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Mixing it up this year

I really like my toys and will continue to use them. The mix will be both distance and sprints. My focus for this year is to maintain my 200 fly time.

  1. Working hard

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    USMS MemberDonna
    , September 16th, 2015 at 08:35 AM (Mixing it up this year)
    Back to basics today.

    2x550 free
    8x50@1:00 25 fly/25 free
    8x150@2:30 free w/paddles & bouy 1-4 mod 5-8 fast held 2:10 on mod and 2:05 on fast
    3x150@3:00 as 50 fly/100 free
    350 free EZ

    Total 3500 yards
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  2. Challenging today

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    USMS MemberDonna
    , August 26th, 2015 at 09:13 AM (Mixing it up this year)
    I wanted an easy day but there wasn't enough lane space.

    6x100 free
    20x50 free on :20, :15, :10, :05 RI
    2x500 free for time descend went 7:17 and 7:07
    4 times thru 1 of each stroke
    75 drill
    25 swim

    Total 3000 yards
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  3. Great swim today

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    USMS MemberDonna
    , August 25th, 2015 at 08:22 AM (Mixing it up this year)
    This was my first day in 2 weeks that I was not on-call at my job. I did a straight 1 hour swim SCY and was able to do 3900 averaging 1:32's. Finished with a 100 kick and a 200 EASY swim. Probably not enough but that was all the time I had.

    Friday I am going to do LCM and see how far I can get.

    Total 4200 yards.
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  4. A good set event though I didn't feel great

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    USMS MemberDonna
    , August 20th, 2015 at 08:33 AM (Mixing it up this year)
    It is always good to have a good set even when your not 100%.

    500 free
    500 free kick w/zoomers
    10x100@1:40 free went 1:33, 1:34, 1:33, 1:33, 1:33, 1:30, 1:30, 1:30, 1:30, 1:28
    500 free kick w/zoomers
    500 free

    Total 3000 yards
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  5. A good mix for today

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    USMS MemberDonna
    , August 19th, 2015 at 08:22 AM (Mixing it up this year)
    My fly felt strong again. Free without paddles is a little strange but NO paddles for the next 3 weeks.

    8x50@1:00 free
    5x200@3:30 free went 2:59, 2:57, 2:55, 2:55, 2:52
    12x25@:30 2 fly 1 free
    100 free moderate
    200 free fast went 2:49
    100 free easy
    6x50@1:00 IM
    200 free EZ

    Total 2600 yards
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  6. Some IM work not bad

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    USMS MemberDonna
    , August 18th, 2015 at 08:21 AM (Mixing it up this year)
    My fly actually felt fairly good today.

    500 free
    500 free kick w/zoomers
    400 IM in 7:17
    200 breast kick
    400 IM in 7:08
    500 free kick w/zoomers
    500 free

    total 3000 yards
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  7. back at it

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    USMS MemberDonna
    , August 17th, 2015 at 08:32 AM (Mixing it up this year)
    I have been swimming just not blogging my workouts last week. Last day using paddles was Friday. Now I am paddleless until my swim. I have one more week of on-call which means this week is sets of 500 so I can check my pager frequently enough. I know this really bites for a distance swimmer.

    500 free
    500 free kick w/zoomers
    10x100@1:40 free holding 1:27's
    500 free kick w/zoomers
    500 free w/snorkel as kick to 15m then swim the rest of the 100

    Total 3000 yards
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  8. Hate wasting a good day

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    USMS MemberDonna
    , August 10th, 2015 at 08:21 AM (Mixing it up this year)
    Today was the last day I could do a long swim for 2 weeks since I go on-call today. But since I really didn't feel well I decided to go with my body and take it easy.

    500 free in 8:10
    500 free kick w/zoomers
    500 free in 7:43
    500 free kick w/zoomers
    500 free in 7:29
    500 free kick w/zoomers

    Total 3000 yards
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  9. Last opportunity for a long workout

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    USMS MemberDonna
    , August 8th, 2015 at 04:11 PM (Mixing it up this year)
    Next week I go on call which means today and Monday are my last times to do some long swims before I have to check my pager ever 15 minutes. I'll be on call for 2 weeks. Not looking forward to it.

    Today I did really well with this even with setting my heart rate up a little to high on the last 1000. With having to do open turns and slower swimming for 4 laps my last swim was still faster than my first 3.

    4x1000@17:00 free #1 was 15:55, #2 was 15:37, #3 was 15:17 and #4 was 15:10
    500 Free kick w/zoomers
    500 free EZ

    Total 5000 yards
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  10. Easy today, tomorrow is back to LCM!

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    USMS MemberDonna
    , August 6th, 2015 at 08:24 AM (Mixing it up this year)
    Today was easy, I need that so that I can do tomorrow hard since it is LCM tomorrow. The first 400 IM felt terrible, the second one felt much better.

    500 free
    500 free kick w/zoomers
    400 IM in 7:45
    200 breast kick
    400 IM in 7:00
    5x100@1:50 free w/snorkel
    300 free kick w/zoomers
    200 free EASY

    Total 3000 yards
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  11. Pushing it today

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    USMS MemberDonna
    , August 5th, 2015 at 08:25 AM (Mixing it up this year)
    Did good descending set today.

    500 free
    500 free kick w/zoomers
    10x100@1:30 free w/paddles & bouy descend 1-5 and 6-10 went 1:26, 1:25, 1:24, 1:23, 1:21, 1:23, 1:22, 1:21, 1:20, 1:19
    500 free kick w/zoomers
    5x100@1:25 free w/paddles & bouy hold pace 1:20
    500 free EASY!

