Blog | Marci Baun

55-minute swim workout, sprint day, 9-10-21

Today, I finally felt closer to myself and "normal" speed. The past several weeks had been just sucky. I was getting slower and slower until, on Tuesday, I couldn't even sprint a 100 in 1:25. Well, there was no sprinting period. I was out of town on Wednesday and...

55-minute swim workout, stroke/timing day, 9-9-21

Yesterday wasn't about speed. As you probably guessed from the title, it was about timing. For me, this meant focusing on timing with breathing. In the main set, I alternated between relaxing and that timing/breathing focus and just relaxing into the swim while trying...

55-minute swim workout, distance day, 9-1-21

Ah, distance day . . . how I love thee. This was all about cruising. I've been pushing myself harder than usual (not very successfully either), so my goal for this workout was just to swim, to make the intervals, to enjoy the water. If you want to make the main set...

55-minute swim workout, Tuesday fun day, 8-31-21

So, today was "fun" day where I do a lot of odd sets just to shake up my workouts. With me swimming alone, it can get monotonous. Not that I don't love to swim, I do, but it's easy to fall into doing the same workouts all of the time. I try to keep them fresh. It was...

55-minute swim workout, IM Monday, 8-30-21

I did swim Friday, but for a short 35 minutes as the pool facility had issues with the chemical balance and kicked us out. You may notice that, despite an extra 5 minutes, I don't seem to be getting a significant amount of yards. Well, as you can see from the last...

55-minute swim workout, stroke technique, 8-26-21

Today was stroke technique day. Since Monday was IM day, I figured I'd just do some IM stroke technique to mix things up a bit. So, there I was working through it. Honestly, past 25 yards, I don't have a sprint fly. Okay, I don't have a sprint fly. I have 2 fly MOs:...

55-minute swim workout, mid-distance, 8-25-21

This was a relatively uncomplicated swim set today. Well, compared to yesterday. As I’d been out for the past week, I decided the longest distance I needed to do (besides the 500 warmup) was a 200. If the facility where you swim still limits you to 50 minutes, you can...

55-minute workout, fun Tuesday, 8-24-21

Today, I had a pleasant surprise. The local pool has extended the swim time by five minutes. I didn’t find out until I was climbing out of the pool and Mary, the lifeguard, told us. Of course, I jumped back in and swam an easy 50 before I did one last sprint. That’s...

50-minute swim workout, Monday IM, 8-23-21

As you may have noticed, if you even came by, I’ve been gone for an entire week. We went on vacation. No, I didn’t swim, if you don’t count traversing the Narrows in Zion National Park. Although I did get up to secure my swim slots early that first Monday morning,...

50-minute swim workout, sprint, 8-13-21

I was six minutes late getting in today (my fault), so my workout was cut short, but I still managed to get some true sprinting in at the end. 50-minute swim workout, sprint 400 warmup (~5:45 min) Warmup set 3x (600 yds, 11 min) 100 on 1:40 4 x 25 on :30–2 breaths/lap...