Blog | Marci Baun

50-minute swim workout, Monday long course IM day, 11-22-21

Long course is not nearly as much fun to swim on my own. Perhaps it's because I'm not used to the distance, but, also, I like the variety of short course. With long course, all of the workouts are denominations of 50, of course. Also, this was the first day without a...

1 hour swim workout, SCAQ Sunday, 11-21-21

Coach Bill always gives workouts that pushes us just a bit further than we think we can go. Thankfully, someone else led, and I was able to draft. LOL It's odd, but I can easily swim 3 x 100s on the 1:30 in short course yards, but 3 x 100s on a 1:35 in long course...

55-minute swim workout, Saturday mix, 11-20-21

One more workout with this pull buoy (tomorrow--long course. It should be fun.), and I'll be reintroducing kicking again. Never did I ever think I'd say I'd miss kicking. LOL I have. We'll see how it goes, though, when kicking is once again a reality. It was really a...

Flawed or evil characters, Round Robin, November 20, 2021

Flawed or evil characters, Round Robin, November 20, 2021Flawed or evil characters inhabit a number of my books. Although I don’t depend on such characters to move the plot forward for every story, they are required for some of them. It all depends on the story, what...

55-minute swim workout, Friday sprint-ish day, 11-19-21

So, there isn't really sprinting with a pull buoy for me (kind of like fly), but I try. However, you can make this a sprint workout if you are able to do it the way it was intended. Alas, I wasn't, but I tried. LOL Adjust as needed. 55-minute swim workout, Friday...

55-minute swim workout, Thursday pull, 11-18-21

I thought I'd posted this, but I apparently hadn't. I think this is pretty self-explanatory. And, no, I didn't get faster by round, in case you were wondering. LOL Adjust as needed. 55-minute swim workout, Thursday pull500 warmup (~7:15 min) Warmup set (550 yds, 8:45...

55-minute swim workout, Wednesday distance pull, 11-17-21

I've done this set before, but not with a pull buoy. The first three distances in the pyramid set are still part of the warmup set, which is why the intervals are slightly slower. As my toe is improving, I'll probably start kicking come Sunday or Monday. For the next...

55-minute swim workout, another pull Tuesday, 11-16-21

Oh, I'm having a hard time coming up with pull workouts. So, today, it's broken 200s and 300s. I've explained what that means under the main set heading. I had quite a bit of rest at the end of each, but it was purposefully built in. Honestly, I should have done Set 1...

55-minute swim workout, Monday pull short distance, 11-15-21

I've decided to pull for one more week, then I'll be back to swimming with a kick again. I wasn't nearly as fast today as yesterday, but it was still a good swim. Perhaps if I'd had rest between the sets, it would've made a difference, but we were once again let in...

55-minute swim workout, SCAQ Sunday, 11-14-21

The title is a lie. Our coach was a few minutes late and the facility wouldn't let us in until she arrived. We actually swam 51 minutes. Honestly, this irritated me. I don't like it when the facility doesn't let us in so that we can get the entire 55 minutes, and I...