In 2009 I logged a total of 319 miles swimming.
In 2010 I logged a total of 758 miles swimming.
That's an increase of 237%. I may not be 237% faster, but I believe my stroke has improved and my swimming endurance. This morning's swim I really focused on a long stretch out front (without overextending my hand towards the midline), and pulling straight back with no S curve. My stroke has gotten better.
My goal for 2011 is 1000 miles total (pool + OW). That is definitely achievable. That's only and increase of 25% over 2010. Considering the drastic increase in 2009 I hope 1000 miles isn't undershooting. But I also don't want to get burned out. I have a big swim in August 2012!
Today's swim was:
13 x 1000 yards free on 15:00
13,000 yards total
I had extra rest between a couple of sets for a quick bathroom break, but I did get the whole thing done in 3.5 hours. I was aiming for 23,000 and that would have given me 150 miles for the month of December, but I hit a major wall at 12,000 and my stroke technique was starting to suffer so I called it good at the end of the 13th set and decided against continuing. I already had a monthly PR at that point anyway. For December I have logged 145 miles. That kills November's 100 mile total which was my PR before this month. Awesome.
I got the ball rolling a little on the GSL swim. I contacted a friend about the possibility of making a documentary of the swim. We'll see.
Happy New Years!
Friday, December 31, 2010
Thursday, December 30, 2010
1000s
Got up this morning at 3:45 in order to get to work on time. There was a pretty decent storm last night and the roads were all icy. After I guarded from 5-7am I hurried in and did 8 sets of 1000 on 15 minutes:
8000 yards total in 2 hours exactly
Felt great!
8000 yards total in 2 hours exactly
Felt great!
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
400s
Got in the pool at 5:17am:
2000 yards free long strokes
200 easy
Masters workout:
400 easy
800 - 2 x 400's free descending (5:00) on 5:45
150 - 3 x 50's kick recovery
600 - 2 x 300's free descending (4:00) on 4:30
150 - 3 x 50's kick recovery
400 - 2 x 200's free descending (2:23) on 3:00
150 - 3 x 50's kick recovery
200 - 2 x 100 free fast on 1:30 (1:08)
150 - 3 x 50's easy
Then I got out and was going to do alot more yards, but it was difficult getting back into it and ended up only doing:
200 free
100 free
100 easy
5600 yards total
Monday, December 27, 2010
No Equipment
I had to lifeguard this morning from 5-7. So today's swim was a little lighter compared to normal.
I read this blog entry yesterday and realized that I probably do spend way too much time swimming with equipment. Now I always take Terry's blogs with a grain of salt. I mean I NEVER use a pool buoy unless I'm also using my supersized hand paddles, so I believe that by eliminating the kick and putting more emphasis on the pull with the paddles in combination with the buoys that it gives me more upper body work. However, there could be some truth to Terry's though process, so today, I thought I would just swim with just a pair of goggles (and my Rob's Aquatic speedo of course!)
2600 yards free no rest, go right into...
400 IM easy no rest...
1000 free free go right into
400 IM easy then into
3600 yards free
8000 yards total
1000 yards into my swim BJ Christensen jumped in and did a fast 100 yards. Then he got into his normal pace. I was trying to keep up and picked up my pace just a bit. It was nice having someone right next to me who would do more than just sets of 100 and would do a nice long pull on their stroke and go long. I was able to hang with him which was nice.
I'm hoping to do 20 more miles for the rest of this week totaling 150 miles for the month of December. That would be sweet!
I read this blog entry yesterday and realized that I probably do spend way too much time swimming with equipment. Now I always take Terry's blogs with a grain of salt. I mean I NEVER use a pool buoy unless I'm also using my supersized hand paddles, so I believe that by eliminating the kick and putting more emphasis on the pull with the paddles in combination with the buoys that it gives me more upper body work. However, there could be some truth to Terry's though process, so today, I thought I would just swim with just a pair of goggles (and my Rob's Aquatic speedo of course!)
