Swimming

Cant view that at work.

Human Race Hampton court thames swim was postponed yesterday, because of fast flowing river/debris and water quality.... ? Thats 2 now ( windsor ).

The windsor one has been re-scheduled for october..... cant see it being any better then ............. ?

In other news, I had a very trying child on saturday........ I need to be stricter and less friendly. Apparently he doesnt listen to the other young girl either, but the older teacher had no problems with him after me, typical !

Just managed to watch that at work with no sound. Some great footage on there. Want to swim now, have'nt been for 4 days. :(

So gagging to swim i wrote my set out yesterday afternoon............... roll on 8pm.

500 free ( did 550)
300 back (did 350)

css training - 10 x 100m free on 1.35 (prob more like 1.39) recovery 10 secs( more like 1.40)

5 x 200 IM * ( * ha ha, gsoh !) ( did 6 x, enjoyed it alot)
500 pull on 8.10

300 back/easy
5 x 50 kicks ( more like 2 x)
swimdown ( breast etc)
4k ( more like 4.3k )

My speed was atrocious and i think 800 warm up isnt enough for me, need 1300-1500.
Enjoyed the IM, find the css hard because of other lane swimmers.... anyway those sets definitely make the time go quicker.

Charlton Lido yesterday evening.

All fc
4 x 100 warmup
500 drills (single arms, breathing, snorkel stuff)
8 x 200 css main set
300 warm down

3000 in all

I overestimated my CSS time for 100m - I thought it was 1:50 ish, turns out I can only knock out 2:00 / 2:05

As I tire, it looks as though my stroke suffers, getting shorter, choppier and less efficient, so the harder I try, the worse I get.

I could really feel the weakness at the end of each pull though, and struggled to complete the stroke with any strength.

I do like that pool though. A whole lane to myself for 70 minutes was blissful.

This morning's swim sucked, big ! Seem to be swimming in Treacle of late, dont know why....

1500 - free
500 - back
5 x 200 IM
500 - pull
200 -1arm drills
200 - swimdown - bleuuuurrrghhhhhhhhhhh

Feel like i still havent woken up. Plus slept on my left shoulder and i have a twinge in left side trapizius that did not like any free this morning. Need to do my neck exercises again... ho huuum. And i seem to have got conjuctivitis again....... looked like terminator in one eye !

(Hi TW2 - Welcome)

100 m x 15 is ok dude, set ur time let say 1.20 mins then 20 sec rest between 100 m it's tough shit , but good for you .. Im Tum btw

15 x 100 @ 1.20 ? who's that for ? Definitely not me and I doubt for TW2 if he/she struggled @ 1.50.

I can just about do 1 x 100 @ 1:20, if it's a 25m pool.

Any more than that, and you're having a laugh.

i'm waiting for it to be 7:30 so i can go swimming. i was up at 5:30 this morning and have been sat here trying to stay awake since about 3:30. i don't really want to go.

This morning's swim sucked, big ! Seem to be swimming in Treacle of late, dont know why....

Government cuts?

Conjuctivitis moan;
Got a big swollen left eye today and feel ill. Been doc's got drop's and anti b's and apparently no swimming on the agenda, yeah right thats gonna happen ! :(

If you wear goggles before you get int the pool and dont remove them throughout then why cant i swim ? Apart from feeling like shite and run down..... ?

Did you go Dookie ?

Government cuts?

Oliver Schick ( i love this forum name and i assume it is your real name which makes it even more geeky), I dont know what youre talking about half the time. :)

Shite, this may mean i cant teach tomorrow too and it's my last lesson until september when i may have the chance of a permanent position. darn it !

Oliver Schick ( i love this forum name and i assume it is your real name which makes it even more geeky), I dont know what youre talking about half the time. :)

Yep, real name was suggesting that it would be cheaper to fill a pool with treacle than water. Or maybe a treacle like substance?

Ahh I see. Sorry, I need to go home asap. Have the ok from one team, just need raj to pull his finger out so i can leave and take my mahoosive eye with me. :(

Hey *m.f ! :)

Actually, I meant that the water might have got treacly while not being cleaned. Yuck. :)

So having identified a hole in my stroke last week, the last few sessions have been spent trying to rectify it.

I've been initiating my catch too early, almost as soon as my trailing arm come out of the water, and ending up snatching my strokes, and yawing as opposed to rolling.

After way too many catch up drills, I'm now starting my catch when my other arm is at the top of the recovery stroke.

End result - longer and more efficient strokes, and I feel more powerful. A few more tens of thousands of repetitions and I might have this dialled in.

Anyway - 8k last week, and my shoulders are knackered.

Did my first 6 hr swim in the Channel yesterday. OK, closer to 5 hrs if you take out the puke stops (nothing serious, just an excuse to be lazy and get out for a breather as much as anything). Glorious day, perfect swimming conditions, good company.

Most surprised, shoulders and arms feel fine today, though I wouldn't take you on in an arm wrestle and expect a win. I was doing a slow plod all day, but still expected to be in bits this morning. Less positively, felt the cold quite a bit, despite it being over 14 degrees and wearing a wettie.

^ What do you actually do for 5 hours straight swimming ?
Did you feed etc ?
Was this at Dover ?

Got viral conjunctivitis and have been pretty ill. Plus scarily swollen eye, face, lymph nodes..... nice. Now in my other eye too. :( Getting better though, back at work today, the cycle in this morning was lovely, not even trying and my legs felt strong.

I reckon this weekend has got to be a loooonnng swim outside in the sun... cant wait !

^ What do you actually do for 5 hours straight swimming ?
Did you feed etc ?
Was this at Dover ?

Folkestone - just plodded up and down parallel to the shore for safety reasons. We had some friends on the beach to hand us drinks bottles and food. I had a bottle of water and 2 bananas - probably not enough, and probably contributed to the sickness.

Some of the Channel guys had their bottles and food thrown to them on ropes, so they weren't stopping for more than 10 seconds or so for each feed. Biscuits, cereal bars, grape, nectarines, spoonfuls of peanut butter were all being used.

We got brought on stage at the Harbour Festival and given medals at the end. God knows why.

In this weather?

Sunny hot weather ? Swimming outside ? Yes !

Folkestone - just plodded up and down parallel to the shore for safety reasons. We had some friends on the beach to hand us drinks bottles and food. I had a bottle of water and 2 bananas - probably not enough, and probably contributed to the sickness.

Some of the Channel guys had their bottles and food thrown to them on ropes, so they weren't stopping for more than 10 seconds or so for each feed. Biscuits, cereal bars, grape, nectarines, spoonfuls of peanut butter were all being used.

We got brought on stage at the Harbour Festival and given medals at the end. God knows why.

I say ! :)

No sounds like you didnt eat enough ? Only water too ? Didnt you have any sports drinks or the like ?

No, I got stuck in the pub the night before and forgot to go shopping. I only had water because my mate had 2 bottles. Preparation is not my strongest suit.