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1 hour swim workout, sprint Friday with SCAQ, 2-4-22

There was a discussion about flip turns this morning. As I'm always up for improving (and my flip turn was slow compared to other swimmers), I watched a few flip turn videos. Honestly, I don't think there's much wrong with my form (not that it couldn't be better--I'm...

1 hour swim workout, stroke Thursday with SCAQ, 2-3-22

The first round of the main set was "death by fly." Rada had expected us to get through our main set faster than we did, but we took an extra 30 seconds or so to recoup from all the stroke. I let Rachel lead during the breaststroke section. I tried to draft on the...

1 hour 7 minute swim workout, Wednesday swim with friends, 2-2-22

I arrived late today (although I didn't realize I was late.), so I didn't get a warmup. My warmup was the first 200 of that main set. Cameron, Rob, and Eric did the sprint 100s on 1:02-1:03, significantly faster than my 1:15 that I was so proud of. LOL But, you know,...

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...