Focal Points | Mediterra Swim & Run

Training: 4k Feeling Better Further and Faster

by Coach Mat | 9 Nov, 2010

I swam 77 minutes today starting at 10:10 at Konyaaltı Creek, swimming west half-way and back. It was sunny, cool-warm, clear, with a soft off-shore breeze, but suprisingly calm on the water. The sea was 23 C, glass smooth at first, then a little chop picking up on...

Training: 3km Alternating Stroke/Fist

by Coach Mat | 2 Nov, 2010

I swam 67 minutes today at 10:30 at the Konyaaltı Varyant. I swam west past the dock and back. It was sunny cool-warm, clear with a slight onshore breeze that kept the surface fairly smooth. The water was 23 C with colder surface spots from fresh water flows. 10...

Training: 3km Alternating Stroke/Fist

by Coach Mat | 2 Nov, 2010

Focus Or Be Tossed On The Waves

by Coach Mat | 14 Sep, 2010

Today I swam 56 minutes in very choppy water. I have not swam in 5 days while I was visiting my good friends in another city for the holiday week. Coming back after skipping a few days I felt that usual loss of momentum for training, but also knew from so many years...

Hold Tempo and Lower SPL

by Coach Mat | 3 Sep, 2010

I swam 2560m today at the 32m outdoor pool (yes, strange length). Started at 8:35 an hour before swim lessons. Sunny, warm, no breeze. The pool was about 27 C which is perfect. 10x 256m (4 laps), with Tempo Trainer set to 1.20, and hold 22 SPL (=16 SPL in a 25m pool)....

Long And Sweet

by Coach Mat | 28 Aug, 2010

I swam 124 minutes this morning, at Konyaalti Varyant at 6:50 am. The weather was hot, dry. The sea was 30 C, smooth as glass, visibility with early morning sunlight was 10m + into the depths. I first swam 40′ east to the ancient harbor, then back and then west...