http://forums.usms.org/blog.php?4070-FlyQueen U.S. Masters Swimming Discussion Forums en Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:43:45 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forums.usms.org/images/misc/rss.jpg http://forums.usms.org/blog.php?4070-FlyQueen http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9684-Saturday-May-15-2010 Mon, 17 May 2010 01:43:19 GMT Warm-up 300 free 200 IM Drill 300 various drills 4x 50 kick/build 50 @ 200 goal pace 2 x 25 @ 100 goal pace with an ez 25 after 4 x 12.5... Warm-up
300 free
200 IM Drill
300 various drills
4x 50 kick/build
50 @ 200 goal pace
2 x 25 @ 100 goal pace with an ez 25 after

4 x 12.5 fast breakout 37.5 ez

150 c/d

Total: 1500 yards

Need to work on the timing of my breakout still. I think I need maybe two extra flutter kicks before trying to start swimming. Sometimes it's pretty on, sometimes it's a tad early.

Other than that my swims are starting to feel good. I plan on another massage this week, and a swim Monday and Wednesday. Probably take Tuesday off. IF I decide to swim on Tuesday I'll do an 800 ez or less.


Ready to test my training and taper ... :banana::banana: ]]> FlyQueen http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9684-Saturday-May-15-2010 http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9629-Tuesday-and-Wednesday-May-11th-and-12th Thu, 13 May 2010 17:28:52 GMT Tuesday - a much needed and much enjoyed massage. Told her to just loosen me up. Felt great - muscles are still totally fatigued and sore. ... Tuesday - a much needed and much enjoyed massage. Told her to just loosen me up. Felt great - muscles are still totally fatigued and sore.

Wednesday:
scy solo (again ... :( )

1000 warm-up:
300 swim
200 IM drill
200 fly drill
50 free drill
4 x 50 kick/swim
2 x 25 12.5 fast/12.5 ez

1x100 broken at the 50 for :15 and 75 for :10 I totally messed this up. I did free and went nuts on my kick the first 50 and tried to hold it. I only gave myself :10 at the 50 but was late so I did another :10 at the 25 but was off both times because I was forgetting what I was supposed to do. :bitching:

Did 4 x 100 on the 1:40 as my c/d

Did some ez swims in there, too and ended up with 1600.

EEK! It's almost go time. Still feeling sluggish and sore. Feeling both tired and energized. I'm definitely NOT sleeping enough ... :bitching: I need to get some more sleep.

Next week I'm going to pay better attention to hydrating, too. ]]> FlyQueen http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9629-Tuesday-and-Wednesday-May-11th-and-12th http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9593-Monday-May-10-2010 Tue, 11 May 2010 15:42:10 GMT Talked a lot with my VERY trusted taper coach ... he said to only swim twice this week, I talked him into a third time - which is supposed to be a... Talked a lot with my VERY trusted taper coach ... he said to only swim twice this week, I talked him into a third time - which is supposed to be a sprint free warm-up swim only - :afraid:

Warm-up (also discussed he also relented and let me do my typical 1,000)

300 swim
200 IM drill
300 drill (200 fly, 100 free)
4 x 50 kick/swim

2 x 25 build

1 x 100 free broken at the 50 for :10 and 75 for :10
1:02 from a push with a late start

1 x 50 fly broken at 25 for :15
:28

1 x 25 free fast no breath - :13.6

5 x 100 free on 1:40 swim them slower than 1:25

Did some ez swims inbetween the sprints and got 1,800 in - it's almost go time. I'm definitely feeling that fatigued muscle feeling so according to my calculations I am right on track.

We also talked a LOT about my 100 free and how to take it out more aggressively. I ALWAYS try to do that but I haven't done that well since 08. I'm thinking of changing my strategy a wee bit. I think I need to focus on killing my legs the first 50 and forget about the 2nd 50 (until I get there).

Coach promises my training will carry my legs through the last 25 (I think the training and my beloved B70 will) - fingers crossed! ]]> FlyQueen http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9593-Monday-May-10-2010 http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9573-Weekend-(May-7-8-and-9-2010) Mon, 10 May 2010 17:23:44 GMT Friday Night: Swam SCY solo Warm-up: 300 free 200 IM drill 300 drill free and fly 4 x 50 kick/build (fl, bk, fr, fr) 4 x 50 (25 fast, 25 ez) Friday Night:
Swam SCY solo

Warm-up:
300 free
200 IM drill
300 drill free and fly
4 x 50 kick/build (fl, bk, fr, fr)
4 x 50 (25 fast, 25 ez)

6 x (50 FAP, 50 ez on 4:00)
fl, fr, fr, fl, bk, fr
(fr and back with fins fly without)

6 x 25 from the middle
(fl, fl/bk, bk, bk/br, br/fr, fr)

150 c/d

Still not finding my real sprint speed with the arms - the legs and stroke feel good, arms included. It just feels sluggish. My kick feels really strong - no clue at all if I'll swim well or not next week!

