It's all about the shaved chest- 400m Swim TT 2014-15

Kurt Godel

Name|Pool Length|Oct '14|Nov|Dec|Jan|Feb|March|April|May|June'15
Kurt Godel|25m|6:10||||||||


Let's get this going again for another Winter season of poolwork. The goal is to chart your personal improvement over the next few months. It's not a competition, but if you feel inadequate because someone has a faster time- good, use that to get better and faster;) Maybe try and stick up a few lines about your training and/or pacing for your TT, so the thread isn't just a series of tables.

Good luck!:)

RacoonQueen

Do I have to shave my chest too? It's getting chilly you know...

Kurt Godel

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Do I have to shave my chest too? It's getting chilly you know...

Bikini wax for the girls. The main thing is to look hot at the pool, we are triathlete's after all.

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

Can i use my bike to record my 400tt?

Oryx

Kurt Godel wrote: »

Bikini wax for the girls. The main thing is to look hot at the pool, we are triathlete's after all.

I think showing off a bikini wax at the pool would be classed as pornographic rather than hot.

Kurt Godel

Oryx wrote: »

I think showing off a bikini wax at the pool would be classed as pornographic rather than hot.

I have no idea what a bikini wax is!

Girls are welcome to add to the table, as are rug-chested men. I knew there would be troublemakers. And I knew they would be RQ and Oryx.

RacoonQueen

Rylan Fluffy Goose wrote: »

Can i use my bike to record my 400tt?

Umm you need to get in the pool. Who is going to motivate me without you?!

mossym

Rylan Fluffy Goose wrote: »

Can i use my bike to record my 400tt?

if jb gets to use his bike then i get to use my 17m pool...

RacoonQueen

mossym wrote: »

if jb gets to use his bike then i get to use my 17m pool...

I use a 33m pool for half of them. Having one less wall push per 100 makes up for the 4 metres less I have to swim I reckon

mossym

RacoonQueen wrote: »

I use a 33m pool for half of them. Having one less wall push per 100 makes up for the 4 metres less I have to swim I reckon

i'd swim 408 in my 17 so i think it makes up for all the wall pushes too.

griffin100

Name|Pool Length|Oct '14|Nov|Dec|Jan|Feb|March|April|May|June'15
Kurt Godel|25m|6:10||||||||
Griffin100|50m|6:41||||||||


First 400m TT in about a year. Was hoping for 6.40 (1.40 per 100m) so not too far off. I doubt it was paced evenly though :pac:

Izoard

[QUOTE=griffin100;92513219
First 400m TT in about a year. Was hoping for 6.40 (1.40 per 100m) so not too far off. I doubt it was paced evenly though :pac:[/QUOTE]

Presumably in UCD...have they gotten around to heating the pool yet?:pac:

sconhome

Rylan Fluffy Goose wrote: »

Can i use my bike to record my 400tt?

griffin100

Izoard wrote: »

Presumably in UCD...have they gotten around to heating the pool yet?:pac:

I only noticed today it was freezing. Has it been cold recently? I know an engineer who could sort that out

RacoonQueen

Name|Pool Length|Oct '14|Nov|Dec|Jan|Feb|March|April|May|June'15
Kurt Godel|25m|6:10||||||||
Griffin100|50m|6:41||||||||
RQ|33m|7:23||||||||


Not planned for today but what I was trying to follow wasn't working for me...I was actually just going to do a 200 to finish off then as I reached 100 realised I'd probably start a 400 in the same fashion so decided to just give it a whack. Acceptable for mid October with some congestion in the lane (bloody triathletes getting in the way)

Proper TT at coached swim in a couple of weeks where I'd probably have been happy with a sub 7:30...bar heightened :pac:

Shoulder a bit sore now, perhaps I'll take the rest of the week off to rest the blasted thing

Shell to Run

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Name|Pool Length|Oct '14|Nov|Dec|Jan|Feb|March|April|May|June'15
Kurt Godel|25m|6:10||||||||
Griffin100|50m|6:41||||||||
RQ|33m|7:23||||||||
ShelltoRun|25m|9:04||||||||


All of three seconds faster than this time last year. Massive improvement!
Is there any way I can post this thread last? Embarrassed or what . IM swim training works wonders!!!

shotgunmcos

Name|Pool Length|Oct '14|Nov|Dec|Jan|Feb|March|April|May|June'15
Kurt Godel|25m|6:10||||||||
Griffin100|50m|6:41||||||||
RQ|33m|7:23||||||||
ShelltoRun|25m|9:04||||||||
Shotgunmcos|50m|7:12||||||||


A start.

