Fast Fri Sep 21st, 2012 Whitney coached Mabel Davis pool was 77, several swimmers wore wet suits, I love cool pools 6:00 - 7:30 swam with Jim, Korey, & Keith beside Chris, tyler, Jeff, & [ame="http://www.usms.org/forums/member.php?u=1257"]U.S. Masters Swimming Discussion Forums[/ame] Warm up did 900 to 100 Main Set 6 rounds of: 100 free fast 100 free easy (on 5:00) 100 choice fast 100 easy (on 5:00) did all from a push except for my last one did all FR except for last 2 fast choice 100's which were kick 1:24 & 1:20 started out FR held 1:09, 10 & 11, 1:07 on last Next Meet: Sat Dec 1, 2012 - Sun Dec 2nd 2012 South Central SCM Reg Championships DAYS TILL 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships Return to UT in early April, 2013 The 1st time since 1999! Tentative dates: Fri Apr 5 - Sun Apr 7 it wont be April 19 - 21 UT Swim Center Events Schedule say there's the TXLA Long Course Kick Off 26, 27, 28 is too close to nats so it's likely to be 5, 6, 7 or 12, 13, 14
Thu Sep 20, 2012 Whitney coached Mabel Davis pool was 77, several swimmers wore wet suits, I love cool pools 6:00 - 7:30 swam with Jim, Korey, & Paul beside Jeff & Larry Warm up assigned 1000 did 7 or 800 Main Set 300 on 4:15 right into 200 on 2:40 right into 100 on 1:15 100 easy (regroup about 1:00 extra rest) 2x300 on 4:15 right into 2x200 on 2:40 right into 2x100 on 1:15 100 easy (regroup about 1:00 extra rest) 3x300 on 4:15 right into 3x200 on 2:40 right into 3x100 on 1:15 100 easy (regroup about 1:00 extra rest) Next Meet: Sat Dec 1, 2012 - Sun Dec 2nd 2012 South Central SCM Reg Championships DAYS TILL 2013 South Central SCY Zone Championships Return to UT in early April, 2013 The 1st time since 1999! Tentative dates: Fri Apr 5 - Sun Apr 7 it wont be April 19 - 21 UT Swim Center Events Schedule say there's the TXLA Long Course Kick Off 26, 27, 28 is too close to nats so it's likely to be 5, 6, 7 or 12, 13, 14
Updated September 20th, 2012 at 03:15 PM by ande
Wed Sep 19, 2012 looks like 2013 south central SCY Zone champinships will be at UT in early April, the 1st time since 1999! Tentative dates: Fri Apr 5 - Sun Apr 7 On Monday night I stayed up past 1 am, 5 am came way too quick and I chose to sleep in & skip Tue 6:00 am practice, I even woke again at 6:08 & went back to sleep opting to not swim a partial practice but I did lift and still felt pretty tired Tuesday evening ~ ~ ~ Whitney coached Mabel Davis pool was 77 I prefer cooler temps 6:00 - 7:30 swam with todd Mike & Jim beside Chris, Tyler Jeff, mary & sloan Warm up warm up was 1000 & I did 7 or 800 Main Set 10 x 100 on 1:40 3 50 fl 50 bk 3 50 bk 50 br 3 50 br 50 fr 100 IM 800 done 150 6 beat kick 50 stroke strong 10 x 100 on 1:50 odds done 50k 50 sw evens 50 sw 50k 3 50 fl 50 bk 3 50 bk 50 br 3 50 br 50 fr 100 k 800 neg split went behind todd think we were 5:30 5:10 Decided to double at noon but skipped 50's got more rest and made it more sprint oriented we were assigned: 10 x 100 on 1:40 3 50 fl 50 bk 3 50 bk 50 br 3 50 br 50 fr 100 IM I did the rounds of 3: 100 easy 50 easy 50 skip 50 fast 50 skip also skipped 50's from the 800's to speed up my strong 50's modified the 2nd round of 10x100 did 50 SDK in 28 from a push breastroke felt pretty good & went 34's Next Meet: Sat Dec 1, 2012 - Sun Dec 2nd 2012 South Central SCM Reg Championships DAYS TILL
Updated September 20th, 2012 at 01:47 PM by ande
Thu Sep 13th, 2012 Swam Wed but didn't blog Main Set 4 rounds or: 3x150 on 2:00 right into 200 Fr on 2:20 right into 3 x 50k on 50 50 easy attempted to double on Wed, felt tired in 2nd practice, started skipping 50's in the set & did more of a sprint practice ~ ~ ~ went to bed late last night didn't sleep much but went to practice anyway Whitney coached UT Diving Well, was warm 6:30 - 8:00 swam with jim, keith, & jeff beside todd, Marcio, larry, & sloan Warm up 7 or 800 easy Main Set DROP DOWNS Start: 2:00 Stop: 1:00 Drop 2 sec each round Break 1:00 at 1:30 I sucked at this today, pool was warm, wasn't real into it, think I skipped 4 50's couldn't keep up with Jim & Keith, Jeff moved up, hated it, don't want to do long stuff in the diving well they keep it at a temp that keeps divers comfortable Next Meet: Sat Dec 1, 2012 - Sun Dec 2nd 2012 South Central SCM Reg ChampionshipsDAYS TILL
