New Years Eve swim - 10,000 meters

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2009-12-31 9:25 AM

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Subject: New Years Eve swim - 10,000 meters
Anyone doing any crazy, stupid, awesome workouts for New Years Eve/Day? 

Someone in our Masters group decided it would be a good idea to do a long New Years Eve swim.  Most people were going to do 100x75 meters on a 1:45 pace which was going to be a bit slow for me so I decided I would do 100s instead of 75s on the same 1:45 and would drop down to the 75s once I got tired and couldn't do the 100s on that pace time anymore.  Well, I got about #50 into it and considered going down to the 75s for a bit but never actually did and once I got to about #65 there was no way I was stopping.  I was suffering pretty hard from about #85 to the end but it sure felt good to finish! 

My only mistake was not taking the rest of the day off work so here I sit like a zombie waiting for the day to go by.  Cry

2009-12-31 9:38 AM
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Subject: RE: New Years Eve swim - 10,000 meters
100x100s equal death!!! I never want to see that set every again!! We did that in College except it was broken down in groups of 3. 3 on 1:25 , 3 on 1:15, 3 on 1:05 repeat 11 times then number 100 is an all out sprint! Thankfully I graduated in May and will not be doing that set anymore!! Actually the team will be doing that set next week for winter training!SUCKS TO BE THEM!

But congrats because I know it is a tough set no matter what the times! good mental toughness to swim that set!! Well DONE
2009-12-31 9:41 AM
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Subject: RE: New Years Eve swim - 10,000 meters
Congratulations, that's awesome!
Oh, and don't forget to set your Tivo to record the NYE countdown since you'll probably be fast asleep
2009-12-31 10:15 AM
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Meh, we never make it to midnight anyway so it will be nothing different.    I haven't been able to stop eating since I finished though.  Ate my lunch by 11:30 and then ordered some takeout!
2009-12-31 4:35 PM
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Subject: RE: New Years Eve swim - 10,000 meters
Nope. Haven't swam today, but I did do my last minute ditch effort on the bike this morning. That was 2hrs of torture enough...

But I do need to get in the pool, so a good long set sounds good...

We had one earlier this year which was the similar torture method - 60 x 100 @ 2:00. Granted then, it was hard to complete, now that's a pretty easy to maintain.

Amazing what a year has done...
2009-12-31 5:04 PM
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I remember 10X10X100.....I still have nightmares about it...haha....Did that workout probably on 3 consecutive New years eves when I was swimming...Ya winter training camp staple...

2009-12-31 5:27 PM
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Swim studs. I think my arms would fall off.

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