Saturday:
Spent an hour or so planting flowers for my mom. Started pouring rain right as I put the last one in.

Sunday:
Ran around the backyards with my cousins' dogs and threw the ball - not for too long.

Neither Saturday or Sunday's activities were taper friendly but I'm not worried. Back to the pool tonight for a COACHED workout, YEAH!! (Been two weeks since I had one of those) ]]> FlyQueen http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9573-Weekend-(May-7-8-and-9-2010) http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9500-May-5-2010 Thu, 06 May 2010 03:02:41 GMT Happy Cinco de Mayo! :banana: Swam solo (again) Meet warm-up 300 ish free (basically swim till it feels good and the jitters are reduced not... Happy Cinco de Mayo! :banana:

Swam solo (again)

Meet warm-up
300 ish free (basically swim till it feels good and the jitters are reduced not more than a 500)
200 IM drill
300 more drill (mostly fly, some free)
4 x 50 kick (one bk, one fl, two free)
4 x 25 fast/25 ez (simulating starts)
100 ez

2 x200 free on 3:10 - bumping up the intervals a bit to get more rest. I was going to do 3 but my team jumped in and I was running out of lane space. PLUS I swam a lot faster than I wanted to (nice problem to have)
100 moderate
100 ez

100 fast broken at the 50 for :10
Not even talking about the crappiness that this was :badday: blech. Still don't have the sprint speed - :bitching:

100 ez - then started chatting and after 10 minutes decided I was better off getting out instead of trying to get warm again before sprinting more.

Going back tomorrow ...

Stressed about the whole Walnut Creek situation. Kerry O'Brien (:bow:) is just about the best masters coach out there - INCREDIBLE guy and coach. This program and his job MUST be saved.

I'm trying to go gluten free as I've been experiencing a lot of issues lately. Many similar to Fort's. Since bread is my favorite food, followed by spaghetti, garlic bread and chocolate chip cookies I do NOT look forward to this. HOWEVER, I'd like a normal life so ... giving it a whirl for the next few weeks to see if I see improvements. Going to detox at some point, too. Oh, won't that be fun. ]]> FlyQueen http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9500-May-5-2010 http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9486-Tuesday-May-4-2010 Wed, 05 May 2010 14:34:16 GMT Okay got back in the water ... never thought I would say this but thank goodness for indoor pools. Typical 1000 w/u 300ish free 200 IM drill... Okay got back in the water ... never thought I would say this but thank goodness for indoor pools.

Typical 1000 w/u
300ish free
200 IM drill
300 drill of free and fly
4 x 50 kick/build by 25

6 x 100 on 1:35 mod free - nice and relaxed. My free and turns felt really good on these.

1 x 100 broken at the 50 for :10 did free
blech - never got going fast

2 x 50 broken at the 25 for :05 - did #1 fly and #2 back blech never got going fast

4 x 25 from the middle fast working on IM transitions and turns - again blech never got going fast.

I am hoping/praying/pleeding to the swim Gods that my turn comes back to me in the next 2 weeks ... otherwise ... :bitching: :bolt: ]]> FlyQueen http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9486-Tuesday-May-4-2010 http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9462-Seriously-!-! Tue, 04 May 2010 15:50:37 GMT :bitching: WTF? :bitching:

So I swam Friday night solo because I knew I wouldn't get in Saturday and knew it was possible that I wouldn't get in on Sunday. I wanted to get up early and go on Sunday but I felt sick as heck Saturday night and decided I needed the sleep - rest of the day was packed so there was no chance of the pool happening.

Took a half day yesterday to get stuff done, rest and try to tinker with food to figure out just why my poor stomach hates me ... no luck, got sicker as the day went on and spent the workout time in bed. (fortunately with clean sheets and about 10 loads of laundry done in a now clean room)

Nonetheless - allergies are flairing up like crazy, stomach is killing me (mostly just painful) ... not what I need to be in 2.5 weeks out.

Oh well, today is a new day ... swimming solo after work (in theory) .... Just needed to :bitching: ]]> FlyQueen http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9462-Seriously-!-! http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9401-Friday-April-30-2010 Sat, 01 May 2010 13:41:52 GMT Goodbye April! 1000 w/u (see below) 5 x 100 on 1:35 - moderate added to the interval to get more rest (normally would go 1:25) 4x(3x50 on... Goodbye April!

