n + 1 swim challenge (Page 11)

Two questions for the group:

1) After yesterdays swim I noticed a quarter-sized lump/bump on the front of my left shoulder.  FWIW, I breathe every 2 and on my left, and I'm guessing it's my weaker side.  It doesn't hurt, per se, but I do feel it.  If you've ever done a lot of bench, chest-fly or pushups and have had soreness the next day along the sternum, it kinda feels like that.

Anybody have any idea what it is? 

2) Have any of you ever done any swimming in an  Endless Pool?  Does the current change how you "feel" the water or your stroke at all?

If I felt a quarter-sized lump anywhere, I'd consider getting a doctor to look at it.

If I felt a quarter-sized lump anywhere, I'd consider getting a doctor to look at it.

Yeah...given you felt it bother you swimming...I would definitely do that. 

If you to need to take a couple of days off, you can dig the bike out.  :-)

Honestly, I'm getting a little scared of the bike with each day that goes by.  I did ask my husband to bring it back from the farm the next time he went out.  I will get some green on my log, promise

I will go to the doctor--mine is in Ireland until tomorrow.  I just thought maybe it was a thing that somebody had some experience with when they bumped up the yardage or something.

I've never felt a lump like that either, I'd be having it checked too.

I'm hoping to get to the pool tomorrow morning before snowmagedon gets here.  Forecast is calling for 30-40cms of snow and winds of 110 km/hr.  FML

Well I got "n" in today.  I had planned to do a 2nd set of 50's but ran out of time.  Today was a bit of a pacing experiment as I haven't done these types of sets in a while.  It felt pretty good.  I was able to push it a little harder than I thought.  So if I'm doing two workouts a week what should the other look like?

500 wu

5 x 100 @ 1:30, 10 sec RI

5 x 50 @ :41, 10 sec RI

5 x 100 @ 1:28, 10 sec RI

Total: 1,750

ok. I felt guilty and had to edit that my times were lava pant aided.

I've never felt a lump like that either, I'd be having it checked too.

I'm hoping to get to the pool tomorrow morning before snowmagedon gets here.  Forecast is calling for 30-40cms of snow and winds of 110 km/hr.  FML

Jonnyo posted the other day that 10 X 200 with a fairly short RI was his bread and butter set.  Granted, he was saying he could get it done in half and hour, so it may not be quite so lickety-split for you and me (40 min?), but still could be pretty good as a second set.  I'm curious to see what the other say though

What do the Lava pants do for you?

That's right...you're in the bull's eye on this one.  We got light snow all day here day but the sun is so strong in late March that it gets through the clouds and keeps everything just wet.  For the record...I'm about done with this winter.

Today's session:

Purpose:  short threshold work, continue to build volume, don't let my daughter embarrass me

1500 SCM

500 SKIPS WU4 X 100 on 2:15, in on 1:55 (my pacing was terrible...I was all over the place from 1:48 through 1:58 )
4 x 100 pull/paddles on 2:15, in on 1:50 (better pacing on this one)
200 CD

Jonnyo posted the other day that 10 X 200 with a fairly short RI was his bread and butter set.  Granted, he was saying he could get it done in half and hour, so it may not be quite so lickety-split for you and me (40 min?), but still could be pretty good as a second set.  I'm curious to see what the other say though

What do the Lava pants do for you?

I'll try the 200's for n+1.

Lava pants provide a tremendous amount of lower body buoyancy.  They make me feel like a hydroplane vs. a tugboat in terms of streamlining in the water.  It has been fun to swim with a very noticeable increase in velocity.  Since I started wearing them about a month ago I've been unable to set them aside.  Not sure how bad that is yet.  I am sure many would say they are a crutch and will slow actual stroke development when used exclusively but I'll be in the lake in my wetsuit in another month and will be for the rest of the season. 

Felt awesome in the water this morning, haven't had that good of a feel for the water in a while.

10 x 200 on 3:00, double descend 1-5. First 5 swim, second 5 pull. (2:48, 2:46, 2:43, 2:38, 2:35), (2:43, 2:40, 2:36, 2:33, 2:28)
4 x 50 kick
15 x 100 on 1:25. First 10 all right around 1:17s and then the last 5 my plan was to increase pace and keep doing the 100s until I started slowing. Went 1:14, 1:13 x 3 then the 5th I tailed off to 1:14 and was starting to struggle so I stopped at that point.
150 CD

3850 meters.

That's great!  Better pace control goes a long way to having better workouts and also being able to control effort properly in a race.

Nice set there, sir.  Why do you think the second set pacing went better than the first?

Felt awesome in the water this morning, haven't had that good of a feel for the water in a while.

10 x 200 on 3:00, double descend 1-5. First 5 swim, second 5 pull. (2:48, 2:46, 2:43, 2:38, 2:35), (2:43, 2:40, 2:36, 2:33, 2:28)
4 x 50 kick
15 x 100 on 1:25. First 10 all right around 1:17s and then the last 5 my plan was to increase pace and keep doing the 100s until I started slowing. Went 1:14, 1:13 x 3 then the 5th I tailed off to 1:14 and was starting to struggle so I stopped at that point.
150 CD

3850 meters.

Arend, do you notice right away when you get in that you have a "good feel" for the water that day, or is that something that you only know when you look at your times?

I can tell - maybe not right off the bat during a warmup but once I start putting some effort into it, I know.  One of the games I like to play in my head is predicting my times during the final length and on a day like today I can usually guess what the clock will say before looking within a second.