I needed to go to work today for a few hours to inventory my PE equipment. I was at Kearns pool at 0600.
1000 WU
500K
6 x 200's with Sue of various stuff like strong pulls, kicking, drills, speed work, etc
200 DPS
100 CD
3k LCM total
Arms were really tight when I got in but warmed up quick.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
19Jun13
There is a pool only 2 miles from my house that is outdoors and is set up for 50 LCM in the morning. As great as it sounds, they only have lap swimming for 50 M from 0600 - 0730. Then they have swim team then they change it to 25 yard pool for most of the day. If you want LCM, then you get an hour and a half. If you want to swim for several hours, you have to do it in the middle of the day and when families are nearby. Hey, it's SOMETHING!
Got there and was in the pool at 0600. I decided to just go for 1500. I 'm glad I did. I made 15 laps and now I'm positive I can do a Gridley Straight or Pineview or w/e. Halfway through my 1500, a guy got in the same lane as me and I pulled up to verify we would just split. When I finished my 1500, he was there and we started chatting. After a few minutes I realized who he was. I was swimming with Richard Barnes. This is the first person from Utah to swim the English Channel. I'm sharing a lane with a Utah legend! Turns out he doesn't live far from me. I (of course) immediately plug the Deer Creek swim and Bear Lake swim coming up then went back to swimming.
1500 swim
100 K
400 swim with fins
200 IM (Sun was in my eyes on back so I drifted BAD)
100 breathing every 4 strokes
100 breathing every 3,5,7,5,3 whole way. This got tough near end. My lungs are so small right now.
100 easy CD
2500 LCM
Left a card with Richard about the swims.
Got there and was in the pool at 0600. I decided to just go for 1500. I 'm glad I did. I made 15 laps and now I'm positive I can do a Gridley Straight or Pineview or w/e. Halfway through my 1500, a guy got in the same lane as me and I pulled up to verify we would just split. When I finished my 1500, he was there and we started chatting. After a few minutes I realized who he was. I was swimming with Richard Barnes. This is the first person from Utah to swim the English Channel. I'm sharing a lane with a Utah legend! Turns out he doesn't live far from me. I (of course) immediately plug the Deer Creek swim and Bear Lake swim coming up then went back to swimming.
1500 swim
100 K
400 swim with fins
200 IM (Sun was in my eyes on back so I drifted BAD)
100 breathing every 4 strokes
100 breathing every 3,5,7,5,3 whole way. This got tough near end. My lungs are so small right now.
100 easy CD
2500 LCM
Left a card with Richard about the swims.
Monday, June 17, 2013
17Jun13 - Sick
Got up and met Sue at Kearns this morning at 0530. I was not feeling well and the past 2 weeks I've either been doing house renovations to our new place or completely moving in. When I started swimming I did have any energy or ANY care about swimming. After a few hundred meters, I got into a fight with my body and forced myself to keep swimming. My mind pulled a "fast one" on me and decided I would have a "liquidation sale" of all contents in my intestines. I got out and took care of it. I went back and started swimming again. Same result. This was repeated several times. I finally started to get the hint that I wasn't going to swim today. I would feel fine until I started swimming then immediately need to get out.
I stopped at 950 meters and gave up. I needed to go home. I got home around 0645 and went back to bed. I did not wake up until noon! My body has completely crashed from exhaustion and all the times the past few weeks forcing myself to work past the warnings of my body getting too tired to continue. I would force myself to exhaustion and haven't had a chance to rest. Well it finally caught up to me this morning. A total shut down was ordered by my brain and I obeyed.
It's almost 4 hours since I woke up and even walking around is a tiresome activity.
950 LCM total
I stopped at 950 meters and gave up. I needed to go home. I got home around 0645 and went back to bed. I did not wake up until noon! My body has completely crashed from exhaustion and all the times the past few weeks forcing myself to work past the warnings of my body getting too tired to continue. I would force myself to exhaustion and haven't had a chance to rest. Well it finally caught up to me this morning. A total shut down was ordered by my brain and I obeyed.
It's almost 4 hours since I woke up and even walking around is a tiresome activity.
950 LCM total
Thursday, June 13, 2013
12Jun13 - GSL Mile
Met Gordon at the Saltair Marina at 0615. We chatted a bit while greasing and getting our ID key rings put into place. It was a beautiful day to be at the lake. Water was calm and we figured it was about 71 degrees as we got in.
