Thursday Jan 15th, 2009 Ande's Swimming Blog short cut is http://TinyURL.com/AndeSwim NEXT MEET: Longhorn Aquatics New Year's Classic USS Meet in Austin TX Saturday January 17 - Monday 19th 2 days away training through Entered #4 Boys 200 IM 2:00.85 #6 Boys 50 Free 22.58 #18 Boys 200 Free 1:50.70 #32 Boys 100 Fly 53.18 May Deck enter the 50 fly & 50 BK NEXT MEET: USA Swimming Austin Grand Prix in Austin TX March 5 - 7, 2009 49 days away Meet format: Short Course AM, Long Course PM http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/meets Time Standards are up 6:30 - 8:00 Whitney coached SCY swim center main pool, NO Blocks dove in at 6:42 swam with Tyler & Brad beside Brandon, Amy Doug, Ned, Mary & Larry I came in today with the idea I was going to take things pretty easy and rest up a little for Fast Friday and my Meet this this week end, but it didn't quite workout that way warm up assigned 900 did 250 3 x 200 fr on 2:30 right into 3 x 100 on 1:15 right into 3 x 50 on 38 100 k easy 3 x 200 fr on 2:20 right into 3 x 100 on 1:10 right into 3 x 50 on 35 100 k easy Got out put on my FS PRO JAMMERS 3 x 200 fr on 2:10 MADE IT supposed to go right into 3 x 100 on 1:05 but I skipped the first 50 supposed to go right into the 3 x 50's we should have left on the :45, but we left on the top to do 3 x 50 on 32 100 k easy 4 x 25 fl on 30 4 x 50 k on 50 100 DPS 4 x 25 fl on 30 4 x 50 k on 50 went :27 on #4 100 DPS took 30 strokes only took 3 SDKs off each wall ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Had thoughts to expand on a SFF Tip and coined a new swimming term
Updated January 16th, 2009 at 06:04 AM by ande
Wednesday Jan 14th, 2009 Ande's Swimming Blog short cut is http://TinyURL.com/AndeSwim NEXT MEET: Longhorn Aquatics New Year's Classic USS Meet in Austin TX Saturday January 17 - Monday 19th 3 days away training through Entered #4 Boys 200 IM 2:00.85 #6 Boys 50 Free 22.58 #18 Boys 200 Free 1:50.70 #32 Boys 100 Fly 53.18 May Deck enter the 50 fly & 50 BK NEXT MEET: USA Swimming Austin Grand Prix in Austin TX March 5 - 7, 2009 50 days away Meet format: Short Course AM, Long Course PM http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/meets Time Standards are up got cuts in the events I want to swim WEIGHTS lat press lat pull bench press leg press 6:30 - 8:00 Whitney coached SCY swim center main pool, NO Blocks dove in at 6:35 swam with Tyler Andrew Mike Varozza, & Nate beside Andrew, Larry Mark & Tom warm up 900 done 100fr 50fl 100fr 50bk 100fr 50br 8 x 25 fl on 25 4 x 150 fr on 2:00 desc went 1:32 8 x 50 on 50 done fl bk 4 x 150 fr on 2:15 desc held 1:30's & 31's 8 x 75 on 1:15 done fl bk br assigned 4 x 150 on 2:00 3 breaths per 25 did 4 x (50 fr 50 rest 50 fr) took 6 SDKs off each wall got out around 7:40 am drove to San Marcos to help coach the San Marcos High Swim Team
Tuesday Jan 13th, 2009 Ande's Swimming Blog short cut is http://TinyURL.com/AndeSwim NEXT MEET: Longhorn Aquatics New Year's Classic USS Meet in Austin TX Saturday January 17 - Monday 19th 4 days away training on through (no rest) Entered #4 Boys 200 IM 2:00.85 #6 Boys 50 Free 22.58 #18 Boys 200 Free 1:50.70 #32 Boys 100 Fly 53.18 May Deck enter the 50 fly & 50 BK NEXT MEET: USA Swimming Austin Grand Prix in Austin TX March 5 - 7, 2009 51 days away Meet format: Short Course AM, Long Course PM