1000 w/u (see below)

5 x 100 on 1:35 - moderate added to the interval to get more rest (normally would go 1:25)

4x(3x50 on :55) 1:00 rest between rounds
felt awful
did round 3 back

200 ez

4 x 25 from the middle to work IM transitions

200 ez

blech - stroke felt bad. Taking today off. Back at it tomorrow - ignoring the cold I'm coming down with. ]]> FlyQueen http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9401-Friday-April-30-2010 http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9368-Riding-the-rest-from-state Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:42:07 GMT I left work late yesterday and got stuck in awful traffic. I got in a solid half hour after I wanted to ... oh well. Did my usual 1000 warm-up:... I left work late yesterday and got stuck in awful traffic. I got in a solid half hour after I wanted to ... oh well.

Did my usual 1000 warm-up:
300 free swim (this varies from 300-500 depending on how I feel)
200 IM drill
200 fly drill
5 x 50 kick/build
2 x 25 fly

6 x 100 fr on 2:00 BPA (best possible average)
Wanted to hit 1:12's consistently. Went out at a comfortable pace on #1 - looked at the clock took me a couple of seconds to realize I went about a 1:07/1:08 - :censor: - that meant the rest were probably going to hurt like a :censor: I think my practice time PR (from a push) is about a 1:06. I'm totally thinking this is riding the rest from state and that I'll be slower in the next two weeks.

What I take away from this being good is that my stroke feels pretty good right now. It makes me feel like I am doing things right after all and that in 3 weeks I'll be ready to roll ...

#2 1:08/1:09
#3 1:12
#4 1:12
#5 1:13
#6 1:14

200 ez recovery

Then teammates started showing up and I started chatting so I only did 2 x 25 fast on 1:00 - hit around 13s on both but was not feeling fast. Did another 150 worth of drills and ez and got out.

That was my fifth day in a row in the water and 6th out of 7. Taking today off (mostly because I have to due to job stuff).

Tomorrow I plan on another solo swim doing my usual warm-up, doing 8 x 100 on 2:00 then 400 ez and drill then some fast 100s and 50s. We shall see.

Every muscle in my body still hurts from training on Tuesday. Feels good to be sore. I'm going to miss that over the next 3 weeks.

I leave 3 weeks from today for Nats!!! :bliss: ]]> FlyQueen http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9368-Riding-the-rest-from-state http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9351-Back-to-the-grind Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:30:53 GMT Had my last pre-nats appointment with my trainer last night. Thought about telling him I wanted to scale it down but decided to go full throtle one... Had my last pre-nats appointment with my trainer last night. Thought about telling him I wanted to scale it down but decided to go full throtle one last time. Totally kicked my butt ...

20 minutes into the 60 minute session I actually thought I was going to melt into a puddle of sweat and keel over.

We did the following:
Couple minute warm-up included:
Jumping jacks
Oblique kicks (I thought I was coordinated sadly I am not)
Side twist mini jumps

3 Rounds of 5x5x5 squats with 4lb med ball (five regular, five fast, five jump to small box

I truly cannot remember the order of everything else but we did 3 rounds of the following...
Side twists with cords
Lunge and twist with cords
Ab wheel
Slide board tucks with cords on ankles
Scooter walks with wrist weights on belly
Lunge and press walks
Fly recover on bosu with weights
More Oblique kicks
Single leg balance moves with weights
Slide board squat and pull together


Probably a couple more things I am forgetting

Was way too fried to swim fast so I did drills and recovery.

Tonight it's back to fast swimming ... :bolt: ]]> FlyQueen http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9351-Back-to-the-grind http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9331-State-and-Monday-s-Recovery Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:54:58 GMT The IL state meet was this past weekend. Overall I am happy with my non-tapered swims. I think the races were good, the details need work. It's a good place to be in just over three weeks out.

50 Free - AWFUL start, breakout and turn - again it's the details. Turn needs to increase.

100 Free - One off turn, better turns than the 50, Turn over needs to increase, legs were great.

200 Free - blah who really cares. The :censor: next to me totally sandbagged. I thought I was swimming way crappier than I was. It was right about my best time. I haven't swum this race tapered SCY in years.

50 fly - AWFUL turn and finish. Needed an extra stroke on both. I need to channel Phelps not Cavic and drill that wall.

100 IM - first race. First race always sucks. Arms were hurting. Not really a race I focus on or care about.

50 Back - not bad ... need to work on my finish.

50 breast - had fun not worried about times.



Was supposed to have a private pilates reformer session ... she forgot the door over at the gym is a spa. They had a last minute cancelation so I got a massage instead. It was not a great massage but it helped.

