Swim/SCY/Solo 600 various 50 scull 6 x 25 shooters w/fins @ :40 4 x 25 in & outs 50 EZ 3 x 50 burst + cruise 50 EZ 1 x 25 @ 100 pace + 75 EZ Total: 1250 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am suffering from Arena Carbon Pro Stress Disorder. I feel somewhat better after I talked to Olympian Nelson Diebel in person just now to confirm that new suits for Teen Fort and me will arrive via Fed Ex by tomorrow am. So far, I am very impressed with Arena's response to the problem. If they continue to handle this gracefully without worrying overly much about their bottom line, they will have built a lot of customer goodwill. I can't wait to try out the Mark 2! Though the ACPSD will not abate until they are actually in my hands. I am taking Lil Fort to the gym to run, so I will do some RC/scap work there. Got this very nice note from Tim McCool: Leslie, This is Tim McCool. I am the VP GM in charge of Arena North America. I want to personally wish you good luck. I also want to apologies for the stress you’ve endured as a result of our suit. We did not intend for this mishap, but we are doing everything possible to correct the problem and our utmost to try to make this as pain free as humanly possible on our valued athletes. Again, best of luck, and thank you so much for your passion and support of Arena. Oh no! I forgot to ask what colors the suits were. Now I have to stress about acid green or white.
Updated May 7th, 2013 at 06:29 PM by The Fortress
Swam w/ Dave and Dave. Did mostly distance stuff today. Felt pretty good through the workout and had a decent 500 at the end. 600 Warm up 400 Free - 6:00 (5:00) 100 Easy 5 Rounds of: * 50 Fly - :45 * 50 Kick - 1:00 * 50 Back - :50 * 50 Kick - 1:00 * 50 Breast - :55 100 Easy 400 Free - 5:40 (4:55) 400 Free - 5:20 (4:52) 400 Free - 5:00 (4:52) 100 Easy 500 Timed Free (6:00) Probably one of my better drag suit times. 16 x 25 - :40 Odds no breath, evens easy free :30s Rest 16 x 25 Kick - :30 :30s Rest 16 x 25 - :30 IM Order 200 Cool down (5650 Total)
This was a hot day today. Most of the hot pool swimmers said it was on the cool side. Ha! I swam somewhat slower and found the snorkle was hard to use in this temperature. Other than that I was surprised that I was able to get as much in as I did. I had to tell the lady at the desk the hot pool was warmer than the showers today! The showers were ice cold. 500 free 500 free kick w/zoomers 10x100@2:00 free w/snorkle held 1:32's 500 free kick w/zoomers 4x200@4:00 free w/strapless paddles and maintain min. 4 beat kick 200 EZ Total 3500 yards
I took off the last 3 days, not by choice, but because the pools in town were closed for the city-wide "holiday" festival of Apple Blossom. It's a big deal around here, I guess, they have a few parades and such, the carnival rides, the way overpriced food court in the park, etc. It's fun in a way, but not really what I'm in to. I just relaxed the weekend out of the pool, and more time spent at work getting overtime. I enjoyed my time on Sunday down along the river with my wife, kids, and two of the cousins. We did a bit of casual bike riding along the paved path, played on the toys, threw rocks in the river...just wasted away a few hours. Hot sun though. It's actually hotter here right now than it is in Arizona if you can believe that!! Low 90s here, low to mid 80s there. I'd rather have 70s and sun all the time though. -------------------------- I started off my swim feeling a bit sluggish, but 3 days out of the water can do that to you. I was quickly back to feeling good, and just did the kids set EZ, or with modifications, aiming for a 2500-3000 yard distance, or about an hour. Warmup: 10 minute choice (did 500 Free) (500) Main Set (or at least what I was there for): Asst. coach just said to swim these aerobic, not big rush on the speed. 1 x 200 Free @ 3:00 Did 1 x 200 Free went 2:25 2 x 175 Free @ 2:40 Did 2 x 175 Free cruise didnt look at the clock 3 x 150 Free @ 2:20 Did 3 x 150 Free Pull @ 80%+ effort (1:40,1:40,1:37) 4 x 125 Free @ 2:00 Did 4 Sets of 1 x 25 Free @ 2:00 (that's 4 x 1-25s, right??) 5 x 100 Free @ 1:40 Did 5 x 50 Free EZ @ 1:40 6 x 75 Free @ 1:20 Did 6 x 75 Free Build @ 1:20, but at back of lane 7 x 50 Free @ 1:00 Did 4 x 50 Free (swam the odd ones, rested the evens) @ 1:00 8 x 25 Free @ :40 Did 4 x 25 Free Semi-Fast @ 1:20ish ----------------------------- Roughly 2600, if I counted it right. I was done for the night, and will cut it down a bit more tomorrow, which will be my final swim before getting to Indy. No swim for me on Wednesday, just doesn't work out with the work/airplane travel schedule. At least I'll be rested this week.