http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/meets Time Standards are up: http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquati..._Standards.pdf I got cuts in the events I want to swim 6:30 - 8:00 Whitney coached SCY swim center main pool, NO Blocks dove in at 6:34 swam with Tyler and Brad beside Andrew, Brandon, Ned, Paul, Doug & Larry warm up 2 x (300, 200, 100) 8 x 50 fr on 35 Made it despite cramping tight arms right into 100 easy DPS count your strokes 8 x 75 done 50 k 25 fast on 1:05 worked my SDK on the 25 fast rest 30 - 1:00 8 x 50 fr on 34 MADE IT right into 100 easy DPS count your strokes 8 x 75 done 50 fr 25 bk on 1:05 worked my SDK on the 25 fast Rest 30 - 1:00 8 x 50 fr on 32 Made It right into 100 easy DPS count your strokes 8 x 75 done 50 fist closed 25 bk on 1:15 worked my SDK on the 25 fast 20 x 25 2 rounds of 2 on 15 2 on 20 2 on 25 with one breath 2 on 30 with no breath then 4 easy 25 easy 25 SDK on my belly roll start amy timed went 11.8 Why is my belly SDK much slower than my back SDK? 50 easy
Monday Jan 12th, 2009 My left lower back hurt a little, with pings of sharp pain now and then, felt it a little yesterday My plan for the meet this weekend was to train through but I'm tempted to rest a little http://andesswimmingblog.blogspot.com Ande's Swimming Blog short cut is http://TinyURL.com/AndeSwim NEXT MEET:Longhorn Aquatics New Year's Classic USS Meet in Austin TX Saturday January 17 - Monday 19th 5 days away training on through (no rest) RESULTS Entered #4 Boys 200 IM 2:00.85 #6 Boys 50 Free 22.58 #18 Boys 200 Free 1:50.70 #32 Boys 100 Fly 53.18 May Deck enter the 50 fly & 50 BK NEXT MEET: USA Swimming Austin Grand Prix in Austin TX March 5 - 7, 2009 52 days away Meet format: Short Course AM, Long Course PM Meet Events: Thursday, Friday, Saturday http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/meets Time Standards are up: http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquati..._Standards.pdf I have cuts in the events I want to swim Lifted weights today lat press 8 x 40, 8 x 45, 8 x 50, 8 x 55 lat pull 8 x 160, 6 x 197, 5 x 207 bench press 10 x 135, 6 x 185, 4 x 190 leg press 10 x 230, 10 x 320, 6 x 360 6:30 - 8:00 Whitney coached SCY swim center main pool, NO Blocks dove in at 6:41 swam with doug mike & nate beside Tyler & Larry warm up assigned 900 did 600 4 rounds of: (swim & desc 1 - 3, k 4) 400 fr went 4:15 on #3 30 sec rest 200 im went 2:15 on #3 30 sec rest 100 bk did several rounds of 100 fr 075 br 050 bk 025 fl got out around 7:45 am drove to San Marcos to help coach the San Marcos High Swim Team
Updated January 12th, 2009 at 02:31 PM by ande
did not swim yesterday blogged today's practice at: http://andesswimmingblog.blogspot.co...r-session.html
Friday Jan 9th, 2009 You'll find times from todays practice at: http://andesswimmingblog.blogspot.co...friday_09.html http://andesswimmingblog.blogspot.com short cut to Ande's Swimming Blog is http://TinyURL.com/AndeSwim The link to to the videos and interviews of the Texas Auburn Meet is http://www.floswimming.org/videos/co...4-texas-auburn scroll down and you will find the videos on the bottom left side of the page NEXT MEET: 8 days away Saturday January 17 - Monday 19th Austin TX USS Meet Longhorn Aquatics New Year's Classic training on through (no rest) Entered #4 Boys 200 IM 2:00.85 #6 Boys 50 Free 22.58 #18 Boys 200 Free 1:50.70 #32 Boys 100 Fly 53.18 NEXT MEET: 55 days away March 5 - 7, 2009 USA Swimming Austin Grand Prix Austin TX Meet format: Short Course AM, Long Course PM Meet Events: Thursday, Friday, Saturday http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/meets 6:30 - 8:00 Whitney coached SCY swim center main pool, NO Blocks dove in at 6:33 swam with Andrew and Joe beside Todd, Mike, Ned, Larry, Kendall, Jaimie, Chuck, and Doug Brad, Tyler, and Jon were not there , what's up with that dudes? warm up 20 minutes choice swam around 300 then did 50's on :50 went 1,000 + Put on FS PRO legs & wore them for the rest of practice 500 fr fast for time from a dive left 7 seconds behind Andrew came in on 5:16 beside Larry and Todd went 5:___ 250 easy 200 fast for time from a dive went 7 seconds behind Andrew came in on 2:01 went 1:5__ 200 easy 100 fr fast from a dive went 5__ low 100 easy 20 x 50 fr on 1:00 best average held ______ on the last one I split the lane with andrew, we raced went ____ 100 easy so at this point I thought we're done with hard stuff for this practice, hoping for a nice cool down but NO 5 x 100 fr fast on 2:00 best average held ___ 100 easy
Updated January 11th, 2009 at 05:15 PM by ande
Thursday Jan 7th, 2009 Does you want a 2008 Medal from the 2008 USMS SCY Nationals? They were handing out left overs at the swim center today. I took 5 just incase. Let me know. it might inspire you to train harder and smarter to earn one in clovis will blog todays practice at: http://andesswimmingblog.blogspot.com The short cut to Ande's Swimming Blog is http://TinyURL.com/AndeSwim NEXT MEET: 9 days away Saturday January 17 - Monday 19th Austin TX USS Meet Longhorn Aquatics New Year's Classic training on through (no rest) Entered #4 Boys 200 IM 2:00.85 #6 Boys 50 Free 22.58 #18 Boys 200 Free 1:50.70 #32 Boys 100 Fly 53.18 NEXT MEET: 56 days away March 5 - 7, 2009 USA Swimming Austin Grand Prix Austin TX Meet format: Short Course AM, Long Course PM Meet Events: Thursday, Friday, Saturday http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/meets Weights Lat press 8 x 40 8 x 45 6 x 50 lat pull 8 x 167 5 x 207 bench press 8 x 135 6 x 185 leg press 8 x 180 8 x 270 6:30 - 8:00 Whitney coached SCY swim center main pool, NO Blocks swam with Ned and tyler, beside Todd, Desiree, & Larry tyler had a crick in his neck and got out early dove in at 6:38 warm up 900 done 100 fr 25 k 25 underwater 3 x 300 fr desc on 4:00 went 3:21 4 x 50 on 1:00 done 25 fast IM order, 25 easy 3 x 200 fr desc on 4:00 went 2:01 on #3 4 x 50 on 1:00 breath control took 3 on 1, & 2 on the rest assigned: 3 x 300 fr desc on 4:00 did: wasn't feeling so good so I skipped a couple 50's on each one 4 x 50 on 1:00 done 25 fast IM order, 25 easy assigned 3 x 200's on 2:40 desc did Put on FS PRO JAMMERS 100 4 x 50 on 1:00 done 25 smooth 25 with 6 SDKs 100 easy rested 10 minutes 50 bk whitney timed roll start wore FS PRO jammers went 23.3 (which surprised me, didn't think I was or could go that fast today) 100 easy roll start = (forward dive off side, roll to back underwater, watch starts when feet leave the wall) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ UT Men & Women are at Auburn for a duel meet today http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/...swim-body.html Several post grads trained at UT this morning Garrett Weber Gale, Dale Rogers worked out in the lane next to mine
