting blocks are installed on the north end in the UT Swim Center, not yet on the south. Mon: Lifted didn't blog, plan to lift again today Tue: Swam didn't blog, took it easy, did some sprints Whitney coached 6:00 - 7:30 dove around 6:10 SCY UT Swim Center diving well & main pool, both bulkheads are down and pool set up with 2 25 yard racing courses Swam with Mike, Jeff, Jim & Tyler beside Larry, Gull, Sloan, Keith, Chris, David, Dick Warm up went around 400 Main Set assigned 100 fast on 2:00 100 easy 2 x 1 fast on 2:00 100 easy 3 then 1 easy, 4 then 1 easy, 5 then 1 easy Did: 25's & 50's on the fast mostly 25's then they did it again with 50's instead of 100's Next Meets: Sat Dec 1, 2012 - Sun Dec 2nd 2012 South Central SCM Reg Championships DAYS TILL 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships Fri Apr 5 - Sun Apr 7 UT Austin, TX
Mon Nov 21, 2012 12 days till SCM meet Wedge starting blocks just arrived at the UT Swim Center, they are not installed yet and require new holes drilled in the deck Swam & Lifted on Sat didn't blog Didn't swim Sun Plan to lift today or tomorrow Made a last minute trip to SA yesterday to see a friend and went to bed late. Decided to sleep in some fro practice. Whitney coached SCY UT Swim Center diving well 5:00 - 6:30 dove around 5:55 Swam with Todd beside Larry, Gull, Sloan, & Keith, Warm up Missed it Main Set assigned 20 x 200 4 on 2:40 1:00 rest 1 strong did: I'm tapering and dove in on #14 so I swam easy and stayed out of the way on 14 & 15 then picked up the pace a bit but stuck with easy speed 150's Showed up again for Noon practice warmed up with Jim & Dale then swam and kicked easy did a few easy speed 25's Next Meets: Sat Dec 1, 2012 - Sun Dec 2nd 2012 South Central SCM Reg Championships DAYS TILL 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships Fri Apr 5 - Sun Apr 7 UT Austin, TX
FAST Fri Nov 16th, 2012 15 days till my SCM meet sent in my entry on Tue Swam on Tue & Wed didn't blog Lifted Wed and plan to lift today or tomorrow Whitney coached SCY UT Swim Center main pool north end with blocks 6:00 - 7:30 dove in on time Swam with ned, David, Keith, Jeff & Tyler Beside Chris, Chris, Mike, & Todd Jim, Gull, Larry & Sloan Warm up went 1000 doing easy 50's on 45 Main Set assigned 2 rounds of 4 x 50 Best ave on 1:00 300 easy 5 x 100 best ave on 2:00 300 easy did 50's easy speed on Pt1 R1 (3 x 50 on all 300 easy's) 25 fast 25 easy on the 1st round of 100's Pt 2 25 fast 25 easy on the 50's & 25 fast 25 easy on 100's raced mike on 2, he's looking fast Next Meets: Sat Dec 1, 2012 - Sun Dec 2nd 2012 South Central SCM Reg Championships DAYS TILL 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships Fri Apr 5 - Sun Apr 7 UT Austin, TX
Tue Nov 13th, 2012 18 days till SCM meet Whitney coached SCY UT Swim Center Diving well 6:30 - 8:00 dove in 6:33ish Swam with Mike, Jim & Paul Beside Chris, ned, Warm up did around 800 Main Set assigned 4 rounds of 4 x 25 on 25 3 x 50 on 50 2 x 75 on 1:15 1:00 rest 100 fast 1:00 rest 500 desc did: all rounds but cut a few yards like 400's instead of 500's at the end of practice with 20 min left several rounds of 2 x 25 easy swim 25 easy kick 25 fast flutter kick held 14's & 15's Next Meets: Sat Dec 1, 2012 - Sun Dec 2nd 2012 South Central SCM Reg Championships DAYS TILL 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships Fri Apr 5 - Sun Apr 7 UT Austin, TX
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