Felt good today. I was eager to go swimming and try a workout I wanted to try. The base of the workout is nothing original but I decided to make it "interesting".
Ladders by 50 up to 500 then back down. Big deal! What makes it fun is that every 3rd 25 was fly. I took my free nice and easy and my main focus was taking my time and working on my technique for the fly. I would be doing a LOT of it so I might as well do it right.
It took a while to warm up so I was on my first 350 going up before my muscles didn't complain when I did a fly pull. I got more and more relaxed and started feeling a bit more confident with my stroke. Made the entire set. It was great nice to see 100 on my finger counter. That and I know I did my honest amount of fly. I never skipped a set and if I was ever unsure of whether I was supposed to do fly or free when I hit the wall, I defaulted to fly.
So, all that being said, when I added it all up, I accumulated over 1 mile of butterfly! HELL YEAH! I'm not ready to call the mayor to prep the parade but this is a major step for me. It was only 25 at a time but the yards to add up and a mile of fly is still a mile of fly.
Mentally I felt stronger and happier as I got closer to #100. When I hit 100, I felt like I had enough energy to do a few thousand more. Time was up and I had to get to work. When I lifted myself out of the pool, it became aware to me that yes, I had indeed swam more fly in one workout than ever before in my life. Still a FUN swim today and a good mental boost for me. I got some film done on my fly and if I remember (which I prob won't) I'll put it up here later. I want Sylle to check it out first.
5000 SCY
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
21Jan14
I was lucky enough to get my kids cold this weekend so I was still a bit congested this morning. I let myself sleep a bit longer than normal.
Arrived at the pool at 0600.
500 WU
500 with snorkel
500 fly broken up by 10 x 25, 3 x 50, 100
200 free
50 fly
50 free
200 hard
10 x 50 easy
2500 SCY - GRUMPY today
Arrived at the pool at 0600.
500 WU
500 with snorkel
500 fly broken up by 10 x 25, 3 x 50, 100
200 free
50 fly
50 free
200 hard
10 x 50 easy
2500 SCY - GRUMPY today
Friday, January 17, 2014
17Jan14
I dropped my kids off with their cousins last night so they could spend the night and get some family time in. I have to work today and the girls have no school. Luckily my brother and sister will be able to watch Eva and MJ all of today. This means I was completely solo last night and most of today. This also means..I CAN SWIM!!!!
I just wanted to get into the water and feel it again. Nothing crazy, no body breaking workout, just get in and feel the water. It felt great!
Nice and easy workout.
10 x 50 on the :60 - SEE told you it was easy!
5 x 100 on the 2:00 - Got around 1:21 on each. last one I got 1:17
Here is where it gets fun. I spend about 45 min talking to Sylle Estadio on Saturday going over how to swim butterfly for distance rather than time. Completely different stroke and rotation. I reviewed what he told me and started to practice the technique to try it out.
VERY relaxing rhythm. I definitely was going very slow (as he recommended) but I felt good. I started by doing only doing 25's then moving up to 50's. I did do a 100. My arms, legs, and core felt fine...hell, even great. One thing I did notice that will make or break this...LUNGS!!! Oh my goodness my lungs felt like they were going burst. I was going slow but I do spend a decent amount of time under water. My lungs were FREAKING OUT. I could feel that "flex" spasm thing they do when I swim hypoxic work. It hurt. I quickly realized that if I have any chance of doing a distance fly swim, my lungs are going to have to be bigger and be able to hold more air than ever before. If I can get my lungs in amazing shape, I think I have a good shot at it. I felt really good physically when swimming. Time will tell and I only did up to 100 so my body might tell a different story when I try for my first mile but first priority is lungs. Without a doubt...LUNGS!
Here is where it gets sexy. I ended up swimming a total of 700 yards of fly. Not a typo, 700 yards of butterfly!!!
I then did a 250 with the snorkel then a 50 easy free.
2000 SCY...I'll say it again, 700 of it was fly...oh yeah!!!
I just wanted to get into the water and feel it again. Nothing crazy, no body breaking workout, just get in and feel the water. It felt great!
Nice and easy workout.
10 x 50 on the :60 - SEE told you it was easy!
