Team Swimming Rocks (Page 20)

2800 more down tonight.  At 83%, all tied up with Laura and nipping at Hans and Heidi's fins.  This was an unplanned swim that I had to throw in for some much needed stress therapy.  Back to work now, though.  I'm the last man standing in a department of three.  The flu got one, and foot surgery snagged the other.  This is going to be one hectic week, but I'm hoping to hit my goal by Friday anyway.

This will be a GREAT week to really knock some big yards out of the goals, rockers.  Lets get back to numero uno!!

LOL... well, I was!  I am at 68%.

Added another  3000 tonight to get me up to 71%.

The workout I had picked out from the Swim Workouts in a Binder for Triathletes was supposed to be 2900 yards and i wanted to go a bit longer than 300, but I really liked the main set of this particular workout, so I just tacked on another 300 to the warm-up.  When I looked at the total elapsed time at the end of the workout it seemed too good to be true - and it was!  The workout as written was only 2700 yards.

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Hey rocks!

Got 2000 yds in this morning - this one was definitely for the team, because it HURT. 

Hey all, I've got a dilemma.  I'm planning on swimming this afternoon and have a choice of 2 pools.

Pool #1 is right next door to where I need to be at 3:00, and also has a Jacuzzi and a hair dryer.  However, the heater is broken, pool temp was 74 degrees there yesterday, and today the outside temp is 62 and overcast.

Pool #2 is 15 mins from my 3:00, no Jacuzzi, no hair dryer, but has a working heater.

Which pool would you choose?  (I get done with work at 1:10; Pool #1 is 30 mins away from my current location and Pool #2 is 15 mins. away)

Thanks!

No doubt, pool #2. Heater clinches the deal.

 I am back in the pool tonight- I will give it all I got in the name of the past ELEVEN days when my pool was closed!!!

All right folks, I finally got a temporary loaner laptop for work until they get me a whole new one. They are predicting until next week before the hard drive id decrypted and can try to salvage something. I am so screwed as I have lost almost two months of work. But I got an external drive to back up my data from now on. Got to look at the positive.

So, where are we, and how are we doing. Congrats to those who are in the 90-100+% on this challenge. 

Great job to everyone else, but we are in trouble. We need to be just about 69% in our training, and are only at 65.24%. The most hurting part, we have quite a few people below 40%, and that will kill us at the end.

Let's all get together, and start inspiring those folks, as we need to catch up. I have a feeling we may not even be in the top 3 after this week. So please get out there, and start swimming. We need to come together!!

Spread sheet updated as of 13:20 PST.

Good luck, and start logging.

OH yes, if anyone can help with some pledging for the Operation Rebound California,  www.operationreboundcalifornia.kintera.org/devouahy it would be most appreciated. All pledging is 501(c)3 tax deductable and goes for one of the most awesome causes Our military soldiers who lost limbs. Thanks.

Only if they don't make it 100%. I plan on making it to 100%. The weekly ratings are somewhat inconsequential. As long as we all hit 100% in the end, we don't "lose"

Thanks -- I ALMOST went to the non-heated pool, but at the last minute, I remember how "refreshing"  a 74 degree pool was on my face yesterday.  And that was with sunny skies.  When I got to the heated pool, I was very glad I had followed your advice. 

Oh, and I added another 30 minutes to my total -- bringing me out of the basement 30's and up into the 40's.  (Yes, I know I'm still behind, but I'll keep on swimming!)

kns57 - 2008-02-20 2:09 PM

Awesome swims everyone. It is great to hear that you can now go to 110% to try and help out those members of your team that have had setbacks this month.

Now those of you who are just being SLUGS , get in the pool!

Go Team Swimming Slugs!

D001 - 2008-02-20 5:43 PM

devouahy - 2008-02-20 4:29 PM

All right folks, I finally got a temporary loaner laptop for work until they get me a whole new one. They are predicting until next week before the hard drive id decrypted and can try to salvage something. I am so screwed as I have lost almost two months of work. But I got an external drive to back up my data from now on. Got to look at the positive.....

Was wondering what happened to you. It had been awhile since you posted. Wow, two months of work lost?!?!? Welcome back!

 Thanks. I was going crazy without it. But I'm back. Let's get those swimmers swimming again, as we are slowing down.