Small group tonight. Those of us not fortunate enough to be able to attend Indy worked through this. 10 min choice --I did 400 IM (k,dr,dr,swim) plus some extra talking Kick set w/fins (2 times through) 75 @ 1:20 first 25 fast 75 @ 1:25 last 50 fast 75 @ 1:30 fast 100 @ 2:00 AFAP Toy set (2 times through) 2 x 200 @ 3:00 paddles and over kick 2 x 150 @ 2:30 paddles and bouy 2 x 100 @ 1:40 bouy only 2 x 50 @ 60 backstroke --went backstroke for round 2 5 x 100 @ 1:35 500 @ 8:15 under water AFAP off each wall 5 x 100 @ 1:30 w/paddles and bouy 100 EZ 4650 + hot tub Good luck and safe travels to those going to Indy!!
Got the pool and Keith was starting his sets, so I jined him for 3 sets. Then right after he got out, here came Ray. So, I ended up 2 big sets with him and before I knew it I had swam 6200 yards (actually at 4600 yards I realized I was amassing more yards than usual, but I still did a 1200 set with Ray). 10x100 Free on 1:30 50 Breast 1000 Free (14:05) 100 Back/Breast 5x200 Free on 3:00 (2:40; :42; :42; :44; :42) 50 Back/Breast 2x100 Kick 6x200 Back w/paddles on 3:00 (2:45; :45; :46; :47; :45; :42) 100 Free 8x150 Free w/paddles on 2:15 (1:56 - 2:00) 2x100 Kick 100 Easy 6200 yards 108 minutes
Swim/SCY/Solo: 600 various 2 x 50 front scull 8 x 25 shooters w/fins @ :40 50 EZ 3 x 50 burst + cruise 50 EZ 1 x 25 @ 100 pace + 75 EZ 50 EZ Total: 1300 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nothing like hearing your suit from Nationals has been banned to start the taper bitchies! Could the timing be any worse? At first, I thought my carbon pro (used one day at NE Champs) would be outside the ban since I purchased it last October. But no, it has the banned bar code. Oddly, a carbon pro suit I purchased in Feb 2012 (my very first one) also has the offending code, though it is outside the time frame Arena mentions. I've worn that suit a ton, so no worries there, though I would have continued to wear it at local meets. I can't really rely on my fairly new Speedo LZR with the hole (which I wore at Zones). I have other really old LZRs, but would only wear them at local meets. Teen Fort's brand new suit is also banned. I emailed Jamie at Arena USA with our sizes, colors, models. I'm hoping they will put some aside for us. It makes me nervous having to rely on people getting it right in Indy without a back up plan. I have a LZR on hold and may just go get it tomorrow, though I assume Speedo will be selling them in Indy. Teen Fort already has the taper bitchies. She's nervous about swimming her first 200 breast since she was 14. Happily, we did sign a full price contract on our house. I am just hoping the inspection/appraisal process goes more smoothly this time. No one could be as whacko crazy as our first prospective buyers though. 3 more days!
Today I woke up early and felt pretty good. This feeling continued into the pool and I am finally starting to feel good. Warmup 400 free with snorkel 6x50 catchup on 45 8x50 kick on 1 minute Main set 6x100 descend 1-3, 4-6 on 1.40 2x500 with 30 seconds rest, breating every 5 on first and overkicking on the second 6x25 on 45 with fast breakouts Warmdown 100 easy Total 3050 I went 1.05, 1.01, 58, 1.03, 59, 56 on the descending 100s and felt like I had a lot left in the tank.
