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last water, still strugglin’
I’m strugglin’ to get pool sessions over with lately. The motivation is has left me, presumably because it’s winter and that’s how it goes for swimmers during the dark months. Anywayz, did some...
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last water, kinda good
Last night’s pool session was kinda good. There was some freestyle and butterfly going down. Things felt smooth but I wasn’t keeping track of time. And at the end I did a bunch of kick work, which...
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last water, good times
Last night’s pool session was pretty good. Butterfly feels good, my freestyle is all stretched out from zipperswitch drills, my legs are hammered from lots of kicking, and I’m feeling pretty...
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last water, kick or treat
Lots of kicking last night. After a quick 1000m of freestyle, zipperswitch, zipperswitch with fly kick, and butterfly, I kicked for 500m. That’s probably more kicking than I’ve done for quite some...
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last water, slow lane
I took another hit of Albuterol before getting in the pool last night. It made a little bit of a difference. My 100m free times were a touch faster than usual, but any good feelings I may have...
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last water, IM progress
This evening’s pool session felt alright. Of note was the 4 x 100 of IM strokes I did, which started with my first 100m of fly in long course. Well, 2-kick fly, but that’s still progress. What by all...
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last water, IM be good
My butterfly is coming together. I did a 200m IM today without passing out. Amazingly. da numbers: 400m easy free/pull 3 x 100m free @ 2:00 100m fly kick drill 200m IM 200m pull 200m kick total...
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last water, back in the high life again
Today is my first day back in the pool for a couple weeks, and a few weeks since I’ve noted a swim routine here. Things weren’t going so well with my back for a while there. This nervous condition, I...
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last water, good distance
I increased my workout distance significantly today. There was no real coherent plan – a lot of pull, pull w/ paddles, a 200 IM, and a bunch of zipperswitch drill interspersed – for a total of 2000m....
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lunch water, keeps going and going…
I swam 3000m today, my longest routine in recent memory. It took less than 1.5 hours, which is kinda good, I think. And it went surprisingly smooth – no problems until after 2500m when everything...
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