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prieto539

2008-08-24 4:22 PM

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Subject: 1st 1000m swim

Well I finally knocked out my first 1000m swim; and felt great doing it. Think I could have completed another 200m. Did it in 24min; which I don't think is too great a time; I was just tickled to finish it off. Was getting pretty stuck on week 4 of the 0-1650 program.

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Max_O

2008-08-24 5:33 PM

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Colorado Springs, CO

Subject: RE: 1st 1000m swim

24 mins is not bad compared to a lot of people on here! Congrats!

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nxm165

2008-08-24 5:57 PM

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Harrisburg, PA

Subject: RE: 1st 1000m swim

Congrats! Good feeling, isn't it. Might be slow now, but do you have any relatively recent memories of taking 1 hour to swim 1000 yards. Just looked back to when I started recording my workouts in February...Feb. 17, 2008, 500 yards-31 minutes. This was doing my maximum length of 25 yards at a time and stopping at each side to gasp and pant. Didn't start to see any improvement until late May, with July being my breakthrough month. Just did a sprint tri this AM, .75 mile OWS lake swim. Took me about 23 minutes, and I was around 78 out of 87 out of the water, but I did it, and I'm determined to improve my speed over the cold months. I want to be a force to be reckoned with for the swims come 2009

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prieto539

2008-08-24 6:10 PM

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Subject: RE: 1st 1000m swim

I know better than to be too concerned with the time; just wanted some feedback. Of course as Murphy would have it, I had to go out of town and will be unable to get in any swim training for about a week; psychologically it was a nice hurlde to overcome, the 600m felt like a wall for a couple of weeks. I did knock 24 sec off my 600m.

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toddg

2008-08-24 6:25 PM

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Subject: RE: 1st 1000m swim

Congrats on the distance. My swim times are at your pace or slower and no where near what many here are doing. I figure though as long as I can finish the event or schedule distance I'm happy. Keep it up and you'll hit that 1650 in no time! I did the 0-1650 last month and ended up just doing the 1650 (and was actually in meters as I didn't know the health club was a 25 meter pool) about mid program length one day when I felt good. It wasn't fast but I just kept going along at my comfort pace. If I can have that much success in my upcoming tri's I'll be overjoyed. Don't care if I'm DFL out of the water as long as I enjoy it.

Todd

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toddg

2008-08-24 6:27 PM

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Subject: RE: 1st 1000m swim

Of course as Murphy would have it, I had to go out of town and will be unable to get in any swim training for about a week;

You can always try finding a local heath club while out of town and get a 3 day pass or some such guest access. I've always enjoyed those as they are a change of pace in the pool training to swim and workout someplace different.

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triguy18

2008-08-24 6:29 PM

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