Ande's Swimming Blog

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

Thu Dec 6th 2012

I swam Mon, Tue, & Wed
Today I am sick and am not going to swim feels like a bad cold

Sun Dec 2nd 2012 Meet Day 2

400 Medley Relay
200 - 239 Men
Going into the meet, My guess times for this relay were
AR 61.9 DG 66.9 JS 61.9 MV 53.9
Here's how it turned out

BK 1:00.40 29.38 31.02 1:00.40 Me
BR 1:05.60 30.91 34.69 2:06.00 David Guthrie
FL 1:01.22 28.28 32.94 3:07.22 jim Sauer
Fr 0:52.46 24.78 27.68 3:59.68 Mike Varozza

we were shocked & psyched,
the previous WR was 4:09.2
here's how things went last year
http://www.usms.org/forums/blog.php?b=19202


50 BR 32.40

200 IM
29.39
36.16 1:05.55
38.15 1:43.70
31.55 2:15.25
Pretty good time, think I was 2:14 last year

50 FL
27.02
2 IM & 50 FL were back to back

800 FR
Last event did it for the heck of it
Event 55 Men 45-49 800 SC Meter Freestyle
Regional: 9:35.13 * 12/2/2012 Anders Rasmussen
1 Rasmussen, Anders 49 TXLA-ST 9:35.13*
31.18 34.58
36.09 36.59

36.49 36.46
36.19 36.37

36.54 36.16
36.63 36.26

36.79 36.68
36.65 35.47

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

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

Wed Nov 28

Hello from the JW Marriot Resort in San Antonio, tx. I'm at a work conference recognition club event. They have a spa & a couple weight rooms
So i swam today and yesterday. Nothing structured, just tapering, taking it easy and keeping the feel. This will be my last SCM meet int the 45 - 49 age group. I plan to shave Friday & race Saturday & Sunday. This is the meet where all our SCM times got thrown out last yr cause the pool was a 1/4 too short

Think my 2011 times were:
50 BK 27.7
1 BK 1:00.??
1 IM 1:01.3
2 IM 2:14
4 IM 4:51
50 FR 25.3

2010 47 jammer
50 Free 25.41
50 Back 27.70
100 Back 1:02.27
50 Breast 32.08
50 Fly 26.79
100 Fly 1:01.99
100 IM 1:03.51
200 IM 2:14.49
400 IM 4:54.10

2009 46
blue 70 Nero comp
50 Free 24.82
100 Free 54.67
50 Back 27.46
100 Back 59.20
50 Breast 31.50
50 Fly 26.36
100 FL 58.03
100 IM 1:00.14
200 IM 2:11.28


2008 45
blue 70 Nero comp
50 Fr 24.18
100 Free 54.57
50 BK 27.20
100 BK 58.89
50 Breast 31.49
50 Fly 25.99
100 IM 1:00.32
200 IM 2:14.16

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

Mon Nov 12th, 2012

19 days till SCM meet


Swam: Tue Nov 6th &
Sun Nov 11 didn't blog
Lifted: yesterday
Wed - Sat: Didn't swimor lift was in NYC, hoped to swim on Wed but at midnight we found out our flight was cancelled and changed our flight to NYC from 9:55 am to 5:45 am and wasn't able to make practice. We needed to arrive before the North Easter hit, we made it and saw snow, walked a lot, ate too much and gained weight. We saw the opening show of the Rockettes at Radio City and "the Performers" on Friday night, very funny, raunchy

Plan to lift tue

Whitney coached
SCY UT Swim Center Diving well
5:00 - 6:30, dove in 5:10
Swam with Mike, Dick & Jeff
Beside Todd & Tyler,
Gull Sharon, Sloan,

Warm up
did around 300

Main Set

4 x 150 on 1:45
made em

100 easy

4 x 100 on 1:10

100 easy

4 x 50 on :35

100 easy

assigned 800
did 8 x (25 easy, 50 rest, 25 fast)

assigned: 4 x 150
did: 150 then switched to 50, 50 skip, 50 easy

100 easy

4 x 100 on 1:10

100 easy

4 x 50 on 35

100 easy

assigned 800
did 8 x (25 easy, 50 skip, 25 fast)
did some swim, some kick: SDK & flutter kick with a board.