5 x 100 on the 2:00 - Got around 1:21 on each. last one I got 1:17
Here is where it gets fun. I spend about 45 min talking to Sylle Estadio on Saturday going over how to swim butterfly for distance rather than time. Completely different stroke and rotation. I reviewed what he told me and started to practice the technique to try it out.
VERY relaxing rhythm. I definitely was going very slow (as he recommended) but I felt good. I started by doing only doing 25's then moving up to 50's. I did do a 100. My arms, legs, and core felt fine...hell, even great. One thing I did notice that will make or break this...LUNGS!!! Oh my goodness my lungs felt like they were going burst. I was going slow but I do spend a decent amount of time under water. My lungs were FREAKING OUT. I could feel that "flex" spasm thing they do when I swim hypoxic work. It hurt. I quickly realized that if I have any chance of doing a distance fly swim, my lungs are going to have to be bigger and be able to hold more air than ever before. If I can get my lungs in amazing shape, I think I have a good shot at it. I felt really good physically when swimming. Time will tell and I only did up to 100 so my body might tell a different story when I try for my first mile but first priority is lungs. Without a doubt...LUNGS!
Here is where it gets sexy. I ended up swimming a total of 700 yards of fly. Not a typo, 700 yards of butterfly!!!
I then did a 250 with the snorkel then a 50 easy free.
2000 SCY...I'll say it again, 700 of it was fly...oh yeah!!!
Saturday, January 11, 2014
11Jan14
1 Hour Postal Swim today.
Picked up Josh and headed to Kearns. My goal was to do over 3000. This should be really easy to do but I was aiming low in case I crashed again.
No real warmup. I just got in and went. It took about a half hour for me to feel comfortable. My stroke felt bad the whole time and I was bored for most of it. Mentally I just was not with it as much as I should have been today.
Finished it with a distance of 3610. Not too bad but definitely could have been better. A few laps I was even going over :50 per lap. SAD.
I then timed Josh. He kept a fantastic pace. He was :41 for the entire swim. After we got done, we headed to Sonic to get a breakfast burrito. It was great.
3710 total counting one lap "warmup" and one CD
Picked up Josh and headed to Kearns. My goal was to do over 3000. This should be really easy to do but I was aiming low in case I crashed again.
No real warmup. I just got in and went. It took about a half hour for me to feel comfortable. My stroke felt bad the whole time and I was bored for most of it. Mentally I just was not with it as much as I should have been today.
Finished it with a distance of 3610. Not too bad but definitely could have been better. A few laps I was even going over :50 per lap. SAD.
I then timed Josh. He kept a fantastic pace. He was :41 for the entire swim. After we got done, we headed to Sonic to get a breakfast burrito. It was great.
3710 total counting one lap "warmup" and one CD
Friday, January 10, 2014
10Jan14
Video day today. Met Josh at the Fairmont pool this morning. The Masters coach brought his GoPro and filmed us.
Once he was set up, I did a few laps while he filmed me. After the laps, he showed us what we looked like and made suggestions.
My stroke is getting better but I'm still not happy with some of the mechanics I see. Other things I see I am very happy with.
I was not aiming for a workout today. I just showed up to get filmed and headed to work. I'm doing my 1 hour postal swim tomorrow morning. I'm pretty excited, when I get home tomorrow I get to Skype with Sylle Estadio.
300 swim
200 kick
3 x 50 with film
100
750 SCY
Once he was set up, I did a few laps while he filmed me. After the laps, he showed us what we looked like and made suggestions.
My stroke is getting better but I'm still not happy with some of the mechanics I see. Other things I see I am very happy with.
I was not aiming for a workout today. I just showed up to get filmed and headed to work. I'm doing my 1 hour postal swim tomorrow morning. I'm pretty excited, when I get home tomorrow I get to Skype with Sylle Estadio.
300 swim
200 kick
3 x 50 with film
100
750 SCY
Thursday, January 9, 2014
9Jan14
Did not sleep well last night. Fell asleep late and when my alarm went off, even though I was out for 6 hours, I felt like I had only been asleep for 20 minutes
I did a workout I really like for today.