Tue Sep 11th, 2012 Went to bed late, slept late, didn't hear or get up with my alarm, going to bed earlier tonight & plan to get up at 5:30 tomorrow Planned to lift yesterday but needed to go straight home plan to lift today Exchanged a few emails with Susan Ingraham about a SCM meet she's hosting Sat Dec 1 & Sun Dec 2 at Palo Alto in San Antonio That's the one I'm training for now, though I might slip in another meet the week before Thanksgiving. since I arrived late yesterday, I came back for noon practice, my 1st fall double, on the 5 x 200 frees on 2:20 Keith said let's hold 2:10's I thought "yeah right." but I went 2:10, 2:12, 2:11, 2:10, 2:08 which was a bit of a surprise Our schedule is weird, we're at UT this week then back to Mabel Davis, next week Whitney coached UT Diving Well, was bit warm 6:30 - 8:00 dove in 7:15 ish swam with Mike V, Keith, & Paul beside Ned, Sloan, Warm up missed it Main Set dove in the 50 after my lane started 4 x 100 fr on 1:30 desc 500 FR 90% effort went 5:26 kept it smooth didn't really kill it 100 easy 5 x 200 on 3:30 done 100k 100 rev IM desc 250 easy Next Meet: Sat Dec 1, 2012 - Sun Dec 2nd Not sure of the Name yet but it's http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...+Championships
Mon Sep 8th, 2012 slept late, didn't set alarm, planned to wake at 5:30 to leave by 5:45 but woke around 6:08 Plan to lift today Sat Sep 8th, 2012 swam at Mabel Davis, LCM pool warm Whitney coached trained with Dakota, Ilse, Dick, Paul, arrived a little late. left early made 10 x 100 LCM on 1:20 Today Whitney coached UT Diving Well, bit warm 7:30 - 8:00 dove in 7:00 ish swam with Mike & tyler beside Todd & Marcio, & Larry, Mary, Davo & Val Warm up missed it Main Set missed 10 x 50 on :35 4 strong 1 easy dove in on 10 x 100 on 1:20 started out in Larry's Lane then moved over with Mike & Tyler 4 x 25 5 x 200 on 2:20 made it 4 x 25 assigned 3 rounds of swim with fins & or paddles 50, 100, 150, 200 on 35 base I did not use any equiment did round 3 kick on 40 Might double today Next Meet: Not sure of the Name yet but it's http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...+Championships
FAST Fri Sep 7th, 2012 Thu swam LCM Mabel davis Pool Whitney coached 6:00 - 7:30 dove in 6:10 swam with GULL & Mary beside Chris, Todd, Marcio, Todd, Jim Dick & Sloan, pool was warm Warm up did 500 Main Set 8 x ??? on 8:00, pick 100, 200 or 400 do the same thing each time, you can change strokes did 200 FR went 2:25, '6s, & 7s, most were 6's 2 beat kicked the first 5, 6 beat kicked the last 50 on #8 dove 4 - 8 went 2:20 on #8 pool was warm, can't wait to swim in a cool pool swam down 100 after each
Jeez I'm a bad blogger I swam, Wed, Thu, Fri & Sat Did not swim Sun, Mon or Tue no practice Sun, had other commitments on Mon & Tue my car wouldn't start so I dealt with car stuff, but I finally swam today and lifted Wed, Sat & plan to lift today Wed Sep 5th, 2012 Still at mabel davis, LCM Whitney coached 6:00 - 7:30 dove in just as my lane started the main set, drove for 5 min and realized my work shoes were in our other car so I drove back to get them swam with Todd, Jim & Dick beside Ned Marcio tyler & Joanna? My left hip is still hurting Main Set 4 x 500 IMs 1) 200 fl (drill) 150 bk 100 br 050 fr 2) 050 fl (drill) 200 bk 150 br 100 fr 3) 100 fl (drill) 050 bk 200 br 150 fr 4) 150 fl (drill) 100 bk 050 br 200 fr 800 neg split 4 x 250 IM done 1) 100 fl 50 bk 50 br 50 fr 2) 050 fl 100 bk 50 br 50 fr ...
