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June 12th, 2007

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08:41 am
1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1 lengths at Barton Springs.  I do believe that just might be the longest swim I've ever done.  

My coach got there in the middle and I saw her as I finished.  She had an expression of "you are such a dumba$$" on her face.  I am an advocate the training principle "Consistency Trumps Volume".   And physically, I fully believe that is true.  But mentally, I needed this swim.  It was a confidence builder.  

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From:[info]cam_ray
Date:June 12th, 2007 01:53 pm (UTC)
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I thought we were doing our long swim on Friday? wish I'd known you guys were going today, I would have come along.
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From:[info]cam_ray
Date:June 12th, 2007 01:54 pm (UTC)
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congrats on the awesome confidence builder!
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From:[info]deankat
Date:June 12th, 2007 03:12 pm (UTC)
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i have a long BS swim on my schedule for friday. i have 3x6 Lengths. i could meet you all as early as you need (i need early too)
we could trade off each 2 lengths c, a, k, rest, c, a, k, rest, c, a, k?

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From:[info]shubbe
Date:June 12th, 2007 04:13 pm (UTC)
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If you guys don't mind me joining, I'd be willing to trade off for 2s, too.
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From:[info]traininglog
Date:June 12th, 2007 04:15 pm (UTC)

3x6 =

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18 lengths?????
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From:[info]deankat
Date:June 12th, 2007 05:22 pm (UTC)

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that is only 2 more than you did today. you could do these 2 more sleeping! :)
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From:[info]traininglog
Date:June 12th, 2007 02:38 pm (UTC)
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I can't speak for [info]deankat but I fully intend to swim long on Friday. Having said that, if there were 3 of us taking turns at the front, it would be really be sweet.

Everything I have ever read says that swim is the last thing to taper. Maintain run intensity, but not duration (risk of overuse injuries), keep biking and swimming. Then reduce bike duration, keep swimming. Swim, swim, swim. Low impact, low risk of injury (unless shoulder issues, which *knock on wood* I don't have).
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From:[info]cam_ray
Date:June 12th, 2007 03:20 pm (UTC)
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YAY! I was dreading having to do my week-long swim alone. :)

Umm...I can't keep up with you guys in open water, so you may be trading off on twos instead.
From:(Anonymous)
Date:June 12th, 2007 02:22 pm (UTC)
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"Confidence Trumps Consistency".
From:(Anonymous)
Date:June 12th, 2007 02:56 pm (UTC)
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Yes, this is me posting something on your blog :) Okay, I don't want to do YOUR crazy workout..what was the non-crazy workout?
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From:[info]cam_ray
Date:June 12th, 2007 03:21 pm (UTC)
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pssst traininglog, do you think that's Laurie? :)
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From:[info]traininglog
Date:June 12th, 2007 04:00 pm (UTC)
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I never heard the non-crazy workout. You could shoot an email to mgarel?
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From:[info]shubbe
Date:June 12th, 2007 04:11 pm (UTC)
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I think Matt had said it was
2 lengths w/u
2 x 1 length building
3-4 x 1 length 1/2 fast, half recovery
1-2 length w/d (however many gets you back to the right side)

But I can't get to my email right now, so I can't verify that that's correct.
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From:[info]xomox
Date:June 12th, 2007 07:51 pm (UTC)
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That's it, more or less. The cooldown should be however many lengths it takes to get you to an hour.
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From:[info]effendi
Date:June 12th, 2007 09:07 pm (UTC)

Damn

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that's a pretty solid swim. 16 lengths!

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