by marciadmin | Nov 9, 2021 | 55-minute Swim Workouts
Now that I have a broken toe, I’ve decided that I’ll be doing mostly pull swim workouts for the first week or so to help with the healing. (I’m concerned kicking will reinjure it.) As I rarely swim with a pull buoy, I wasn’t sure what my speed...
by marciadmin | Nov 7, 2021 | 55-minute Swim Workouts, SCAQ Swim Workouts
Normally, on Sunday, I swim at another facility, but that pool is closed for a private event. 🙁 If I’d swam at my regular Sunday facility, I wouldn’t have a broken toe. That’s right, I have a broken toe. How? It didn’t happen during swimming,...
by marciadmin | Nov 5, 2021 | 55-minute Swim Workouts
This was a hard workout. As I was saying on Wednesday, I think I’m a better distance swimmer than sprinter. I seem to relax into the zen of swimming with distance. With sprinting, I get all tense. Or, maybe, that was just today. Anyway, the intent for the...
by marciadmin | Nov 4, 2021 | 55-minute Swim Workouts
The focus today was on freestyle stroke technique and connecting the hips/core to the catch. I was watching a video this morning of Jason Lezak swimming that was specifically talking about this. There weren’t any drills connected to this, so I focused on that...
by marciadmin | Nov 3, 2021 | 55-minute Swim Workouts
There’s something about distance day that I find so relaxing. Yes, I know, I’m weird. We established that some time ago. LOL Now, that we have that out of the way, we can focus on today’s workout. My goals today was to maintain a certain speed in R1...
by marciadmin | Nov 2, 2021 | 55-minute Swim Workouts
Some days you just have to play. Not as far as I usually swim, but some of the drills can’t be done very quickly. Adjust. Have fun. Swim. That’s it. 55-minute swim workout, fun Tuesday 500 warmup (~7:25 min) Warmup set (600 yds, 12:20 min) 4 x 50 on 1:20...