Tue Aug 28th, 2012 Swam Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat but not Sun Lifted: Wed and will Lift M W F S this week LCM, Mabel Davis Pool Whitney coached swam with with Jim, Korey, & Kelly beside Marcio, todd & tyler 6:00 - 7:30 dove in around 6:15 ~ ~ ~ ~ WARM UP assigned 1200 did 200 Main Set 100 IM strong 400 FR aerobic 1:00 rest 200 IM strong 300 FR aerobic 1:00 rest 300 IM strong 200 fr aerobic 1:00 rest 400 IM strong 100 fr aerobic 800 done 200 RA 200 k 200 LA 200K 800 done (25 fl fast 75 fr easy, 25 FR easy 25 bk fast 50 fr easy, ... you get the idea) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2012 Meets & Events SCM season is next and looking for one or 2 prob week before & after Thanksgiving Nothing definite yet
Mon Aug 27th, 2012 Swam Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat but not Sun Lifted: Wed and will Lift M W F S this week LCM, Mabel Davis Pool Chis coached swam with with Jim, chris, & Jeff beside Marcio, Kellie, & Korey 6:00 - 7:30 dove in around 6:05 ~ ~ ~ ~ WARM UP assigned 4 3 2 1 did around 6 or 700 Main Set 4 x 400 desc on 1:00 rest went 5:40, 5:25, 5:19, 5:13 4 x 50 3 x 300 desc on :40 sec rest went 4;15, 4:05, 3:55 4 x 50 2 x 200 went 2:40, 2:33 4 x 50 skipped the 100 fast ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2012 Meets & Events SCM season is next and looking for one or 2 prob week before & after Thanksgiving Nothing definite yet
Tue Aug 21st, 2012 Did not swim Sat, Sun or Mon helped my daughter move back to Lubbock which is 400 miles from where we live. got home around midnight last night Lift: lifted a little today and plan to lift today set alarm for 5:30 to get a little extra sleep LCM, Mabel Davis Pool Whitney coached swam with with Dakota, Jim, & Jason beside Chris, Keith, & Tyler 6:00 - 7:30 dove in around 6:30 ~ ~ ~ ~ WARM UP missed it Main Set dove in on the last 100 of 5 x 100 fr best ave on 2:00 800 fr easy 5 x 100 fr on 1:50 held 1:11 - 13's 400 fr assigned 5 x 100 fr on 1:40 did 5 x (50 strong / 50 easy ) 200 easy 100 easy ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2012 Meets & Events SCM season is next and looking for one or 2 prob week before & after Thanksgiving Nothing definite yet
FAST FRI Aug 17th, 2012 Lift: Lifted yesterday LCM, Mabel Davis Pool Whitney coached swam with with Dakota, Jim, & Keith, beside Chris, Marcio & Todd 6:00 - 7:30 dove in 6:35ish ~ ~ ~ ~ Mabel Davis pool was warm this morning, I felt a little dizzy WARM UP did around 7 - 900 Main Set assigned: 5 x 200 fr fast for time followed by 100 easy on 5:00 did: 5 x 100 easy speed , 50 easy went: 11, 10, 9, 8, 7 100 easy 4 x 100 bk fast 50 easy on 4:00 5 x 50 FL fast 50 easy went 32, 31, 32, 32, 29 100 FR fast went 1:07 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2012 Meets & Events SCM season is next and looking for one or 2 prob week before & after Thanksgiving Considering Rowdy Gaines / Dixie Zone Championships nothing definite yet
