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70-minute swim workout, Swim with friends Wednesday, 12-22-21

When swim friends save your butt. 🙂 70-minute swim workout, Swim with friends WednesdayA Rada Owen workout 550 warmup (? min) Warmup set (600 yds, 10:30 min) 3 x 200 on 3:45 Done as: 50 kick/50 fist drill/50 stroke/50 free Main set (2100 yds, 34:55 min) Set 1 (1050...

55-minute swim workout, Tuesday with friends, 12-21-21

At this point, my regular pool at closed for maintenance; yes, it was Christmas time, but swimming was a must. Luckily, I have swim friends who invite me to join them. 🙂 55-minute swim workout, Tuesday with friendsA Rada Owen workout 400 warmup (? min) Warmup set...

Family experiences and writing, Round Robin, 12-18-21

How do your family experiences translate into writing scenes? Robin asked a difficult question this month. Honestly, I don't think my family experiences have entered into any of my writing scenes. At least, not consciously. When I think about it, though, in my latest...

Hour swim workout, SCAQ Friday Sprint workout, 12-17-21

Hour swim workout, SCAQ Friday Sprint workoutCoach Dmitri 200 warmup (? min) Warmup set (600 yds, 10:30 min) 3 x 200 on 3:30 —breath control Done as 50 breathe every 7 strokes/50 breathe every 5 strokes/50 breathe every 3 strokes/50 breathe as much as you want. 50...

Hour swim workout, SCAQ Thursday stroke day, 12-16-21

Hour swim workout, SCAQ Thursday stroke dayCoach Dmitri 150 warmup (? min) Warmup set (900 yds, 17 min) Set 1 (600 yds, 10 min) 3 x 200 on 3:20 Set 2 — 4x (300 yds, 7 min) 3 x 25 stroke on :35 2– 25 drill/1–25 stroke Main set (1750 yds, ~35 min) Set 3 (1050 yds, 20...

Hour swim workout, SCAQ Sprint Friday, 12-10-21

As we didn't really have intervals, I can't really give you an estimate of the length of time the sets took. Just work them. Hour swim workout, SCAQ Sprint Friday, 12-10-21Coach Bill Bean 600 warmup (? min) Broken 200 50 kick/50 swim/50 kick/50 swim :10 rest between...

Hour swim workout, SCAQ stroke Thursday, 12-9-21

I hadn't seen Dmitri in a while. I've always enjoyed his workouts. It was good to catch up with him. Hour swim workout, SCAQ stroke ThursdayCoach Dmitri 250 warmup (? Min) Warmup set (500 yds, 8:40 min) 4 x 125 on 2:10 Main set (2050 yds, 38:50 min) Set 1 (375 yds,...

50-minute swim workout, mid distance Wednesday, 12-8-21

50-minute swim workout, mid distance WednesdayWarmup 500 (~7:15 min) Warmup set (600 yds, 10 min) 4 x 150 on 2:30 Middle 50 any stroke but free Main set (1850 yds, 25:30 min) Set 1 (600 yds, 9 min) 200 on 3:00 300 on 4:30 100 on 1:30 Set 2 (900 yds, 12 min) 300 on...

Hour swim workout, SCAQ Tuesday, 12-7-21

Hour swim workout, SCAQ Tuesday, 12-7-21Coach Rada Owen 450 warmup (~7 min) Warmup set (800 yds, ? min) Broken 300 as: 50 free/25 back—4x 4 x 50 on :50–descend Broken 300 as: 50 free/25 kick—4x Main set (600 yds, 30:15 min) Set 1 (600 yds, 9:30 min) 200 on 3:05 50 on...

50-minute swim workout, IM Monday fun day, 12-6-21

50-minute swim workout, IM Monday fun day, 12-6-21500 warmup (~7:45 min) Warmup set (600 yds, 11 min) 4 x 75 IM rotation on 1:25 (fly/back/br, back/br/free, etc.) 4 x 75 on 1:20 1st 25 stroke in IM order Main set (1500 yds, 27:10 min) Set 1 (850 yds, 15:20 min) 16 x...