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shotgunmcos · 17-09-2010 01:47PM

Well done at the Lost Sheep Chief, swim suited your Sir and you made hay, nice one!

interested · 17-09-2010 01:49PM

thanks man
loads of room for improvement ... always nice to finish the race season wanting more.

interested · 21-09-2010 06:30AM

21/09/10 LC

2000 f/s - assorted stroke drills
100 easy

2100

didnt bother with clock this morning - lots of drills.

interested · 23-09-2010 06:54AM

23/09/10 LC

1000 f/s warm up
10 * 50's alt hard/easy on 60
100 easy

1600

hard 50's were done building - nothing too sprightly but feeling alright in the water which is a nice change recently.

interested · 03-10-2010 11:05AM

25/09/10 ow

750 f/s @ 7 frogs triathlon, castlegregory - ~11 mins

Has grown and grown this event and since its for charity its brilliant. The location is second to none, the atmosphere great fun and has been for me the final race of my season for 4 years running now.

Id felt a little under the weather in the preceding week but nothing too much to worry about but felt out of sorts. Unfortunately when I got back to Dublin on Sunday I thought I had the flu but long story short I was wrong and despite seeing a couple of docs on monday morning ended taking an ambulance ride to a/e and a couple of days in hospital recovering / getting checked out.

Despite the season being over - Ill continue my swimming log until the end of the year. Its been sparse over the last few months but at this time of the year it should get a little more interesting again.

Macanri · 03-10-2010 08:27PM

Well done on the tri interested!

Sorry to hear you were in the hospital. Good to get an MOT every now and again though.

catweazle · 03-10-2010 09:37PM

interested wrote: »

Despite the season being over - Ill continue my swimming log until the end of the year. Its been sparse over the last few months but at this time of the year it should get a little more interesting again.

I am intrigued will you be doing some pool races over the winter???

catweazle · 03-10-2010 09:54PM

Ha you are a gas man, you should work in the CIA....well done...again

pgibbo · 04-10-2010 12:12PM

Well done on the AG win.

How are you feeling now? Must have been pretty serious if you were carted off to hospital. Hope you're recovering well.

shotgunmcos · 08-10-2010 10:22AM

How are things interested? Hope you are well.

You are a gas man indeed, another win this year! Nice way to round off the season

El Director · 08-10-2010 08:17PM

Well done dude on the win, been talking to you this week re swimming but you never mentioned that!! Catching up logs only now.

interested · 14-10-2010 06:38AM

14/10/10 LC

2000 f/s straight
100 easy b/c

2100

'been a long time since I rock and rolled' - 3 weeks since Id been in the pool after being pretty poorly (yes, it was fairly serious at one point since I passed out at home whilst running a temperature of around 42 - and Id be the last person to call an ambulance but ended up in the back of one). Anyhow - hard to kill a bad thing but this was definitely just a swim for the sake of it. Nice and quiet morning in the pool. Met an old coach of mine ... still sitting on the block at the end of the lane, still calling the shots and still helpless to fix my stroke

pgibbo · 14-10-2010 11:19AM

Welcome back. Sounds like you had a nasty scare. Good to hear you're back spashing around!

Macanri · 17-10-2010 10:11PM

interested wrote: »

it was fairly serious at one point since I passed out at home whilst running a temperature of around 42

42 :eek:

You'ld want to open a few windows in the house next time you're on the turbo:p

Glad to hear you're over it.

interested · 18-10-2010 07:11AM

Macanri wrote: »

42 :eek:

You'ld want to open a few windows in the house next time you're on the turbo:p

Glad to hear you're over it.

Thanks Mac - Ill bear that in mind

Unfortunately, it appears, Im not quite over it - sick again over the weekend - no bad temperatures this time and no trip in an ambulance - but another week sitting watching the nice weather.

interested · 19-10-2010 06:58AM

19/10/10 LC

800 f/s warm up
6 * 200 f/s pull with paddles on 3
200 easy

2200

for the sake of my own sanity I went to the pool this morning. Short set of 200's pull after a warmup were nice to work through. Ive no real strength or aerobic endurance at the moment after the last month or so and am still no where near 100% but sometimes its just nice to swim.

interested · 19-10-2010 10:57AM

for those interested

http://www.3dtri.com/index.php?q=node/2252

scroll to end of page for xls file ... 4 sheets, nothing too clever - just 30 or so swim sessions that might help people keep focus between now and christmas when swimming alone.

The sessions arent perfect, this is no silver bullet and I probably wont make you swim faster

... sufficiently played down ?

Any feedback tentatively welcomed - just passing time sitting on the couch sick with Excel and an old log book.

catweazle · 19-10-2010 11:12AM

Cheers Interested, the 1.5 distance session is a nice start for me as I will be able to fit them in during my lunch break.