Thu Aug 16th, 2012 Lift: plan to lift today, need to get much stronger LCM, Mabel Davis pool Whitney coached swam with beside Dakota, Jim, & Korey, with Tyler, Chris, Marcio & todd 6:00 - 7:30 dove in 6:45ish ~ ~ ~ ~ WARM UP missed most did 200 Main Set 8 x 50 on 45 right into 4 x 100 on 1:25 right into 2 x 200 on 2:50 assigned 800 Did 15 meter sprints / 15 meters easy 4 x 50 on 40 right into 2 x 100 on 1:20 right into 200 on 2:40 assigned: 800 Did: 15 meter sprints / 15 meters easy 100 easy ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2012 Meets & Events SCM season is next and looking for one or 2 prob week before & after Thanksgiving & Considering Rowdy Gaines/Dixie Zone Championships
Wed Aug 15th, 2012 Swam: Tue but not Monday just did half of each assigned set Lifted: Tuesday and plan to continue lifting, need to get much stronger LCM, Mabel Davis pool Whitney coached swam with Dakota, Korey, & Dick beside Tyler, Keith & Marcio 6:00 - 7:30 dove in 6:48ish set my alarm for 5:30 instead of 5:10 ~ ~ ~ ~ WARM UP missed it Main Set 5 x 100 on 1:30 5 x 100 RIM on 1:45 4 x 100 on 1:25 4 x 100 RIM on 1:45 skipped 1st 3 x 100 on 1:20 3 x 100 RIM on 1:45 skipped 1st 2 x 100 on 1:15 2 x 100 RIM on 1:45 skipped 1st 100 strong went 1:04 100 easy then did some 15 meter sprints ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2012 Meets & Events
ZONES Day 1 ZONES Day 2 Sun Aug 11 2012 http://legacy.alamo.edu/pac/ict/aqua...ter/aug-10-12/ Events I entered for Sunday: 800 fr (in case I wanted to do a split request) 50 FR 100 BK 200 IM 50 FL 4 x 100 fr relay with David, Mike, & Jim Skipped 8fr, 1bk, & 2IM wanted to maximize my relay performance 50 FR 26.07 OK time faster than 26.14 from Nats, but wasn't 1/2 sec drop like my 50 bk didn't warm up enough, breathed too much didn't feel good 50 FL had plenty of rest and warm up felt fast and snappy 27.02 which is really good think I was 27.48 last year Mike went 26.59 kinda weird, my 50 br & Fr were slightly faster & my 50 BK & Fly were around 1/2 sec faster 4 x 100 FR relay with 1) 56.32 Mike Varozza, 45 2) 59.61 Jim Sauer, 55 3) 59.24 David Guthrie, 52 4) 57.17 me, 49 3:52.34 broke the 200+ men's 4 x 100 WR which was 3:54.63
Updated August 15th, 2012 at 02:41 PM by ande
Mon Aug 6th, 2012 Zones are 2 days away I'm not going to race on Friday Swam Tue & Wed Lifted: Tue & plan to do my last lift today Lately my lower back/ left hip's been hurting, it's quite distracting LCM, Mabel Davis pool Whitney coached swam with the taper lane 6:00 - 7:30 dove in around 6:10 ~ ~ ~ ~ WARM UP did around 4 or 500 Main Set did some sprints and easy swims my left leg/hip's been hurting more lately and it sucks ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2012 Meets & Events Sat Aug 11 & 12, 2012 South Central LCM Zones Palo Alto Pool San Antonio, TX My Plans 2012 South Central Zones Meet Info / Entry Form Days Till