2600 yards free no rest, go right into...
400 IM easy no rest...
1000 free free go right into
400 IM easy then into
3600 yards free
8000 yards total
1000 yards into my swim BJ Christensen jumped in and did a fast 100 yards. Then he got into his normal pace. I was trying to keep up and picked up my pace just a bit. It was nice having someone right next to me who would do more than just sets of 100 and would do a nice long pull on their stroke and go long. I was able to hang with him which was nice.
I'm hoping to do 20 more miles for the rest of this week totaling 150 miles for the month of December. That would be sweet!
Friday, December 24, 2010
10 mile Swim on Christmas Eve
This morning I lifeguarded at SDRC from 5-7am and then hurried into the pool and started my swim around 7:10am. Swam in sets of 2000:
2000 free
2000 pull
2000 free
2000 pull
2000 free
2000 pull
2000 free
2000 pull
2000 free
200 yards fulcrum paddles (which I don't like at all by the way),
200 big paddles only,
100 easy,
500 kick,
1000 pull
1600 free
17,600 yards total in 4.5 hours
Sprinted the last 200 yards. Felt great! Now for some serious carbs!
Thursday, December 23, 2010
12th Day of Christmas swim
On the 12th day of Christmas my true love gave to me....
12 x 150s Tempo Trainer (:57) on 2:15
11 x 100's IM order
12 x 150s Tempo Trainer (:57) on 2:15
11 x 100's IM order
1000 pulling
9 x 100 IM/Free on 1:45
8 texas 50's on 1:00
7 x 50's drilling no stopping
6 x 50's pulling no stopping
500 free
4 x 100's kick no stopping
3 x 50's back
2 x one arm Fly drills and
50 Easy
(7000)
Plus a little extra:
2000 pull
2000 free
11,000 yards total in 3:00 even
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
11th Day of Christmas
On the 11th day of Christmas my true love gave to me:
11 x 100's IM order
11 x 100's IM order
1000 pulling
9 x 100 IM/Free on 2:00
8 texas 50's
7 x 50's drilling
6 x 50's pulling
500 free
4 x 100's kick
3 x 50's back
2 x one arm Fly drills and
50 Easy
(5000)
Here's the Masters workout I did as well:
500 Warmup
200 - 8 x 25's 2 swim, kick drill swim
800 - 2 x 400's 1st pull, 2nd IM
1200 - 2 x 600's - 1st 12 x 50's free fast on 1:00, 2nd - 300 pull, 200 back, 100 free
400 IM kick with fins
400 - 4 x 100's fast (1:04, 1:08, 1:10, 1:12)
100 easy
8600 yards total
Got out a little earlier than planned. I wasn't in the mood to start the 12th day of Christmas only to have to get out halfway through so I went to work a little earlier. I'll do the 12th day tomorrow. I got my January lifeguard schedule and am very pleased. I'll be working T/Th 5-7am and Sat 6-9am This will allow me to get my swims in with Masters during the week, but miss Saturday, but I'll steal the workout from them on Saturday and swim it after I get off at 9 and double it.
Monday, December 20, 2010
10 days of Christmas
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me....
50 Easy
On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me....
2 x 25 one arm Fly drills and
50 Easy
(150)
On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me...
3 x 50's back
50 Easy
On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me....
2 x 25 one arm Fly drills and
50 Easy
(150)
On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me...
3 x 50's back
2 x 25 one arm Fly drills and
50 Easy
(400)
On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me...
4 x 50's kick
3 x 50's back
2 x 25 one arm Fly drills and
50 Easy
(850)
On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me...
500 free
4 x 50's kick
3 x 50's back
2 x 25 one arm Fly drills and
50 Easy
(1800)
On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me...
6 x 50's pulling
500 free
4 x 50's kick
3 x 50's back
2 x one arm Fly drills and
50 Easy
(3050)
On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me...