weighed 218 after practice

400 k fly arms at side on belly

assigned 8 x 200
2 on 2:30
2 on 2:25
2 on 2:20
2 on 2:15
did skipped 50's here and there



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 5th, 2012

25 days till SCM meet
added info about the meet & the 2013 South Central Zones meet at UT Austin TX in April

Trained: Sat didn't blog
Plan to lift today

Whitney coached
SCY UT Swim Center Diving well
5:00 - 6:30, dove in 5:10
Swam with Mike, David, & Jeff
Beside Todd Korey & Tyler,
Larry & Gull

Warm up
assigned 1000
did 300 ish

Main Set

16 x 100
4 on 1:20 right into
4 on 1:15 right into
4 on 1:10 (30 sec break)
4 on 1:05 (didn't make em)

400 k fly arms at side on belly

assigned 8 x 200
2 on 2:30
2 on 2:25
2 on 2:20
2 on 2:15
did skipped 50's here and there



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 2nd, 2012

28 days till SCM meet

Trained: Thu didn't blog
Main set was
8 rounds of (4 x (100 or 75) on 1:05, 100 easy)
1) attempted 4x100 on 1:05 but didn't make it
moved over a lane which was doing
2x (100 on 1:05, 75 on 1:05)
plus we did a couple rounds of: 2 x 1 on 1:05, 75 on 1:05, 100 on 1:05

Lifted Thu


Whitney coached
SCY UT Swim Center main pool, north end,
Pool set up: one bulkhead on north end
6:00 - 7:30, dove in 6:33
Swam with Todd & Mike
Beside Tyler, David, & Ned, Larry & Gull

Warm up
assigned 1000

Main Set

6 rounds of
4 x 100 on 2:00 desc
1) 70% 2) 80% 3) 90% 4) 100%
5) easy on 3:00
R1 fr went 58
R2 K went 64
R3 Fr went 57
R4 K went 62
R5 Fr went 54
R6 IM went 62

100 BR fast
went 68

50 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 (Tentative)
UT Austin, TX

Wed Oct 31st, 2012

30 days till SCM meet

Doubled Yesterday:
Did 9 x 100 IMs FAST on 3:00,
skipped #9 to go faster on #10
Dove em all
held 61's & 2's,
went 58 on #10


Whitney coached
SCY UT Swim Center main pool, south end,
Pool set up: one bulkhead on north end
6:30 - 8:00, dove in 6:37ish
Swam with Paul, Keith, & David
Beside Mike, Jason & Tyler
Gull, Larry, & Sharon

Warm up
assigned ??
went around 600

Main Set

100 IM strong

1:00 rest

200 IM drill RA / LA

1:00 Rest

200 IM strong went 2:19

1:00 Rest

300 IM K RA LA

1:00 rest

300 IM 25 fast 50 mod

1:00 rest

300 IM strong
went 3:35ish

1:00 rest

400 IM KRLS

1:00 rest

assigned: 400 IM
did: 4 rounds of 25 fast 25 easy 50 skip

1:00 rest

assigned: 400 IM
did: 4 rounds of 50 strong 50 skip

2:00 rest

400 IM strong drilled the fly
went 4:38

50 easy

assigned: 8 x 125 with fins
did: 8 rounds of
odds: 50 k 50 skip 25 fast FL
evens:25 fast FR, 50 easy, 50 skip

50 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 (Tentative)
UT Austin, TX

Tue Oct 30th, 2012

31 days till SCM meet

Swam & didn't blog: Sat & Mon
Didn't swim Sun
Lifted Sat & Mon:
yesterday my right deltoid hurt on bench press on my warm up set so I didn't do my other bench sets


Whitney coached
SCY UT Swim Center main pool, south end,
Pool set up: one bulkhead on north end
6:30 - 8:00, dove in
Swam with Mike, Paul, Keith & a guest from Rosebowl Aq
Beside Jason, Tyler, Jack, Gull, Larry, Jeff & Sharon

Warm up
assigned 950
went around 700

Main Set

10 x ?? IM on 3:00
did 200's drilled the fly, went 2:22 - 2:25

150 easy

Drop Down Set: Kick 50's
Start: 60
Drop interval by 1 sec after each repeat
Made it to 36

assigned: 800 neg split
did: 400 easy then easy speed 50's with 4 SDKs off each wall