Mon May 6th, 2013, SCY haven't blogged in 2 weeks, WTH? gonna try to do better I've been training 6x / week and doing weights 2 or 3 went to orlando a week ago and swam 2x at typhoon lagoon body surfing put in a good week of training last week Pan Pacs are 30 days away, might train hard 1 more week then start resting and preparing for it Whitney Coached 6:30 - 8:00 SCY UT Swim Center diving well Swam with: Jim Paul & Tyler Beside Marcio, Ned, David Alley & UT Swimmer Sam Lewis Warm up 3 x 300 Main Set 4 x 200 on 2:35 done 175 fr 25 bk 400 4 x 200 on 2:35 done 150 fr 50 bk 400 4 x 200 on 2:35 done 125 fr 75 bk 400 20 x 25 on 30 1 K FAST IM order 2 S FAST IM order 3 FR FAST No Breath 4 easy 5 easy Next Meets: Jun 5 - 12, 2013 LCM 2013 Pan-American Masters Championships Sarasota, FL DAYS TILL Jul 19 - 21, 2013 LCM 2013 USMS South Central Zone LCM Championships Jenks, OK 74037
Updated May 6th, 2013 at 11:12 AM by ande
Swam w/ Dave, Dave and Roger. My son is trying out for the swim team tonight and my daughter tries out tomorrow. We started practicing a couple months ago. 2-3 days a week for 60-90 minutes. Swim lessons isn't something I was planning this spring. I'd prefer to pay someone else to do it because I don't really know what I'm doing. Unfortunately swim lesson options are limited and both kids have way too many other things going on to fit into anyone else's schedule. With a lot of help from friends and despite dad's instructions, they have both figured out how to swim freestyle and backstroke. Now that its over, I kind of miss it already. They will be better swimmers in the hands of a good coach but it was fun working with them. SCY 600 warm up 3 x 100 Free - 1:25 2 x 100 Free - 1:20 1 x 100 Free - 1:15 16 x 25 - :30 Easy free/Hard IM Order 3 x 100 Pull - 1:25 2 x 100 Pull - 1:20 1 x 100 Pull - 1:15 16 x 25 - :30 Easy free/Hard IM Order Kept all these at 1:05s. Made the last one on 1:03. 3 x 100 - 1:25 (convert 100 IM->25 stroke/75 free) 2 x 100 Free - 1:20 1 x 100 Free - 1:15 2 x 100 Free - 1:20 3 x 100 - 1:25 (convert 25 stroke/75 free->100 IM) 16 x 25 - :30 Easy free/Hard IM Order 50 Easy 10 x 50 Kick - 1:00 IM Order :30 rest 10 x 50 Kick w/ fins - 1:00 Odds down underwater, back easy; evens IM Order 100 Cool down (5250 Total)
They are clossing the lap pool for the next 2 days and I hope they will use the vacume on the bottom. I am tired of looking at white globs of junk on the bottom that floats once people get in and start churning up the water. Since tomorrow I will be warm pooling it I had to get a good one in today. 500 free 500 free kick w/zoomers 15x100 free w/paddles & bouy #1-5@1:35 held 1:27's, #6-9@1:30 held 1:23, #10-12@1:25 held 1:21, #13-14@1:20 went 1:17, 1:18 #20@1:15 went 1:17 200 back EZ 500 free kick w/zoomers 500 free w/snorkle maintain 4 beat kick 100 fre EZ Total 3800 yards
I showed up again at the pool ahead of the second day of the B/C meet and ended up doing my meet warmup. This week will be fun since yardage falls away at the beginning of the week and then it's race time starting on Thursday. 400 free 8x50 alternating catchup and finger drag drill on 45 4x100 fast 3 strokes off each wall 50 easy 4x50 fast 12.5 on each 50 150 easy Total 1600 I felt sluggish on the first 400 but by the end of the warmup felt pretty good. Hopefully a sign of things to come this week.
