by marciadmin | Oct 17, 2021 | 50-Minute Swim Workouts, SCAQ Swim Workouts
This was a miserable workout today. My get up and go and got up and went before I even got in the pool. The first set of the main set was esssentially 1000 m straight swim. I had debated on even attending, but I’d already paid for it, so I hauled my butt out of...
by marciadmin | Oct 11, 2021 | 50-Minute Swim Workouts, SCAQ Swim Workouts
This morning, someone called from Culver City’s Parks and Recs Department to let me know that the pool was closed today because they “only have one staff member coming in today.” So, my backstroke workout was canceled (boo!), but I swam with SCAQ....
by marciadmin | Oct 10, 2021 | 50-Minute Swim Workouts, SCAQ Swim Workouts
I finally got back in and swam with SCAQ this morning. We only had three in our lane today, although I think there were more signed up. I led. Somehow, I actually swam an extra 50, so the total is 3600 (or 2 miles). I managed to descend the 200s, but not the 300s....
by marciadmin | Sep 26, 2021 | 50-Minute Swim Workouts
This was a tough workout. Coach Bill has more faith in my speed and abilities than I do. We were supposed to descend these sets, but, honestly, after the first round, I had nothing for the second and just made the first couple on the 1:40. From there, I decided to...
by marciadmin | Sep 19, 2021 | 50-Minute Swim Workouts
So, no warmup today. I was nearly 10 minutes late getting in. Why? Well, I had a scheduled interview about my writing journey and book The Whispering House this morning at 8 am with JB Favour from Bookterviews. We had some technical difficulties (I’d never used...
