Ron Johnson Invitational Swim

November 20 and 21 at ASU - Short Course Meters

                                

It was so cold both days!  I slept during the first event which was the mile and took over an hour and a half.  Then I woke up, ate a banana, and got ready to swim.

Individual Results

200 Free
     42.97
     130.31
     220.75
     310.79



50 Back
     43.58

50 Free
     38.83

100 IM
     45.04
     139.89

50 Fly
     44.40



It was sooo cold.  The power went out on the touchpads, so we had to wait until every lane had at least 3 timers.  Paul pulled a mama penguin move and stopped me from shivering!



100 Back  -   The only event that I wasn't satisfied with, but I also coughed up blood on the last length.

     47.38

     137.11

100 Free

     40.78

     125.55

For some reason, they chose me to swim the breastroke leg of the mixed 400 medley relay.  My time was 1:45.40.

    

Great meet!  And Team Narwhals celebrated afterwards at Four Peaks!

Workout from Tuesday, November 2, 2010

This is a great workout even though I couldn't make all of the intervals or finish the last set!  Thanks Laurel.

200 Warm Up

4x [150 swim
       3x50 kick descending]

2x [ 150 on 2:00, 50 fast on :40]

200 pull with H5 (breathing every fifth stroke)

2x [ 150 on 2:10, 75 fast on 1:00]

200 pull

2x [ 150 on 2:20, 100 fast on 1:30]

200 pull

2x [ 150 on 2:30, 125 fast on 1:50]


156 laps
3900 yards

Halloween Practice

Regular Workout PLUS Pumpkin Races and Witch Relay Races!

The noon MAC gang having fun with the holidays!

Witch hat, check.  Broom, check. Pumpkin, check!  Witch race complete!

An Emotional Triumph!

The Narwhal Triple Bypass Swim Challenge:

3 workouts, 10,000 yards, 1 day!

AND I DID IT!!!!

Let me break it down for those of you who might not be familiar with swimming.

10,000 yards is 4.5 times as much as my normal daily swim.
10,000 yards is 400 laps.
10,000 yards is equal to 6 swimming miles.

My lungs felt great.  Although I did wake up the next morning feeling stiff as a board, but now I have an excuse to go get a massage.  ☻

Even though a handful of people from the MAC team completed this challenge, I overcame more than just swimming 10,000 yards.  Part of me wasn't sure I could do it.  Others didn't think I could or should do it.  I'm so glad that I gave it a go and ended up succeeding.  Granted all I did that day was literally sleep, swim, and eat...in that order...three times that day. 


The Workout

Stage 1
1000 warm up
4 x 250
10 x 100
10 x 50

Stage 2
800
12 x 50
600
6 x 100
400
20 x 25's kick

(At this point, I knew I had a 150 left from my 800 to make up from the warmup.  I also thought that we only did 2 x 600 when we actually did 3!  So, I stayed and "made up" the 600 hundred that I thought I was behind on.  So in Stage 2, I actually swam 4100 yards.  Yea, I'm an idiot.)

Stage 3
10 x 100
2 x 200
6 x 100
8 x 50

(Or something close to this.  My brain was fried and all the workouts were merging together in my mind!)

GO TEAM NARWHALS!