Updated January 8th, 2009 at 02:26 PM by ande
Wednesday Jan 7th, 2009 NEXT MEET: 10 days away Saturday January 17 - Monday 19th Austin TX USS Meet Longhorn Aquatics New Year's Classic training on through (no rest) Entered #4 Boys 200 IM 2:00.85 #6 Boys 50 Free 22.58 #18 Boys 200 Free 1:50.70 #32 Boys 100 Fly 53.18 NEXT MEET: 57 days away March 5 - 7, 2009 USA Swimming Austin Grand Prix Austin TX Meet format: Short Course AM, Long Course PM Meet Events: Thursday, Friday, Saturday http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/meets will blog todays practice at: http://andesswimmingblog.blogspot.com short cut to Ande's Swimming Blog is http://TinyURL.com/AndeSwim It's OK to Comment there Planned to lift weights today but goofed around on the computer this morning 6:30 - 8:00 Whitney coached SCY swim center main pool, NO Blocks swam with Todd, Brad, beside Tyler Nate, Paul Desiree, Andrew, Mary and Ned arrived EARLY dove in on time Did a lot of SDK today warm up 800 done 75 free 25 foot first scull 4 rounds of (one each stroke IM order) 100 kick, 100 drill REST 1 minute (this was the same as a 200 on 4:00) 100 fast went fl 58 bk 57 br 71 fr 54 800 done 50 with 4 breaths / 50 bk / 50 with 2 breaths / 50 scull assigned 400 aerobic did 100 fr 50 rest 100 fr 50 rest 100 fr 4 x 50 fl on 1:00 desc went 26 on #4 assigned 300 aerobic went 3 x 50 assigned 4 x 50 bk on 1:00 desc did: changed into FS PRO Jammers 50 bk fast went 25 on #4 assigned 200 aerobic did 2 x 50 4 x 50 br on 1:00 went 31 on #4 assigned 100 aerobic did 50 easy 2 x 50 went 23 50 easy remembered what Whitney said said to me yesterday about breath control sets and did them correctly today ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ UT Women trained at 8:00 Think UT men came in at 8:30
Updated January 7th, 2009 at 05:49 PM by ande
Monday Jan 5th, 2009 my next meet is Saturday January 17 - Monday 19th USS Meet Longhorn Aquatics New Year's Classic 12 days away plan to train through it (no rest) will blog todays practice at: http://andesswimmingblog.blogspot.com the short cut to my blog is http://TinyURL.com/AndeSwim It's OK to comment there Tyler emailed this morning to let me know that the USMS record keeper updated our SCM relay records and my individual records I guess it's official now, it's nice when records last longer than 3 hours. lifted weights yesterday 6:30 - 8:00 Whitney coached SCY swim center main pool, NO Blocks swam with Todd "the breastroke god" Bartee, Mike, Brandon & Amy beside Larry, Nate, Paul and a new swimmer Annie Getter Brown, even Doug returned several lanes over from hernia surgery and about a month off dove in around 6:38ish 200 missed 100 k missed 200 started here 100 k 200 100 k 16 x 25 on :25 3 fl drill or free 1 fly fast 4 x 75 fr on 1:00 desc (moderate interval) went 44 on #4 16 x 25 on :25 3 bk mod 1 bk fast 4 x 150 fr on 2:00 desc (moderate interval) went 1:40, 1:38, 1:37, 1:30 16 x 25 on :25 3 br drill or free 1 br fast went 15's & 16's 4 x 300 fr on 4:00 desc went 3:25, 3:18, 3:11, took an extra 30 sec rest before #4 went 3:01 16 x 25 fr on :25 3 fr mod 1 fr fast easy 100 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ UT Men were training and Russell Mark USA Swimming's biomechanics coordinator was on deck.