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 (Tentative)
UT Austin, TX

Fri Oct 26th, 2012

SCM meet is in 35 days, 5 weeks

Yesterday I came back at noon, decided to rest more before my fast 2 & 1 free
went 1:57 & 54
Last night I went to see Madonna in Houston, 160 miles from my home, I was warned the concert start time says 8:00, she took the stage at 10:45 and a DJ played before that.
It was a quite spectacle, the most elaborate stage set up I've ever seen, everything choreographed, pretty sure she lip synched or was autotuned, but it was very entertaining and she is a remarkably fit 53 year old woman.
We found her set list online and decided to leave with a few songs left so we wouldn't get stuck in the parking garage which might have added 45 min to an hour more to our travel time. We left around 12:40 and didn't get home till 3:00 am, I slept a little then I woke up at 5:00 am to make todays 6:00 am fast friday practice. So I'm a bit fried and sleep deprived.

also this morning I drove in on an alternate route, a new section of toll road 130 just opened near my home so I decided to try it while it's free till Nov 11th. 130 is making national news because there's stretches of it where the posted legal speed limit is 85. it's longer and wasn't faster than my usual way but its the fastest way for me to get to the airport or to by pass austin during high traffic hours when I'm headed north or stay off IH 35 when I'm headed south to san antonio. Plus it's just different and kinda fun to legally drive 85.


Whitney coached
SCY UT Swim Center main pool,
Pool was set up with both bulkheads down and in the middle which means, 2 eight lane short course pools. We swam in the north end
6:00 7:30
Swam with Mike, Jim, Marcio, & Chris
Beside Keith, Chris, Jeff Larry & Brad Baily made his 2nd appearance this week.


Warm up
assigned 1000
did 800 ish

Main Set

500 for time
went 5:23, swam with marcio while jim and chris swam in the next heat

500 easy

200 IM for time
went 2:10
Chris did a 2 fr in 1:47
Marcio did a 2 FL in 1:59

500 easy

100 IM for time
went 58

500 easy

50 bk
went 26
my SDKs aren't feeling too snappy yet and I gotta continue with speed and strength training.
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 (Tentative)
UT Austin, TX

Thu Oct 25th, 2012

36 days my SCM meet


Whitney coached
SCY UT Swim Center main pool
6:30 8:00 dove in 6:35
Swam with Todd, Jim Jason & Chris
Beside Marcio, Paul, Tyler, Larry & ??


Warm up
assigned 1000
did 600 ish

Main Set

5 x 200 fr on 4:00 best ave
went 2:09, 2:07, 2:04, 2:03, 2:01

100 easy on 3:00

10 x 100 fr on 2:00 best ave
went 58's, 9's & 60's

100 easy on 3:00

assigned: 20 x 50 on 1:00
did: 1 - 10 odds k evens fr
11 - 20 swam one skipped one

100 easy

doesn't seem like much but it was a tough work out

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 (Tentative)
UT Austin, TX

Wed Oct 24th, 2012

Lifted weights Tuesday afternoon

Whitney coached
SCY UT Swim Center main pool
6:00 - 7:30 dove in on time
Swam with Mike Todd, & Chris
Beside Chris, Marcio, Paul, Dick, Gull, Keith, Korey, Sloan & Brad Bailey

Warm up
300
300
300

Main Set

4 x 50 fr on 35

assigned 400 fly with 3 kicks

4 x 100 fr on 1:10

400 bk 4 SDKs off each wall

4 x 200 fr on 2:20

400 br

4 x 100 IM

400 fr

8 x 50 on 1:00
done 25 fast 25 fr with 2 breaths

100 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 (Tentative)
UT Austin, TX

Tue Oct 23rd, 2012

Whitney coached
SCY UT Swim Center main pool
6:30 - 8:00 dove in on time
Swam with Mike beside
Larry, Jim, Jason, Todd, tyler, Chris, Marcio,Paul, Val, & Gull

Warm up
200, 175, 150, 125, 100, 75, 50, 25

Main Set

5 x 100 IMs best ave on 2:00

100 easy

5 x 75 fl, bk, br on 2:00
held 50's

100 easy

5 x 50 FL on 2:00 best ave
held 28's & 7's

100 easy

swam easy (got out early)


Next Meet:

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 (Tentative)
UT Austin, TX