No early mornings needed until I progress to 2.3 sessions

Made a start on my pbs yesterday 1.39 (100) & 3.44 (200).....swiftly canceled the 400 pb through exhaustion.

Its amazing how quick your swim goes when you aren't doing it regularly. I would have thought I would have been close to a sub 1.30 beforeI set out. Gives me something to aim for I supposeThanks again

interested · 19-10-2010 12:43PM

no bother and hope they help. the short sessions will hopefully address some peoples lunch time splashes. Enjoy.

shotgunmcos · 19-10-2010 07:40PM

Nice one interested good man yourself! Hope you are feeling better and plotting some targets while you veg.

If you have trouble motivating yourself to plan and do a session solo, join a Masters group and all the session planning is done. You just show up and follow suit....

interested · 20-10-2010 06:58AM

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Nice one interested good man yourself! Hope you are feeling better and plotting some targets while you veg.

If you have trouble motivating yourself to plan and do a session solo, join a Masters group and all the session planning is done. You just show up and follow suit....

No problems with self-motivation from my own point of view once I can stay healthy

But whether it be an organised club session or masters swim its not always possible for people to head along to these swims or to finance them in some situations.
Again, none of this suggests replacing a coached session that you can attend it just attempts to provide focus to additional sessions done alone or in smaller groups at this time of the year or later in the winter when bad weather dictates a swim session instead of a day out on the bike.

interested · 21-10-2010 06:45AM

21/10/10 LC

400 f/s warm up
8 * 200 f/s pull with paddles on 3
200 b/c easy

2200

Felt better in the water today and much more comfortable on 200's.

interested · 26-10-2010 06:45AM

26/10/10 LC

400 f/s warm up
4*400 f/s pull with paddles on 6 min
200 easy

Not much time this morning so set of 6/4's had to be shortened.

interested · 27-10-2010 06:42AM

27/10/10 LC

1000 f/s warm up
5 * 200 f/s pull with paddles on 3
200 swim down

Another pull set - pretty sore and tired this morning - had first run in about 5 weeks yesterday and despite it being under an hour - its as if Im being punished for every foot step of it.

interested · 29-10-2010 07:22AM

29/10/10 LC

1000 f/s warm up
10 * 100 f/s pull with paddles on 1.30
200 easy

2200

Tired this morning.
Also, EOT ... end of thread. Will be doing more formal sessions over the next while and imho its not for me to post someone elses sessions on D'internet.

There's about 388,750km of swimming (less any race distances) in this log that someone might find useful at some point.

From a personal point of view its been of use to note stuff down that I can look back on easily. From the seasons point of view - I was plain lucky I got so much done between Oct 09 and April/May this year since lots of personal stuff choked any sort of consistency with swimming or other training up until now. The season went from planning for a late long distance event to two HIM's which was very disappointing and then was bookmarked by 5 weeks of serious illness (for me at least) which has left me feeling like Im starting from scratch ...
... but I had alot of fun at the races I did take part in this season. From a results point of view - my swimming was stronger than it has been but - without getting too focused on it - Im hoping with some more structure and longer sessions I can take it up a level or two. The heads still willing so ... we'll see if in addition to some good run training this winter it can make a difference next season.

Good luck with the swimming folks.

catweazle · 29-10-2010 09:42AM

Thanks for all the advice Interested.

Well done on the two wins again as well although you wont see any mention of them in this log

shotgunmcos · 29-10-2010 09:45AM

+1 2 HIMs and 2 Sprint wins this year is not all that bad a season now is it? A pity your unfortunate illness dented the itinerary but I've no doubt that you will be stepping up a nothc next year. All the best and thanks for the log chief

griffin100 · 29-10-2010 10:02AM

Thanks for a great log and all the advice, which helped turn me from a mediorcre swimmer to a soemwhat less mediocre one:) Take it easy.

El Director · 29-10-2010 11:42AM

Great log Interested and well done on the wins, also the Beowolf style swim in Kenmare!!

Looking forward to having you in the pool 3 times a week from next week, for selfish reasons really as it should bring me on quite a bit.......o and also because you're sound

Although getting used to 5:30 starts again is going to be tough!

Looking forward to your next log and lets hope you can get some consistency in training and that illness/injury/life doesn't get in the way.

interested · 29-10-2010 11:54AM

Lads,

Many thanks and no problems at all - as always feel free to ping a pm in my direction if anyone needs to share a problem or are worried they're getting ripped off by a coach

- Im just hoping the ramblings made sense to some people.

El D, it sure is gonna be interesting. Pearls of wisdom such as 'theres no need to go looking for the pain, its in the post' are bound to spring to mind over the course of the coming weeks.

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