    Total 3500 yards
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  12. Bad back means lots of fly drill

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    USMS MemberDonna
    , August 4th, 2015 at 08:29 AM (Mixing it up this year)
    Lack of sleep combined with a bad back... I needed some dolphin motion.

    500 free
    500 free kick w/zoomers
    250 fly scull drill w/zoomers & snorkel
    250 torque drill w/snorkel & bouy
    250 angel arm fly w/snorkel & bouy
    250 1 arm fly alt 25 rt/25 lt
    300 free kick w/zoomers
    200 free

    Total 2500 yards
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  13. Can you say 500's

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    USMS MemberDonna
    , August 3rd, 2015 at 08:45 AM (Mixing it up this year)
    Super 500 day today. I am starting to split back out on my own some with my workouts. Now that we are short course I really can't keep up with Mike so I take the extra lane for a while.

    500 free

    5 times thru #1 kick w/zoomers, #2 swim, #3 w/snorkle, #4 kick w/zoomers, #5 25's fly 50's back and 75's free
    25@:30
    75@1:30
    50@1:00
    25@:30
    25@:30
    50@1:00
    50@1:00
    75@1:30
    25@:30
    50@1:00
    25@:30
    25@:30

    200 free EZ

    Total 3200 yards
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  14. A good saturday, last long course till friday

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    USMS MemberDonna
    , August 1st, 2015 at 05:30 PM (Mixing it up this year)
    This was an interesting one. Recovering much better since I had a day of just plain PIGGING OUT!

    400 free
    400 MI (backward IM)
    4x150@2:30 free w/paddles & buoy
    6x50@1:00 free
    4x150@2:30 free w/paddles & buoy
    6x50@1:00 free
    300 as 25 double arm back/75 free
    10x25@:30 odds stroke, evens free
    50 free EZ
    10x50@1:00 free
    500 free kick w/zoomers

    Total 4200 meters
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  15. Chemicals were off again

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    USMS MemberDonna
    , July 31st, 2015 at 08:35 AM (Mixing it up this year)
    Hot water and chemicals off, not a good combination.

    300 free
    4x150 free w/paddles & bouy
    10x50@1:00 free
    8x100@1:40 free w/paddles & bouy
    600 free w/paddles & bouy negative split by 200
    4x50@1:00 free
    300 as 25 kick/25 drill/25 swim

    Total 3300 meters
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  16. Tired Today

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    USMS MemberDonna
    , July 30th, 2015 at 08:28 AM (Mixing it up this year)
    Yesterday I could not stop eating. Really blew my dietbig time but I am going to try to correct that today. Started with an easy workout, hope the rest of the day goes well.

    1000 free
    500 free kick w/zoomers
    3x200@5 fly w/zoomers as 50 rt arm/50 lt arm/50 kick/50 swim
    200 free kick w/zoomers
    200 free w/snorkel

    Total 2500 meters
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  17. I hung in there

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    USMS MemberDonna
    , July 29th, 2015 at 08:31 AM (Mixing it up this year)
    This was a tough swim when you do the stroke work. I did alittle fly on some but mostly free.

    The really bad news is this is the last week of long course, next week we are back to short course.

    400 free
    300 free w/paddles & bouy
    3x100@1:40 free w/paddles & bouy
    300 free w/paddles & bouy
    200 free w/paddles & bouy
    200 free w/bouy

    66x25@:30 #1-11 free #12-21 stroke #22-30 free #31-38 stroke #39-45 free #46-51 stroke #52-56 free #57-60 stroke #61-63 free #64-65 stroke #66 free
    150 free EASY

    Total 3500 meters
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  18. Test Day

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    USMS MemberDonna
    , July 28th, 2015 at 08:18 AM (Mixing it up this year)
    A test swim today a straight 2000 meter swim. I was right were I need to be.

    2000 in 36:23
    500 free kick w/zoomers
    500 free easy

    total 3000 meters
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  19. Some hard some easy

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    USMS MemberDonna
    , July 27th, 2015 at 08:49 AM (Mixing it up this year)
    This was a combination with one tough set and one easier one.

    2x200 free
    10x100@1:40 free w/paddles & bouy

    4x50@1:00 free w/paddles & bouy
    100 free easy w/paddles & bouy
    3x50@1:00 free w/paddles & bouy
    100 free easy w/paddles & bouy
    2x50@1:00 free w/paddles & bouy
    100 free easy w/paddles & bouy
    1x50@1:00 free w/paddles & bouy
    100 free easy w/paddles & bouy
    1x50@1:00 free w/paddles & bouy
    100 free easy w/paddles & bouy
    2x50@1:00 free w/paddles & bouy
    100 free easy w/paddles & bouy
    3x50@1:00 free w/paddles & bouy
    100 free easy w/paddles & bouy
    4x50@1:00 free w/paddles & bouy
    100 free easy

    Total 3200 meters
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  20. Trying to keep up

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    USMS MemberDonna
    , July 24th, 2015 at 09:02 AM (Mixing it up this year)
    300 free
    4x100@1:45 free w/paddles & bouy
    300 free w/paddles & bouy
    200 free drill
    100 free

    3 times thru
    3x100@1:40 free w/paddles & bouy
    300 free w/paddles & bouy

    200 free EZ

    Total 3500 meters
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