Reformatting My Stroke #3

by | 8 Jan, 2011

This is my third practice of the New Year, as I begin to reformat my stroke- I’m taking the best of both stroke patterns I developed over the last year or so and making my single new one. Before I had a ‘distance’ stroke pattern that had a wider...

Boiled Like A Frog

by | 25 Nov, 2010

I moved from one end of the uncomfortable-water-temperature spectrum to the other. I jumped into the Akdeniz Univ pool today for the first time since last spring, and it was a stinking, boiling 31.5 C! That’s nearly 10 C higher than what I have been swimming in....

Adapting: 17 C Is COLD For Me

by | 5 Nov, 2010

I swam 1536m at 12:20 today, at the PC 32m outdoor pool. I was sunny, warm with a slight breeze from the north. The water was just under 17.5 C on my thermometer. No wetsuit today!!! 512m,    29 SPL,     9:04 512m,   29-30,    9:35 512m,   30-31,    9:41 Oh, it was...

Adapting: 2km in 18 C

by | 3 Nov, 2010

I swam 2048m today starting at 14:30 at the PC 32m outdoor pool. It was sunny, cool-warm, clear. The water was just a hair under 18 C. No wetsuit today! 512m,    26 SPL,    1.12 tempo,     8:52 512m,    28,            1.12 tempo,     9:13 512m,    29,            1.08...

Adapting: 2km in 18 C

by | 3 Nov, 2010

I swam 2048m today starting at 14:30 at the PC 32m outdoor pool. It was sunny, cool-warm, clear. The water was just a hair under 18 C. No wetsuit today! 512m,    26 SPL,    1.12 tempo,     8:52 512m,    28,            1.12 tempo,     9:13 512m,    29,            1.08...

Training: Cool Water 3km, Not Fast But Not Cold

by | 27 Oct, 2010

I swam 3072m today.  Starting at 14:30, at the PC 32m outdoor pool. It was overcast, windy, but not cold. The pool was 20.5 C. 2x 1036m, stopped between to put on quickjohn wetsuit. SPL (in a 32m pool) SPLIT 512m bare 27-29 8:42 512m bare 29-30 9:01 512m bare 29-30...
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