A Natural Reward For Facing Fear

by | 7 Jun, 2011

I felt it was time to return to my swim route out along the cliffs. I start where the 40m cliffs that hold up the downtown part of the city, meet the Konyaaltı Beach stretch. Instead of heading West where all the bathers play, I headed East along these cliffs, where...

Muscles For Water And Rock

by | 22 May, 2011

I was reminded this weekend that swimming muscles do not translate directly into climbing muscles. Oh, my shoulders and torso can crank for hours, but above grade 7 climbing is all in the fore-arms (at least on the overhanging limestone we have here in Tky). Hours of...

Swim To Escape, or Swim To Face It?

by | 3 May, 2011

I headed to the Med this morning to release my internalized stress in the cool sea water. I have been feeling some stress the last couple days. All that tensive unchanneled energy collects in my chest just below the heart and I desperately needed to get it flushed...

Longer Lengths, Smaller Incremental Change

by | 23 Jul, 2010

I swam 60 minutes continuously today, along the sea cliffs. Same spot as last time, but I began westward this time and it was a more enjoyable route, with less tourist boat traffic. I started at 8:20. Weather was sunny, hot. The sea is getting warm, maybe 29 degrees...

Overcoming Deep Water Anxiety

by | 21 Jul, 2010

I swam 66 minutes off the sea cliffs of Antalya today. Started at 8:30. Sunny, hot. Water was maybe 28 degrees, clear. I swam 31 minutes to the east into rolling swells (without waves), then back. WORKOUT First 10 minutes were easy, careful warmup. Then [10x 250...

Open-Water vs The Pool. Can I Love Both?

by | 13 Jul, 2010

I swam 2560 meters today at 8:10 am. Sunny, warm. The PC outdoor 32m pool was about 29 degrees C. WORKOUT 2x256m (4 laps) warmup 2x [4x 256m] increasing stroke rate (SR) by feel, up 1 “gear” per repeat On repeat #1 held 21-23 SPL; #2. held 23-24 SPL; #3. held 24-26...
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