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Wednesday 12192018 & hit 500 miles!
by , December 19th, 2018 at 09:17 PM (1033 Views)
aztimmWednesday AM solo swim @ Sendero Springs
arrived and the lifeguards told me that there had been a problem with the natural gas at the facility. no hot water (or heat) in the locker rooms, and they said the pool water temp was 78. some guys who were there before me were already leaving. I figured that I've swum in far colder water, so 78 shouldn't be a big deal.
I think it might have been about 76. certainly still doable, but I didn't want to linger too long between sets.
1200 w/u, mixed in a bit of breast and back (plus with the cool water I just felt i needed a longer set)
100 kick w/fins + board
75 easy swim w/fins
25 fast fly (w/fins)
2 x 125, done as 25 drill/25 free/25 back/25 free/25 drill
25 easy swim w/fins
25 fast fly w/fins
100 kick w/fins + board
75 easy swim w/fins
25 fast fly (w/fins)
100 easy
500 @ 8:00, done 75 free/25 breast
500 @ 7:30, done 75 moderate/25 fast
500 @ 8:00, done 75 free/25 breast
100 easy
5 x 200 @ 2:55, w/Agility paddles + buoy
300 w/d
TTL: 4900 yards
(yea I thought about another 100 to make it an even 5000, but then thought that would just be silly)
After my swim last Wednesday (which was cut short, since the lifeguards said the chlorine level was too high), I hit 500+ miles on my GTD.First time in about 4-5 years I think. I had been hitting it regularly, but then life got in the way.
Here is my monthly breakdown:
And here is my pool list for 2018:
1. Sendero Springs Pool, Round Rock, TX
2. 24 Hour Fitness Pool, Round Rock, TX
3. YMCA of Central Texas, Round Rock, TX
4. Creekside Pool, Round Rock, TX
5. Georgetown Parks & Recreation, Georgetown, TX
6. Deep Eddy Pool, Austin, TX
7. Barton Springs Pool (I use the term, "pool," loosely), Austin, TX
8. Pickney Recreation Area, Hell, MI (for Swim to the Moon)
9. Pool at the Conrad Singapore
10. Open water at Dewata Beach, near Galle, Sri Lanka (Indian Ocean)
11. Melbourne City Baths, Melbourne Australia
12. Brunswick Baths, Brunswick Australia (about a 20 min tram ride from Melbourne)
13. Tobruk Memorial Pool, Cairns Australia
14. Cairns Esplanade Lagoon, Cairns Australia
15. Open water at the Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Cairns Australia (Pacific Ocean)
16. Andrew Boy Charlton Pool, Sydney Australia
17. North Sydney Olympic Pool, North Sydney Australia
18. Bondi Icebergs, Sydney Australia
19. Xinghai Swimming Complex, Suzhou China
and
20. How could I forget my neighborhood pool? Highlands at Mayfield Ranch swim center. About a 5 minute walk from home.
probably the 2 most iconic pools I swam in this year were North Sydney and Bondi #17[/URL] &
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I'm signed up for the first and last legs of the SCAR swim in April 2019, so that will kick my swimming into gear early in the year. Saguaro is about 10 miles, and Roosevelt is just a 10k.
USMS Nationals will be in Mesa at the same time, and I'm toying with the idea of swimming some events. More likely, I'll just volunteer to help out for a few hours (after swimming 10 miles, I just can't imagine racing 100 yards).
If anyone will be going to nationals, give me a shout. I swam with the masters team at Kino for about 6-7 years so I know the pool quite well.
When I upped my distance to train for Swim to the Moon (10k) this past summer, I dropped about 5-10 pounds (not sure I want to drop more for SCAR as those lakes are a bit cooler).
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