Updated January 5th, 2009 at 10:44 AM by ande
Friday Jan 2nd, 2009 todays practice times are blogged at: http://andesswimmingblog.blogspot.com made a short cut to my blog http://tinyurl.com/andeswim thanks for checking out I Resolve / The New Year’s Resolution Song http://tinyurl.com/Iresolve I'm looking to write a few swimming songs. Do YOU have suggestions for titles or concepts? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ lifted weights today 6:30 - 8:00 Whitney coached SCY swim center main pool, NO Blocks swam with Todd "the breastroke god" Bartee and Tyler "the miler" Blessing beside Mike, Larry, Paul and Jon dove in first 200 fr 150 fr 100 k 050 bk 050 fr 100 fr 150 k 200 non free changed into FS PRO Jammer 500 FR fast for time went 2nd 5 seconds behind tyler dove in and caught him pretty quick went _________ should have gone first or 10 seconds behind him 500 easy 3 x 200 fr fast on 4:00 from a dive went _____, ______, _______ 400 easy 5 x 100 fr fast from a dive on 2:00 went ___, ___, ___, ___, ___ 500 easy 50 fl fast on 1:15 from a dive went __ 50 bk fast on 1:15 from a dive went __ 50 br fast on 1:15 from a dive went __ 50 fr fast on 1:15 from a dive went __ 100 easy
Updated January 2nd, 2009 at 05:56 PM by ande
Wednesday Dec 31st, 2008 will blog this practice later today at: http://andesswimmingblog.blogspot.com Play I Resolve / The New Year’s Resolution Song for the one you love close to midnight tonight http://tinyurl.com/Iresolve ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Today I arrived super late for practice, took my daughter to the airport to catch her 7:15 am flight, helped her check her bag and get through the line 6:30 - 8:00 Whitney coached SCY swim center main pool swam with Todd Bartee and Mike beside Nate, Larry and Jon dove in at 7:15, 45 min late assigned 5 x 100 on 1:10 did 4 x 75, then 100 8 x 150 3 fr on 2:00 desc 1 fl bk br drill on 2:30 ish went 1:32, 1:29 10 x 50 odds fr 3 breaths evens IM did several smooth 50's free
Tuesday Dec 30th, 2008 will blog this practice later today at: http://andesswimmingblog.blogspot.com Have you heard I Resolve / The New Year’s Resolution Song Play it for the one you love close to midnight tomorrow http://tinyurl.com/Iresolve ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ As I left practice today, UT Men were doing Dist / Mid dist 5 x 100 on 1:30 hold 500 pace which means 50 - 52 100 easy 2:00 4 x 100 on 1:25 hold 500 pace 100 easy on 2:00 3 x 100 on 1:20 hold 500 pace 100 easy on 2:00 2 x 100 on 1:15 hold 500 pace 100 easy on 2:00 100 fast on 1:10 100 easy on 2:00 sprinters were in the diving well not sure what they did Stroke Swimmers there were 7 lanes of stroke swimmers they stretched a stretch cord across the middle of the pool and had to SDK under it off each wall 8 x 100 on 2:00 75 stroke SDK under the stretch cord off each wall Frees on :45, BK & FL on :50, 25 SDK FAST underwater the whole way, no breath ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 6:30 - 8:00 Whitney coached SCY swim center main pool swam with Todd Bartee, Amy Brandon and Ned beside Larry, Paul, brad and a guest from Penn warm up 4 x (150, 100, 50) missed first round 20 x 25 4 on 20 1 easy 10 x 50 4 on 35 1 easy 5 x 100 4 on 1:05 1 easy assigned 800 did 8 x 50 odds fr 5 SDKs off each wall evens k held under 34 3 x 200 on 2:10 went 2:05 on #1 missed the 3rd one by 5 sec let a few people pass me 200 easy 3 x 100 on 1:05 100 easy 3 x 50 on :32 50 easy 25 SDK fast training suit roll start Amy timed went 11.1 50 easy
Updated December 30th, 2008 at 12:14 PM by ande
Sunday Dec 28th noon masters practice assigned 12 x 300 did 10 of them details, results, and times at http://andesswimmingblog.blogspot.com highlights 300 fr 75% 300 fr 85% 300 k on side with no board strong but not all out 300 fast wearing a B70 25 SDK fast for time
Updated December 28th, 2008 at 06:23 PM by ande
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