We went down the "beach" side instead of the boat ramp. Gords wanted to do longer loops and I still want to stay near the marina just in case. My apprehension of being alone out there is almost gone but as long as there is at least 1% of uncertainty of my ability out there, I'm going to play it safe. I keep reminding myself, it would look REAL bad if the safety officer for SLOW drowned or had to be rescued!
I swam out to a red buoy that was a few hundred yards away with Gordon. He turned west and I turned back to the marina. There is a line of red buoys that go parallel to the marina and shallow water isn't far away. I just swam back down the buoy line past several of them then turning around and repeating. I went back and forth a few times until I was sure I had gone over a mile.
When I was swimming, a few things crossed my mind.
1. Man, this salt stings! I'm not accustomed to it like I have been before. My tongue is already mad at me and stings like crazy.
2. My goggles got a tiny bit of water in them and my eye burned really bad. Once again I'm soft!
3. My breathing is HORRIBLE. I kept forgetting to alter my breathing pattern and technique and paid the price for it.
Despite these complaints, my overriding thought was I AM SO GLAD I'M DOING THIS. I haven't done a mile in GSL in a LONG time and she is just welcoming me back! The things people complain about the most often are the things I have grown to love the most about the GSL.
I felt really good after a mile but needed to get going. I definitely feel ready for a Gridley Straight soon. I'll need someone with me but I know I can do it.
Yesterday Gordon passed 300 accumulated miles in the GSL. This amazes me and makes me wonder how many miles I've accumulated. I honestly have no idea. I know he has the most ever by far but I'm pretty sure I'm 2nd for most miles accumulated. Congrats buddy!
1 mile OW
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| Gords and me |
We went down the "beach" side instead of the boat ramp. Gords wanted to do longer loops and I still want to stay near the marina just in case. My apprehension of being alone out there is almost gone but as long as there is at least 1% of uncertainty of my ability out there, I'm going to play it safe. I keep reminding myself, it would look REAL bad if the safety officer for SLOW drowned or had to be rescued!
I swam out to a red buoy that was a few hundred yards away with Gordon. He turned west and I turned back to the marina. There is a line of red buoys that go parallel to the marina and shallow water isn't far away. I just swam back down the buoy line past several of them then turning around and repeating. I went back and forth a few times until I was sure I had gone over a mile.
When I was swimming, a few things crossed my mind.
1. Man, this salt stings! I'm not accustomed to it like I have been before. My tongue is already mad at me and stings like crazy.
2. My goggles got a tiny bit of water in them and my eye burned really bad. Once again I'm soft!
3. My breathing is HORRIBLE. I kept forgetting to alter my breathing pattern and technique and paid the price for it.
Despite these complaints, my overriding thought was I AM SO GLAD I'M DOING THIS. I haven't done a mile in GSL in a LONG time and she is just welcoming me back! The things people complain about the most often are the things I have grown to love the most about the GSL.
I felt really good after a mile but needed to get going. I definitely feel ready for a Gridley Straight soon. I'll need someone with me but I know I can do it.
Yesterday Gordon passed 300 accumulated miles in the GSL. This amazes me and makes me wonder how many miles I've accumulated. I honestly have no idea. I know he has the most ever by far but I'm pretty sure I'm 2nd for most miles accumulated. Congrats buddy!
1 mile OW
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
11Jun13
Met Sue at the pool at 0600.
Ladder by 100 up to 500 repeat back down.
That put me at 3k.
The last 100 I focused on my pull and got 1:42. This made me quite happy.
Kicked 6 x 100 with Sue
4 x 50
1 x 100 hard pull. This one I really pulled hard but still wasn't in a sprint. Hit 1:31!!! Woooooo!!!
100 CD
4k total. Felt really tired to day and it took over 1k to warm up but was REALLY glad I swam and I was really happy with my times when I was pushing it. Some of the times during the 400's and 500's I got pretty tired.
Ladder by 100 up to 500 repeat back down.
That put me at 3k.
The last 100 I focused on my pull and got 1:42. This made me quite happy.
Kicked 6 x 100 with Sue
4 x 50
1 x 100 hard pull. This one I really pulled hard but still wasn't in a sprint. Hit 1:31!!! Woooooo!!!
