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Saturday, July 17

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USMS MemberThe Fortress
, July 17th, 2010 at 04:46 PM (965 Views)
I spent the morning absolutely sweating my ass off at our Saturday A summer league meet for 3.5 hours. I can remember last summer, at times, thinking "where the heat?" This summer, in contrast, has been almost unrelentingly oppressive. The only enjoyable moment was watching Lil Fort, my 9 year old, drop 5 seconds in her 50 meter free. I guess being out of the water for 2+ weeks didn't bother her at all. Didn't see that coming ... I was rather worried I'd be dehydrated, but after lunch I drove to the pool for a mellow recovery workout. I was kicked out of the deep end for a lifeguarding class.


Swim/SCY/Solo:

Warm up:

700 various

Hypoxic/Streamlining Set w/MF:

50 x 25 @ 15 or so RI, done as:

10 x 25 belly shooter
10 x 25 back shooter
10 x 25 shooter, alternate left and right side
10 x 25 twirling shoooter
10 x 25 glide drill + scull

50 EZ

Pull Set:

5 x 200 w/paddles @ 3:00, smooth

100 EZ

Total: 3100

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Commentary:

I had been tempted to do Geek's set #3 from today, but I decided to stick to the recovery workout plan and do that set next week. I also think it's time to add in more speed.

I am slightly worried that my usual pool will be closing from August to October 17 for some needed renovation work. Quite a long time. I suspect my other nearby rec pool, Oak Marr, will really be packed in August. GMU is closed the first two weeks of August as well.

I got to chat with Nuthin' But 50s for awhile too. He's aged up this season, is swimming 5x a week and doing 3-4 LC meets this summer. I told him I'd be doing nuthin but 50s at Zones.

Attached are some more pics form Stockholm showing the Royal Palace, the changing of the guards and a couple interior shots of Storkytkan, a 700 year old cathedral with a huge carved statue of St. George & the Dragon.
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  1. swimsuit addict's Avatar
    That workout sounds very mellow and calm, probably much needed after the kids meet. I hope the water was coolish for you.

    9 seconds! That is awesome.
  2. The Fortress's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by swimsuit addict
    That workout sounds very mellow and calm, probably much needed after the kids meet. I hope the water was coolish for you.

    9 seconds! That is awesome.
    Thanks! The water was reasonably cool.

    It was 5 seconds, but still! Shocker. Little kids are funny and unpredictable.
  3. aztimm's Avatar
    That does sound like a nice workout. Quite a bit of pulling for you, isn't it? I always forget about doing shooters when I swim on my own, will have to do a variety of that next time.

    How are you coming along with, The Girl Who Played with Fire? I'm nearly finished.
  4. Bobinator's Avatar
    Way to go lil"Fort!! It's fun to be a proud moma!

    I worked with marty timing the 5k/10k nationals this morning from 5 a.m. till 1:15 p.m. (tearing things down and hauling things around). I'm sorry to say I skipped any kind of workout and retired to the couch for reading the remainder of the day. There's always tomorrow I guess!

    Stockholm looks majestic! I really want to go to Sweden; I think I might want to move there.
  5. The Fortress's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by aztimm
    That does sound like a nice workout. Quite a bit of pulling for you, isn't it? I always forget about doing shooters when I swim on my own, will have to do a variety of that next time.

    How are you coming along with, The Girl Who Played with Fire? I'm nearly finished.
    It was a very sweet recovery workout.

    Well, I find I've been able to do more pulling than I ever thought possible. Not sure if it's my relative fin addiction or lifting or RC work or PRP, but my shoulders feel better than ever. And, and this is really shocking for me, I enjoy pulling. I'm not sure why. I've avoided it for years. Perhaps it's the technique help or perhaps it's the speed or perhaps it's the perceived arm benefits. But 1,000 of pulling seems to be fine. Now, I don't use dinner plate size paddles.

    I'm about 1/3 the way through the book. Very much enjoying it. Will look forward to reading the third book at the beach in August.
  6. The Fortress's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Bobinator
    Way to go lil"Fort!! It's fun to be a proud moma!

    I worked with marty timing the 5k/10k nationals this morning from 5 a.m. till 1:15 p.m. (tearing things down and hauling things around). I'm sorry to say I skipped any kind of workout and retired to the couch for reading the remainder of the day. There's always tomorrow I guess!

    Stockholm looks majestic! I really want to go to Sweden; I think I might want to move there.
    Totally shocked at Lil Fort. I thought she was totally about the short axis strokes. Although, as I think about it, the longer the freestyle got in practice this winter (and she didn't practice too much), the better she did. She may just have needed a shot of confidence. It's fun to see her so excited about swimming.

    Working running racing, especially nationals, is awesome! I love to watch running. I'm glad my son is still doing cross country in the fall despite his rowing obsession. In fact, he's recruited half the crew team to do cross country!

    I really really enjoyed Stockholm. I'd go back there in a heartbeat. Wish we had been there for 2 days instead of St.Petersburg. I was chatting with someone at the SL meet today who went to school there, and he absolutely loved it as well!