7 x 50's drilling
6 x 50's pulling
500 free
4 x 50's kick
3 x 50's back
2 x one arm Fly drills and
50 Easy
(4650)
On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me...
8 texas 50's
7 x 50's drilling
6 x 50's pulling
500 free
4 x 50's kick
3 x 50's back
2 x one arm Fly drills and
50 Easy
(6650)
On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me...
9 x 100 IM/Free on 2:00
8 texas 50's
7 x 50's drilling
6 x 50's pulling
500 free
4 x 50's kick
3 x 50's back
2 x one arm Fly drills and
50 Easy
(9550)
On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me...
1000 pulling
9 x 100 IM/Free on 2:00
8 texas 50's
7 x 50's drilling
6 x 50's pulling
500 free
4 x 50's kick
3 x 50's back
2 x one arm Fly drills and
50 Easy
13450 yards total
Saturday, December 18, 2010
500s
After Lifeguarding this morning from 6-9am I got in and did the following:
1000 free strong
500 - 10 x 50's alternate drill/swim on :45
500 Pull free
500 pull no ankle strap
500 paddles only
500 swim
500 kick with fins
500 kick no fins
1000 - 5 x 200 IMs :20 ri
2000 pull
2000 free strong
600 - 6 x 100's (25 fly, get out and do 10 pushups, then 75 free easy)
On the last set I did 25 PU instead of 10. Felt good.
10,100 yards total
Realized during my swim that I didn't get proper dismissal from the head guard when I left. I need to make sure that I am dismissed from duty properly and get a first aid question instead of just say hi to the Head Guard (Stephy) and just go start swimming. Oops. Gotta get these procedures down!
1000 free strong
500 - 10 x 50's alternate drill/swim on :45
500 Pull free
500 pull no ankle strap
500 paddles only
500 swim
500 kick with fins
500 kick no fins
1000 - 5 x 200 IMs :20 ri
2000 pull
2000 free strong
600 - 6 x 100's (25 fly, get out and do 10 pushups, then 75 free easy)
On the last set I did 25 PU instead of 10. Felt good.
10,100 yards total
Realized during my swim that I didn't get proper dismissal from the head guard when I left. I need to make sure that I am dismissed from duty properly and get a first aid question instead of just say hi to the Head Guard (Stephy) and just go start swimming. Oops. Gotta get these procedures down!
Friday, December 17, 2010
Rush it
Got to the pool a little late so I felt a little rushed. I had a shift to start at 7 so I had to hurry to get in a decent workout:
600 yards free
600 - 6 x 100's kick with fins
600 - 6 x 100's free on 1:30
200 pull
Started Masters workout:
400 free easy
600 - 12 x 50's kick
600 - 12 x 50's free, first 4 on :60, second 4 on :50, last 4 on :40.
200 - 50 fly, 150 back
200 - 50 fly, 150 breast
4000 yards total
Craig Barnes was in the next lane over and man that guy has a serious underwater streamline/kick. He goes about 5 feet further than I do underwater. Love it when I get pushed.
Then while I was lifeguarding there was a young guy who was doing fly 50s on :40 over and over, then 50 backs on :40 over and over. I was dumbfounded. Looking forward to a 4 hour swim tomorrow.
600 yards free
600 - 6 x 100's kick with fins
600 - 6 x 100's free on 1:30
200 pull
Started Masters workout:
400 free easy
600 - 12 x 50's kick
600 - 12 x 50's free, first 4 on :60, second 4 on :50, last 4 on :40.
200 - 50 fly, 150 back
200 - 50 fly, 150 breast
4000 yards total
Craig Barnes was in the next lane over and man that guy has a serious underwater streamline/kick. He goes about 5 feet further than I do underwater. Love it when I get pushed.
Then while I was lifeguarding there was a young guy who was doing fly 50s on :40 over and over, then 50 backs on :40 over and over. I was dumbfounded. Looking forward to a 4 hour swim tomorrow.
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