Shell to Run

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Name|Pool Length|Oct '14|Nov|Dec|Jan|Feb|March|April|May|June'15
Kurt Godel|25m|6:10||||||||
Griffin100|50m|6:41||||||||
RQ|33m|7:23||||||||
ShelltoRun|25m|9:04||||||||
Shotgunmcos|50m|7:12||||||||


A start.

Shotgunmcos would you mind not updating (and everyone else), waiting for this thread to drop to the very back of the pile!!!!!

RacoonQueen

Name|Pool Length|Oct '14|Nov|Dec|Jan|Feb|March|April|May|June'15
Kurt Godel|25m|6:10||||||||
Griffin100|50m|6:41||||||||
RQ|33m|7:23||||||||
RQ|25m|-|7:08||||||||
ShelltoRun|25m|9:04||||||||
Shotgunmcos|50m|7:12||||||||


Ignoring the 50m -v- 25m pool. Woohoo I'm faster then Mike!

StaggerLee

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Name|Pool Length|Oct '14|Nov|Dec|Jan|Feb|March|April|May|June'15
Kurt Godel|25m|6:10||||||||
Griffin100|50m|6:41||||||||
RQ|33m|7:23||||||||
RQ|25m|-|7:08||||||||
ShelltoRun|25m|9:04||||||||
Shotgunmcos|50m|7:12||||||||
Staggerlee|50m|6:37||||||||

Bit slower than this time last year, could have got a slight draft too, hope to get down to 6:15 by spring

shotgunmcos

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Name|Pool Length|Oct '14|Nov|Dec|Jan|Feb|March|April|May|June'15
Kurt Godel|25m|6:10||||||||
Griffin100|50m|6:41||||||||
RQ|33m|7:23||||||||
RQ|25m|-|7:08||||||||
ShelltoRun|25m|9:04||||||||
Shotgunmcos|50m|7:12||||||||


Ignoring the 50m -v- 25m pool. Woohoo I'm faster then Mike!

Frame it kiddo!

MAntoD

Name|Pool Length|Oct '14|Nov|Dec|Jan|Feb|March|April|May|June'15
Kurt Godel|25m|6:10||||||||
Griffin100|50m|6:41||||||||
RQ|33m|7:23||||||||
RQ|25m|-|7:08||||||||
ShelltoRun|25m|9:04||||||||
Shotgunmcos|50m|7:12||||||||
MAntoD|50m|5:38||||||


Did this about three weeks back and will hopefully be doing a css TT this weekend. Splits were, 1:23, 1:26, 1:26, 1:23. 1st 100m is always going to be a bit fast due to the "free lunch" you have power wise at the beginning and once you don't over pace it too much it won't hurt you in the end.

Weekly training usually involves a long aerobic session with some strength focus, a threshold session of which the main set is usually 1.8-2K of work with short rests & a technique session. Getting about 3hrs/9Km in most weeks but will be upping this soon to 4-5 hours over December/January.

shotgunmcos

Name|Pool Length|Oct '14|Nov|Dec|Jan|Feb|March|April|May|June'15
Kurt Godel|25m|6:10||||||||
Griffin100|50m|6:41||||||||
RQ|33m|7:23||||||||
RQ|25m|-|7:08||||||||
ShelltoRun|25m|9:04||||||||
Shotgunmcos|50m|7:12|6:36|||||||
MAntoD|50m|5:38||||||

1:36 then steady 1:40s

shotgunmcos

Name|Pool Length|Oct '14|Nov|Dec|Jan|Feb|March|April|May|June'15
Kurt Godel|25m|6:10||||||||
Griffin100|50m|6:41||||||||
RQ|33m|7:23||||||||
RQ|25m|-|7:08||||||||
ShelltoRun|25m|9:04||||||||
Shotgunmcos|50m|7:12|6:36|||||||
Shotgunmcos|25m||6:14|||||||
MAntoD|50m|5:38||||||