My 11-old daughter had an all night thing at church last night. Since we had to pick her up at 6 am and my wife was not feeling well, I skipped swimming at the Nat. After cinnamon rolls, bacon, and eggs, my 11 year old was still going strong. So with the abundance of energy she had plus that of my 10 year old and her friend that spent the night with us, I finally said let's go swimming. My daughter kept going strong, but finally koonked out around 2:00 while we were eating pizza. Didn't know how much of a workout I would get in, but I actually did more than I would have at the Nat. Ray and his son, Ben, were there and I joined them for two sets and then kept going. Actually swam pretty hard and kept it going for 4000 yards, then my arms gave out. Not a speed workout, but a good strong swim. 3x100 Free on 1:35 8x150 Free on 2:15 (1:55, 1:56, 1:56, 1:56, 1:55, 1:54, 1:55, 1:53) 100 Kick 8x100 Back w/paddles on 1:30 (1:19's - 1:20's) 100 Kick 100 Easy 4x25 Hard on :30 5x200 Back w/paddles on 3:15 (2:45, 2:45, 2:43, 2:45, 2:45) 100 Kick 3x100 Free w/paddles on 1:30 10x50 on :50 BAck/Free 2x100 Kick 100 4900 yards 93 minutes
Swim/SCM/Solo: 500 various 4 x 50 scull 2 x 50 torque drill 50 EZ 6 x 50 burst + cruise 50 EZ 10 x 25 odds = up tempo free evens = EZ 150 EZ Total: 1550m ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Didn't swim yesterday. Been really busy with house things and frantic cleaning. Our house was the featured house in our local NoVa mag on Wed. and that generated some showings the last few days. We are apparently about to get a full price offer. And a couple from Chicago is flying in just to see the house and want to make a cash offer. The latter would be better for us since the appraisers don't know what to do with our house. There is nothing comparable. Fingers crossed that all goes well and one of these works out. The good thing about the house being on the market is I don't fret, our even think much, about taper! My allergies have really been bothering me, but I am not descending into sinus infection territory.
Updated May 4th, 2013 at 07:30 PM by The Fortress
I had a day of total fun out at Brighton Beach today. It was a gorgeous sunny morning here, with air temps in the high 50s when we started out and in the high 60s by the time we called it a day. The wind was a little gusty, but that just made the unorganized swirly swells more fun to play in. It was a day for trying out new things—new suit (a two-piece, which I loved), new goggles (some Zoggs I got for free, which worked fine but didn’t top my regular goggles, so they’re Patty’s now), new post-swim tricks on the beach (more about that later). Cara measured the water temp at 53. That felt waaay warmer than last week—funny how a few degrees can make a big difference--and getting in was not too difficult. The water was a deep green, with unpredictable swells and some odd foamy patches here and there. I didn’t want to push things today, so just swam gently towards the big jetty to the west. Right before I reached it, I saw a fellow CIBBOWS swimmer heading back, so swam with him for a bit before he headed in. I turned over and did some easy backstroke, swam a little ways east, practiced some synchro moves, and just generally enjoyed feeling the sun beaming down upon me while the water tossed me around. It was heavenly. Eventually I got cold just floating, so swam a bit more, floated a bit more, then got out. I probably went only about three-quarters of a mile today, but that was enough to make me feel blissy and happy to be in the ocean again. A bonus to the short distance and warmer water temp was no shivering. I got dressed in all my layers, then lay down and let the sun work its warming magic on me. We had a dozen or more people out today, so I chatted for a bit, then started playing around on the sand, doing cartwheels and handstands, and balancing on the rocks of the nearby jetty. A few others followed my lead, and we spent a good hour playing around and trying different tumbling, leaping, and balancing feats. We had a huge swath of beach mostly to ourselves, and it was like being kids on a playground again. His-Ling and John wowed us with their tandem balancing act, and I learned that Caitlin can juggle! I worked up to doing a round-off, which I hope will help me with learning a twisting dive tomorrow. Unfortunately, I tweaked my left hamstring a bit on my last cartwheel (which was why it was my last). It seems more flexibility would help in my quest to do “good” cartwheels on my off side. No one saw the humpback whale that had been spotted a few miles away off the Rockaways a couple of days ago, although we all looked for it, during our swims and after. But that might have been the only magic missing from the glorious day in the sun. The weekends that we have the sand to ourselves are numbered—the official beach season will start in a few more short weeks—so it was nice to enjoy this lovely day with my swim buddies on the sand and in the water. http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=7q1Y7...%3D7q1Y7Y9JQto
Updated May 5th, 2013 at 10:54 AM by swimsuit addict
SCY@Fort Myers Aquatic Center Air temp of 76, pool at 79 Partly cloudy skies with humidity at 76% Warm up 1000 FR as DPS @SPL-10 *Set 1* 2(5x200 on 3:00, :30 rest) desc 1-5, 6-10, w/tube, buoy, m-agility paddles *2:21, 2:20, 2:19, 2:18, 2:17 *2:19, 2:10, 2:18, 2:17, 2:16 *Set 2* 1200 kick w/ fins as 3(200DK/bk w/SDK6-8/turn, 200BK w/SDK6-8/turn) *Set 3* 4(100 FR-K/scull, 100 FR-CU, 100 FR) w/snorkel-fins-agility paddles *Set 4* 3(4x50 FR on 1:20, 2:00 rest) *29-28-27-27 *28-27-27-27 *28-27-27-26 Warm down 400 EZ FR/BK Comments: FGCU Aquatic Center closed today due to Commencement. Did not swim Thursday due stormy weather and I had the first floor of our house (about 2,200 sq ft of tile) cleaned by a professional floor service, so I had to be there most of the day. Did not swim Friday as my wife took the day off and I spent most of my time with her. We also took our daughter to her favorite restaurant to celebrate her being on the A Honor Roll all four quarters of the school year.