100 CD
4k total. Felt really tired to day and it took over 1k to warm up but was REALLY glad I swam and I was really happy with my times when I was pushing it. Some of the times during the 400's and 500's I got pretty tired.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
6Jun13 - Surprise
Met Sue at Kearns pool at 0730. We both were planning on doing an easy workout. She's tapering down for GSL 8 miler and my arms are beat from working on our new house several hours daily.
700 WU - I did break up the last few 100's to have a short break. I swam with Sue for 3 of these 100's and was able to keep up with her. She DID pick it up the 2nd 50 of each of these...THANKS! I thought she was racing me and decided to try something. On the 2nd 50, when she would breathe on the other side of me, I picked it up for a few strokes to get a bit ahead. Sure enough, as soon as I would turn to her again, she would be a bit ahead of me....RACING ME EH?!?! Ok, let's dance!
5 x 100 K
200
2 x 100
4 x 50
Here is where it gets interesting. I said we should do these 50's slow, medium, fast, all out per 50. Sue was game and we were right next to each other for all of the 50 except the last one. When we started, I was going about 95% and when we hit the halfway mark, I went all out. To much shock and surprise, I buried Sue. I beat her by a decent margin. She was just as surprised as me and she wanted to do it again.
50M to other end EASY
50 Race with Sue again. Same result. She was with me until I really turned it on then she got dropped. I even eased up the last 15 meters and glided into the wall.
100 easy.
Now lets keep this in perspective. She is not a sprinter. I used to train in sprinting but I still consider myself in HORRIBLE swim condition. I still have NO ability to keep up with her for more than a 200 at MOST. I'm still nowhere near where I consider myself in "shape" for swimming distance. It DID feel good to swim next to her on the 100s and keep up with her without thinking I was going to die. That is definite improvement when I was struggling to keep pace with her for a 50 a few weeks ago.
It did make me feel good knowing I got her on the sprints. I can definitely feel a difference in my stroke and my abilities for the better. Having her there pacing me and pushing me to be better is the one of the biggest reasons that I am improving. Thanks Sue!
2000 LCM total
700 WU - I did break up the last few 100's to have a short break. I swam with Sue for 3 of these 100's and was able to keep up with her. She DID pick it up the 2nd 50 of each of these...THANKS! I thought she was racing me and decided to try something. On the 2nd 50, when she would breathe on the other side of me, I picked it up for a few strokes to get a bit ahead. Sure enough, as soon as I would turn to her again, she would be a bit ahead of me....RACING ME EH?!?! Ok, let's dance!
5 x 100 K
200
2 x 100
4 x 50
Here is where it gets interesting. I said we should do these 50's slow, medium, fast, all out per 50. Sue was game and we were right next to each other for all of the 50 except the last one. When we started, I was going about 95% and when we hit the halfway mark, I went all out. To much shock and surprise, I buried Sue. I beat her by a decent margin. She was just as surprised as me and she wanted to do it again.
50M to other end EASY
50 Race with Sue again. Same result. She was with me until I really turned it on then she got dropped. I even eased up the last 15 meters and glided into the wall.
100 easy.
Now lets keep this in perspective. She is not a sprinter. I used to train in sprinting but I still consider myself in HORRIBLE swim condition. I still have NO ability to keep up with her for more than a 200 at MOST. I'm still nowhere near where I consider myself in "shape" for swimming distance. It DID feel good to swim next to her on the 100s and keep up with her without thinking I was going to die. That is definite improvement when I was struggling to keep pace with her for a 50 a few weeks ago.
It did make me feel good knowing I got her on the sprints. I can definitely feel a difference in my stroke and my abilities for the better. Having her there pacing me and pushing me to be better is the one of the biggest reasons that I am improving. Thanks Sue!
2000 LCM total
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
3Jun13
Met Sue at the pool at 0700. I don't have to be to work today until 0830 so this gives me a nice hour to swim. Sue is doing her tapering so I did my own thing.
400 WU
1000 free
4 x 100 pull (one of these I paced with Sue who was doing a pull set. I was able to stay with her..ONCE!)
1 x 100 kick no fins
100 CD
Happy doing the 1k straight. Need to keep working on distance. I'll probably start trying to get a full mile in the GSL soon.
2k M total
400 WU
1000 free
4 x 100 pull (one of these I paced with Sue who was doing a pull set. I was able to stay with her..ONCE!)
1 x 100 kick no fins
100 CD
Happy doing the 1k straight. Need to keep working on distance. I'll probably start trying to get a full mile in the GSL soon.
2k M total
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