Went again. Shorter pool. 1:32, 1:36, 1:39, 1:27. Held back over the first 300 for fear of fading on the last 4 lengths. However, felt good so pushed on and finished hard.

gerfmurphy

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Name|Pool Length|Oct '14|Nov|Dec|Jan|Feb|March|April|May|June'15
Kurt Godel|25m|6:10||||||||
Griffin100|50m|6:41||||||||
RQ|33m|7:23||||||||
RQ|25m|-|7:08||||||||
ShelltoRun|25m|9:04||||||||
Shotgunmcos|50m|7:12|6:36|||||||
Shotgunmcos|25m||6:14|||||||
MAntoD|50m|5:38||||||
gerfmurphy|25m||6.34||||||

400tt done during a drill based session.
Did a 200 after to gauge my css(explained here https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U51oZfl3i2E)
It's the first 400 I have timed in a long time. After a bit of expert guidance I have to work through a few bad habits.
Happy enough. Kept pace evenly, I think my tempo trainer is acting up so wasn't able to use that.

RacoonQueen

Name|Pool Length|Oct '14|Nov|Dec|Jan|Feb|March|April|May|June'15
Kurt Godel|25m|6:10||||||||
Griffin100|50m|6:41||||||||
RQ|33m|7:23|7:13|||||||
RQ|25m|-|7:08||||||||
ShelltoRun|25m|9:04||||||||
Shotgunmcos|50m|7:12|6:36|||||||
Shotgunmcos|25m||6:14|||||||
MAntoD|50m|5:38||||||
gerfmurphy|25m||6.34||||||


Not really planned as was doing a session today. First 2 of 4 x 200 before this were pretty crap, then two other girls got in my lane so I got a bit competitive, saw the times for the other 200s and decided to just go for it on the 4...they were slower than me though so some overtaking during this for what I'm pretty sure is the fastest 400 I've done in this pool...another 10 seconds off in the 33 by the end of december would be nice!
Was a bit messy if I'm honest - wasn't loving the swim at the start and still not feeling the may west. My 400 in the 25m pool earlier in the month was nice and steady and controlled so would be nice to be able to replicate that when on my own.

catweazle

Name|Pool Length|Oct '14|Nov|Dec|Jan|Feb|March|April|May|June'15
Kurt Godel|25m|6:10||||||||
Griffin100|50m|6:41||||||||
RQ|33m|7:23|7:13|||||||
RQ|25m|-|7:08||||||||
ShelltoRun|25m|9:04||||||||
Shotgunmcos|50m|7:12|6:36|||||||
Shotgunmcos|25m||6:14|||||||
MAntoD|50m|5:38||||||
gerfmurphy|25m||6.34||||||
Catweazle|18m||6.50||||||



Desperate - probably deserved as I haven't been putting the effort into the pool in a long time. Went out way too hard and was was gone after 10 lengths. I was happy enough to at least see it was still under 7 minutes when I finished

shotgunmcos

Name|Pool Length|Oct '14|Nov|Dec|Jan|Feb|March|April|May|June'15
Kurt Godel|25m|6:10||||||||
Griffin100|50m|6:41||||||||
RQ|33m|7:23|7:13|||||||
RQ|25m|-|7:08||||||||
ShelltoRun|25m|9:04||||||||
Shotgunmcos|50m|7:12|6:36|||||||
Shotgunmcos|25m||6:14|5:55||||||
MAntoD|50m|5:38||||||
gerfmurphy|25m||6.34||||||
Catweazle|18m||6.50||||||


Sub 6 in the short pool. Steady too, 1:28/1:29/1:29/1:29.

pgibbo

That didn't take long Mike. Fair play! :cool:

MojoMaker

7:12 to 5:55 is nothing short of incredible in what 7 weeks. I guess you weren't gassing the 7:12 at all but even so, large improvement. Was this fitness just returning quicker than you expected or you had done something specific in that period?

ToTriOrNot

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Sub 6 in the short pool. Steady too, 1:28/1:29/1:29/1:29.

Impressive. Must time myself...would be very embarrassing to post here..but hey, hoping for better times come spring thanks to KG sessions!!