Mon Aug 6th, 2012 Zones are 4 or 5 days away, depending upon if I race on Friday or not and right now I'm leaning towards not. No 1500 or 400 IM for me on Friday. It's a harsh way to begin a meet. D don't fit into my born again sprinter program. I've been a bad blogger Swam Th, Fri, & Sun, did not swim on Sat, but didn't blog. Lifted: Thursday, Saturday, & I plan to lift today, I'm getting stronger, much more than when I started right after nationals. Stayed up late last night so decided to wake up at 6:00 instead of 5:10. It helps a little but I need more sleep LCM, Mabel Davis pool Whitney coached swam with chris, Ned, Jim, Larry, David, ... 6:00 - 7:30 dove in around 6:45 slept till 6:00 on purpose ~ ~ ~ ~ WARM UP missed it Main Set my lane was doing 20 x 50 I did 6 or 8 pool was quite warm, no aereator assigned: 5 x 200 fr did: 5 x ( 25 easy turn in middle, 25 easy, rest, 50 easy speed, 50 easy) 50 easy 15 meters fast fl 15 easy 15 fast fly 50 easy ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2012 Meets & Events Sat Aug 11 & 12, 2012 South Central LCM Zones Palo Alto Pool San Antonio, TX My Plans 2012 South Central Zones Meet Info / Entry Form Days Till
Wed Aug 1st 2012 Zones are 1 week & 2 days away Lifted: Yesterday LCM, Main pool Brie coached Whitney went to a meet swam with Marcio, Mike, chris, Chris, Ned, Paul & Todd 6:00 - 7:30 dove in around 6:20 ~ ~ ~ ~ WARM UP skipped it Main Set 4 x 50 on 50 swam easy free 400 swam easy to warm up 4 x 100 swam easy to warm up assigned: 400 did: 125 skip 50, 200 moderate assigned: 4 x 150 did: 4 x (50 easy with a turn in middle, rest on wall, 50 easy speed) assigned 400 did: 50 easy turn around in middle rest on wall 50 easy turn around in middle rest on wall 200 easy speed went 2:33 assigned: 4 x 200 IM with fins did:4 x (100 easy done 50, 25, turn in middle, 25, rest on wall, 50 easy speed, did 3 fr, 1 bk) 100 easy Stretched feet for 5 minutes (improve foot & ankle flexibility / range of motion) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2012 Meets & Events Sat Aug 11 & 12, 2012 South Central LCM Zones Palo Alto Pool San Antonio, TX My Plans 2012 South Central Zones Meet Info / Entry Form Days Till
Tue July 31st, 2012 Zones are 1 week & 3 days away Lifted: Friday & Sunday Plan to lift today Swam: Saturday & Monday LCM, Main pool Whitney coached swam with Marcio Beside Paul & Larry 6:00 - 7:30 dove in around 6:10 ~ ~ ~ ~ WARM UP went 500 easy Main Set 10 x ??? (pick your distance on 3:00)she said we could choose 50's, 100's, 150's or 200's, swim at 80 - 85% effort I choose: 50 fr easy speed from a dive for time 50 easy went 30's & 31's, 2 beat kicked most of them assigned: 8 x 50 done 25 fast 25 easy 2 each stroke did: Odds: 50 easy Evens: 25 fast 25 easy ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2012 Meets & Events Sat Aug 11 & 12, 2012 South Central LCM Zones Palo Alto Pool San Antonio, TX My Plans 2012 South Central Zones Meet Info / Entry Form Days Till
Thu Jul 26, 2012 Zones are 2 weeks & 1 day away I sent in my entry yesterday Lifted weights yesterday I'm getting stronger & curious to see what difference it will make in my sprint times. Longhorn Masters schedule Th Fr Sa 5:30 - 7:00 am 2012 TAGS meet at UT this weekend, was supposed to train at 5:30 today so I decided to sleep in Got fast friday tomorrow and plan to lift. Saturday I'm going to Dallas to see aerosmith ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2012 Meets & Events Sat Aug 11 & 12, 2012 South Central LCM Zones Palo Alto Pool San Antonio, TX My Plans 2012 South Central Zones Meet Info / Entry Form Days Till