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1 hour 2 minute swim workout, Monday IM with friends, 1-31-22

This was not my workout. Well, it was, but not my idea. I swam with a new group of friends. They are significantly faster than me. I did the same intervals, but I had to adjust the distance to stay up with them. This explains my odd distances and short warmup set. I...

1 hour 12 minute swim workout, Saturday swim with friends, 1-29-22

1 hour 12 minute swim workout, Saturday swim with friendsMichael Chang workout 600 warmup (?min) Warmup set (700 yds, 13:40 min) Set 1–2x (600 yds, 11:20 min) 2 x 50 drill on 1:00 2 x 100 on 1:50 — 50 kick/50 swim Set 2 (100 yds, 2:20 min) 4 x 25 on :25 3/2/1 breaths...

1 hour swim workout, SCAQ Thursday, 1-27-22

1 hour swim workout, SCAQ ThursdayCoach Rada Owen 500 warmup (? min) Warmup set — 3x (750 yds, 13 min) 100 on 1:40 — decrease stroke count by 25 150 on 2:40 — 50 kick/25 stroke IM order/50 free Main set — 3x (1350 yds, 25:15 min) 100 IM on 1:50 50 free on 1:00 — 25...

1 hour 10 min swim workout, Fun with Friends Tuesday, 1/24/22

1 hour 10 min swim workout, Fun with Friends TuesdayRada Owen workout with some additions 600 warmup (~9 min) Warmup set Set 1 — 2x (600 yds, 10:10 min) 2 x 100 on 1:45 — 25 stroke/75 free 100 on 1:35 — 25 fast/75 swim 50 easy Set 2 —4x (300 yds, 7:20 min) 50 kick on...

1 hour swim workout, SCAQ Sunday, 1-23-21

1 hour swim workout, SCAQ SundayCoach Bill Bean 525 warmup (? min) Warmup set (500 yds, min) Pyramid 25/50/75/100/100/75/50/25 Alt. swim-kick with :05 rest Main set — 2x (2100 yds, min) 3 x 150 on 2:20–descend 50 easy 3 x 100 on 1:35–descend 50 easy 3 x 50 on :45–best...

Including COVID in your contemporary stories, Round Robin, 1-22-22

Covid and Contemporary StoriesHow are you dealing with the COVID pandemic in your contemporary novels/short stories? Not as a political statement or polarizing pro/con mask stance, but the way the COVD virus effects the day-to-day lives of your characters and appears...

55 minute swim workout, technique Friday, 1-21-22

55 minute swim workout, technique Friday500 warmup (~7:35 min) Warmup set (900 yds, 17 min) Set 1–2x (600 yds, 11:20 min) 4 x 50 on 1:00 100 on 1:40 R1: 25 /25 swim R2: 25—10 side kicks-pull, flip to other side, 10 side kicks-pull, flip to other side, repeat/25 swim...

50-minute swim workout, Thursday toss up, 1-20-22

50-minute swim workout, Thursday toss up500 warmup (~7:39 min) Warmup set (1000 yds, 19:10 min) 200 pull on 3:20 50 fly on 1:00 150 pull on 2:30 50 fly on 1:00 50 back on 1:00 100 pull on 1:40 50 fly on 1:00 50 back on 1:00 50 breast on 1:00 50 pull on :50 50 fly on...

1 hour swim workout, SCAQ Wednesday, 1-19-22

1 hour swim workout, SCAQ WednesdayCoach Bill Bean 500 warmup (~7:35 min) Warmup set (900 yds, 14:30 min) 3 x 100 on 1:40–catchup drill 500 on 7:30 4 x 25 on :30–focus on stroke. No more than 3 breaths/25 Main set (2000 yds, 32:25 min) Set 1 (1000 yds, 16:10 min) 3 x...

1 hour swim workout, SCAQ Sunday, 1-16-22

1 hour swim workout, SCAQ SundayCoach Bill Bean 500 warmup (~7:25 min) Warmup set (600 yds, ~10 min) 300 pull — warmup pace 6 x 50 build on :50 Main set—2x (2000 yds, 30:20 min) 4 x 100 on 1:30 2 x 200 on 3:05 4 x 50 on :45 20 second break between sets 50 easy Bonus...