700 swim (100 easy 500 NS 100 easy)
10 x 50 pace
600 swim (100 easy 400 NS 100 easy)
8 x 50 pace
500 (same as above) Used Snorkel
6 x 50 same
400 same Used Snorkel
4 x 50 same
300 same
2 x 50
I made the workout distance but CRASHED halfway though the 600 set. I tried to push myself a bit but my energy was GONE. I slowed down hoping it would come back but that just made it worse. My energy was tanked and I decided to just get the distance in and forget about the negative splits and making good pace times on the 50's. I'm not going to be upset about what happened. I actually expected my body to do this at one point. I have not swam daily in a long time. My body is adjusting slowly to all the recent activity and 2 days a week I have 15+ hour days. Tough luck Goody! I knew what this season would entail so I just need to keep plugging through. There will be more days like this but hopefully they are far apart.
I will have a lighter day tomorrow then my 1 hour postal swim on Sat. Patricia is out of town for work so I won't be able to swim next week until Friday.
4000 SCY
I did a workout I really like for today.
700 swim (100 easy 500 NS 100 easy)
10 x 50 pace
600 swim (100 easy 400 NS 100 easy)
8 x 50 pace
500 (same as above) Used Snorkel
6 x 50 same
400 same Used Snorkel
4 x 50 same
300 same
2 x 50
I made the workout distance but CRASHED halfway though the 600 set. I tried to push myself a bit but my energy was GONE. I slowed down hoping it would come back but that just made it worse. My energy was tanked and I decided to just get the distance in and forget about the negative splits and making good pace times on the 50's. I'm not going to be upset about what happened. I actually expected my body to do this at one point. I have not swam daily in a long time. My body is adjusting slowly to all the recent activity and 2 days a week I have 15+ hour days. Tough luck Goody! I knew what this season would entail so I just need to keep plugging through. There will be more days like this but hopefully they are far apart.
I will have a lighter day tomorrow then my 1 hour postal swim on Sat. Patricia is out of town for work so I won't be able to swim next week until Friday.
4000 SCY
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
8Jan14
Alarm went off at 0430. I turned it off and said to myself, "Rest Day". I laid back down and instead of seeing myself falling back asleep, I got a CRYSTAL CLEAR picture of the USMS FLOG page in my head and how there would be a missing spot for this week. I immediately got out of bed...NOPE! The thought of an empty spot scared me too much.
5 x 200 (1,3,5 swim 2 kick, 4 drill)
3 x 200 Not hitting the times I want. Was not happy but not doing to get down on myself considering it is still the first week
50 easy
2 x 200 pull
50 easy
2 x 200 swim with snorkel
50 easy
2 x 200 pull with snorkel
50 easy
200 HARD. I hit 2:43 Decent time
100 hard. Got 1:12
50 hard. Got :29
Did easy 50's until my lap counter hit the number 70.
I did something today that I felt an IMMEDIATE impact when I did it. When I did my 200,100, and 50 hard. When I was done, I was gasping for air. I did not let myself get full breaths. I put my snorkel in my mouth and put my face in the water. I was able to breathe but it was limited. I could still feel my lungs "flexing" for air even though I was breathing. I was getting air just in limited amounts. It was really tough but holy cow I know my lungs were opening up! Great way to raise your oxygen threshold.
3500 SCY
5 x 200 (1,3,5 swim 2 kick, 4 drill)
3 x 200 Not hitting the times I want. Was not happy but not doing to get down on myself considering it is still the first week
50 easy
2 x 200 pull
50 easy
2 x 200 swim with snorkel
50 easy
2 x 200 pull with snorkel
50 easy
200 HARD. I hit 2:43 Decent time
100 hard. Got 1:12
50 hard. Got :29
Did easy 50's until my lap counter hit the number 70.
I did something today that I felt an IMMEDIATE impact when I did it. When I did my 200,100, and 50 hard. When I was done, I was gasping for air. I did not let myself get full breaths. I put my snorkel in my mouth and put my face in the water. I was able to breathe but it was limited. I could still feel my lungs "flexing" for air even though I was breathing. I was getting air just in limited amounts. It was really tough but holy cow I know my lungs were opening up! Great way to raise your oxygen threshold.
3500 SCY
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