I ran into Abby, a swimmer friend, today at the pool. We swam in adjacent lanes and ended up doing the main set together. She’s much faster than me, but paced me. This pushed me a bit, which I am grateful for. It was fun “swimming with” a friend today. Funny thing,...

Surprise! It’s almost back to normal. Today, they announced we could swim 3/lane. Fortunately, we had the entire pool (18 lanes) and, most of us, had our own lane. As there are a variety of speeds and swim levels, once people realize they can get a slot, it’s going to...

We had the inimitable Coach Bill Bean today. I am grateful he came out to coach us on this holiday. We had a pretty full pool (about 4 people/lane). I got to swim with my friends, Abbi, Rachel, and Kristin. Such a lovely time. It was a good set, and, while all of 50s...

My base 100 pace is 1:30. I set the 100s in the main set :05 slower than my regular 100 interval so I had a little rest time to really push those 50s. Or, at least, try to make them all on :40 or better. I didn’t succeed with all of the :45 intervals, but I did with...

Well, it appears that my IM day has extended into IM week although, today, after the first 35.5 yards of breaststroke, my abductors were acting up and causing issues with my knees. I’m not sure why they were bothering me, but I stopped doing breaststroke all together...

My friend and fellow backstroker Martin Vaccaro and I were supposed to do this workout together. Because he’s not a resident of Culver City, securing a spot ahead of time at the local pool is nearly impossible. Instead, you have to come, get in line for standby, and...

How can a fun day be so full of IM? I don’t know, but it was. And fun exercises I would normally do I can’t do since we’re relegated to the deep end right now. So, no dolphin dives or running, but I do have other options. You just have to be more creative, even when...

The fourth Monday of the month is always IM day. It’s nice to mix it up, although sometimes I think I go a little crazy on the IM. This might have been one of those days. I suppose I could’ve done some of the 50s on a faster pace, but, honestly, I’m excited if I break...

I don’t know what Bill was thinking today. Set 1 you are meant to swim :10 faster than your base 100 time and maintain that pace throughout. My base time is 1:30/100 yds. You are given extra rest in the first couple of distances and intervals. Don’t get too...

Usually, Fridays are sprint day, but, since I did a lactic workout yesterday, I figured today I’d take it easy. So, this is my version of taking it easy. (I don’t do well just sitting in water. LOL) After the warmup set, all of the sets for free were base plus :05,...