Today there was an age group B/C meet at the pool so I got in as the pool was being setup. I was joined by Scott, Nicky and Sid. Nicky and I are going to Nationals and Scott and Sid are starting training for next year(both age up). Today was an easy swim, but once again I felt out of sorts. I hope I will start to feel more energetic soon. I plan on having a very easy and lazy weekend and plan on sleeping a lot between naps. Workout 400 free with snorkel 6x50 drill alternating catchup and finger drag drill on 45 6x100 kick on 2 mins 3x200 pull on 2.45 6x100 drill with snorkel on 1.30 12x50 swum as 25 underwater, 25 DPS with fins on 50 4x50 swum 25 fast 25 easy with strong turns with fins 500 easy Total 3800 I received a good luck card from my swim team in England yesterday, which was so nice and it's nice to know I have such great support. Thanks Woking Swimming Club.
Friday 5/3 AM and PM SCY AM swim (no pace clock): 500 swim 3x100 @ :10 rest pull w/ buoy + strapless paddles 5x100 @ :10 rest AE 10x50 @ :05 rest opposite fin + opposite paddle (switch after 5) 5x100 @ :15 rest AE Total: 2300 PM swim: 300 swim 300 FR kick w/ board 8x100 1 @ 1:20 D1-4 1 @ 1:40 50 kick/50 build 4x 4x50 @ 1:00 FR kick (RD1-2 w/ board, RD3-4 side kick) 1x300 @ 4:00 as FAST as possible while keeping HR under 17 beats/:06 (3:16, 3:14, 3:15, 3:16) 100 EZ Total: 3500
Updated May 13th, 2013 at 11:18 PM by Calvin S
Had the whole pool to myself the first hour. Got to love that. It was a little on the warm side 83-84ish. Had a great free set, almost back to my old speed. 500 free 500 free kick w/zoomers 10x100@1:30 free w/paddles & bouy Went 1:23,1:23,1:23,1:22,1:21,1:21,1:20,1:18,1:18,1:17 8x25@:05ri fly scull drill w/snorkel & monofin 8x25@:45 shooters w/monofin 200 1 arm fly alt rt/lt w/monofin 200 dolphin kick on back w/monofin 8x25@:45 fly w/monofin 500 free kick w/zoomers 500 free EZ Total 4000 yards
Swam at Hsv Nat w/ Dave. Lots of rain overnight but fortunately no thunder/lightning. There is a triathlon in Guntersville this morning so most of the triathletes weren't there. I imagine it will be pretty miserable conditions for a triathlon today but judging by attendance at the pool, most are sticking with it. I felt better today but didn't push too hard. LCM 500 Warm up 400 IM (50 kick/50 swim) 4 x 50 - 1:10 IM order 400 drill down/swim back 4 x 50 - 1:05 IM Order 3 x 200 Free - 3:10 (2:55, 2:50, 2:50) 1 x 200 Kick w/ fins 3 x 200 IM - 4:00 (3:25, 3:20, 3:15) 1 x 200 Kick w/ fins 300 Free - 4:30 (4:25) 200 Free - 3:00 (2:55) 100 Free - 1:30 (1:27) :30 rest 200 Pull - 3:00 (2:40) 6 x 50 Free - 1:00 (:45->:38) 200 Cool down (4600M total)
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