Got in the water and did 1,000 yards or so easy. Did a bunch of fly drills, some turns and finishes.

Tonight I have my last training appt. before nats and a solo swim session. Going to go right back into killer mode ... hope my body is in one piece after. ]]> FlyQueen http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9331-State-and-Monday-s-Recovery http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9240-Thursday-April-22-2010 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:42:37 GMT Warm-up: 300 free 200 IM drill 4 x 50 kick/build 200 fly drills 100 ez 2 x 25 fast hand timed with an ez 75 after. Went fly on #1 and free... Warm-up:
300 free
200 IM drill
4 x 50 kick/build
200 fly drills
100 ez

2 x 25 fast hand timed with an ez 75 after. Went fly on #1 and free on #2. Don't want to state my times, but I'm feeling MUCH better about this weekend. Perhaps there is speed and turnover in my body yet. We shall see.

Tomorrow I swim:
100 IM
50 Free
50 Back
200 Free

Sunday I swim:
50 breast
50 fly
100 free

Have an idea of what I want to go in all but the 50 breast. I am not a breaststroker so I really don't care. ]]> FlyQueen http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9240-Thursday-April-22-2010 http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9209-Tuesday-April-20-2010 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:59:49 GMT Swam solo before coaching ... turns have felt like crap so that was my main focus. 1000 w/u: 300 free 200 IM drill 4 x 50 kick/build 100 fly... Swam solo before coaching ... turns have felt like crap so that was my main focus.

1000 w/u:
300 free
200 IM drill
4 x 50 kick/build
100 fly drill
100 back drill
100 ez

6 x (12.5 fast, 25 fast, 12.5 fast)
This set allows me to work breakouts, turns and finishes well rested for each. I love this set. I do it LCM, too, doubling the distances.

I went free, fly, back, fly, fly, free.

Then I did 4 x 25 from the middle of the pool. Turns FINALLY started feeling better. In working on my turns during all the longer stuff done earlier this season I began staying on my side longer and was having trouble getting to my stomach to start fast swimming.

I finally got it down - hope it sticks.

C/D ?

State meet this weekend. Swimming all four 50s, 100 free and IM and 200 free. No relays since I'm swimming unattached.

Massage today - THANK THE HEAVENS!!! So stoked. Need to get a couple more in before nats.

Ready to thrown on the B70 and see what happens.

Planning on swimming Thursday and taking Friday off. Cross your fingers I don't suck this weekend!!! ]]> FlyQueen http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9209-Tuesday-April-20-2010 http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9185-Monday-April-19-2010 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:10:15 GMT Ah a week of taper ... just what I need. I did NO dryland ... EEK! 400 free 4 x 50 Indy IM on 1:15 2 x 50 kick on 1:20 4 x 100 free ez on... Ah a week of taper ... just what I need.

I did NO dryland ... EEK!

400 free
4 x 50 Indy IM on 1:15
2 x 50 kick on 1:20
4 x 100 free ez on 1:40

1 x 100 free broken @ 50 for :15 and 75 for :10
1 x 50 fly broken @ 25 for :15

c/d

I did the taper workout my teammates are doing for state. My legs are still totally fried. Even just on those 2 x 50 kick they were hurtin'. I'm anxious to see how I swim this weekend. My left arm pull is way off on free. I have a major knot going on in my left shoulder blade - MASSAGE TOMORROW!!!

I have very little expectations for speed right now, but I'm hopeful. My turnover just isn't there. Hopefully I find it in the next couple of weeks. ]]> FlyQueen http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9185-Monday-April-19-2010 http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9158-Sunday-April-18-2010 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:56:42 GMT Did one of Fort's speed workouts today. I think she poached it from Rich A.

1000 W/U:
300 FR swim
200 IM drill
4 x 50 kick/drill
150 fly drill
2 x 25 fly 1 build 1 fast
50 back drill
50 ez

Main Set:
4 x 100 (50 on 1:00, 25 on :30, 25)
I did the last 25 swim on the odds and kick on the evens.

Went fr, bk, fl, fr - not real sure on times since the pace clock I was using was at the far end of where I started which made the 50 split and 2nd 25 splits hard to get.

300 c/d

Liked the main set. Felt better than I thought I would on the fly. I think my fly splits were close to :31, :15, :15.

Even with just two days off of the legs they are feeling a tad better. They are definitely still shot but it's a bit better.

I'm ready for taper but I'm also getting exciting to run outside more. This always seems to happen to me. Taper kicks in and all I want to do is run. Oh well. I'm stoked for state next weekend and anxious to see how I swim. ]]> FlyQueen http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?9158-Sunday-April-18-2010