Swift Snowballers (Page 4)

I was silly and skipped/missed my swim over the weekend, so I am actually behind a little from where I want to be.  I am ahead of the challenge, but that is because I only pleged what I thought I could make.  I am pushing myself to see if I can do more.

So tonight I swam 2600 yards, that is the longest I have gone for a while.  I was slower on the 1K than I should have been, but I figure I will get that time down as I keep working on the yards.

I hope every gets better soon. 

Just  stopping by with a little gift from the reindeers!  LOLOL

You know it is too bad you feel that way about your swimming performance, but don't worry you will get better if you just keep swimming.

I got to the pool tonight, sort of made up for skipping last night.  I hadn't really decided what I was going to do, then I started with a 300 WU, and decided I would do 10 x 300.  Well then I changed the last one (2) to 1 600, but then I miscounted, and ended up swimming an extra 50. 

That puts me at 11750 for the month.  So at 13/31 I am 58.75% complete.  Although I need to be pretty much done by the 22-23rd.  I am planning on swimming Sat, just have to figure a good workout.  But then the pool heater is broken, so it was a little brisk tonight.  I imagine by the time they get it fixed next week, I'll be wanting my wetsuit in the pool.  This could be great practice for my swim in late May.  My first tri for 2008 is an outdoor pool, water temp in the mid 60's.

Good morning Snowballers'

You are all doing great and keep up the good work. I am sorry I have been a little hard to find this week, after bing sick for a few days I have been on the move trying to get caught up at work and with my training and all the holiday stuff. I have been swimming however and will get another siwm in tomorrow. Have some Holiday stuff tonight so I am moving the swim to tomorrow.  You all have a good weekend and be careful out there in the crazy weather and the nutzy holiday drivers.

Chris

Well I had planned to swim today, but after the 5K I did, and fighting the snow/traffic home I decided to skip going back out for a swim.  I may try to swim Sunday, I figure I am "ahead" still, but not as far as I want to be.

Keep swimming everyone!

sorry guys, looks like santa has chosen sides.  tough break

I got my swim in the chilly pool today.  77 degrees.... brrrrrr.  Heater is broken and should be fixed about tuesday.  Not that it will help for a couple days AFTER that, since I am sure it will take as many days to warm back up to normal as it did to cool off.

So I am up to 12,950 of 20,000 yards.  64.75%.  But that will show up for NEXT week.  (I think). 

Keep up the great work!

Hi Guys.

I swam again today (surprise, surprise )  So I'm up over 53,000 yards.  So I need to increase my goals again.  So the new goal is 75,000 (but I have a real reach goal).  

As far as my background, yes, I was a swimmer in high school.  But I wasn't a good swimmer then- when I joined the swim team sophomore year, I couldn't actually swim with my face in the water (l figured it out on my own within a week).  By my senior year, I swam 100 yards in about 1:21 -not great but a huge improvement.   I started doing tris after college.  In my first race, the swim was canceled due to rough surf    Even without a wetsuit and with only pool access in the summer(usually swimming about 600 yards at a time due to time issues), I did pretty well in the swim during my first two full years in the sport.  I finally started swimming regularly year round last January, but basically plateaued as swimming 2-3 times a week wasn't enough for me.  While my overall numbers look good for the year, so many things impacted my swim time this year and then I was lazy about how much I swam after Ironman(bad swim there for me).  I decided to start base training for next season Dec 1, and I have been swimming as much as possible this month- swim focus through January for me.

Keep it up guys! 

Good morning to ya Snowballers!

I have posted the spreadsheet to the Capt. thread this morning. You are all doing so great and I'll try to be better about the inspires this week. I have almost gotten caught up after my illness. I am attaching the file for the week at the end of the post so you all can see where you are at. Have agreat day gotta go work now. The "legs feed the wolf " but the paycheck feeds the Big Dog

Chris 

Chris,
I think I fixed your spreadsheet problem.  It looks like you were posting the totals for the month for this week.  It should only be the totals for this week. 

Here is the revised spreadsheet.

Hey everyone, here we are at day 19.  That means everyone should be well over the 50% mark for their goal for the month.  I know that you all have been swimming fiends of late.  Chris and I have been playing cat and mouse with each other over the past few days.  She just pulled ahead again last night, I was unable to get to the pool.  My boss had the managers meet him for dinner last night, so I was packing ON the pounds not taking them off.

Pool time tonight, will have to swim 3 more times before Saturday.  Keep up the great work team!

Well I finished out my yards for the challenge today.  Mainly since I will be traveling Sunday until Saturday.  I don't know if I can pick up any more yards, if I can I will.  Congrats team! 

Merry Christmas!

Good morning Snowballers,

I hope that everyone is having a great Holiday weekend. I have finished my swimmming for the month. And have made my goal. I may get a few more swims in but the gym is closed a few days and with the holiday business I may not be able to get there even if they were open. I will however be biking, Cross-fitting and running. Everyone is doing well. Have a wonderful day and I'll be checking your logs either later today or first thing in the morning tomorrow to get your totals for the week/month so far. 

Chris