Lumber Dad's Mentor Group - Closed (Page 8)

53epilot - 2011-01-06 11:11 AM

I have a pool only 1/2 mile from my house, but it is only two lanes.  I have to get there early before the "pool walkers" take over. 

You don't have to wait until the ice melts, you could cut a lane out of the ice and take a swim that way.  Don't they do that kind of thing where you are at, polar bear club or something like that?

jcrrankin - 2011-01-06 10:47 AM Had first swim lesson last night, really starting with the basics and fundamentals. It went ok, I think. Need to find practice time. Hope everyone is doing well.

Jeff

azpebblesrn - 2011-01-06 8:17 PM Eric,
What are "1500m M/S workouts"?
Vicki

teristoy - 2011-01-06 8:10 PM WOW!!  I did laps today at the Y--I have a lot of work to do.  I am a "usta" person.  "Usta" swim fast laps, "usta" run fast and "usta" bike all day.  Looking to change all that in the next few months!

What's best?  I have the 22-week training plan and on most days you do 2 of the disciplines.  I don't think I have time to go to the gym 2X a day.  What do you guys do? What is the best ?

Teri

p.s. I love Colorado--sunny and 55 degrees today, and 55 is a nice and warm day here. but, may get buried in snow this weekend.

53epilot - 2011-01-07 4:11 AM

Vicki,

Not sure if this is standard swim abbreviation or not, but I have seen some of the following to describe workouts:

W/U (or WU)- Warmup
M/S (or MS)- Main Set
C/D (or CD)- Cooldown
R/I (or RI)- Rest Interval

You will see some workouts listed as "M/S 8 x 100 on :50 w/10 R/I".  That would be a main set of 8 x 100 meters at a pace of 50 seconds per 100m and a 10 sec rest interval.  It is just a quick way to abbreviate.

Hope that helps.




Thanks for the explanation.. I was wondering about that ... the 1000 meters that I am doing on Tuesdays and Thursday are in sets ( in yards)of 400/200/100/400. Basically I do 400 yards of continuous swimming then switch to 200 yards of kickboard then 100 yards of pull buoy. I then take a 4 minutes in which I do leg exercises in the water. I then finish with a final 400 yards of continuous swimming. Starting next week I am going to start focusing on speed now that I have that distance.

Lumber Dad - 2011-01-07 12:00 PM We made it through the first week of the New Year, anyone have any big training plans for the weekend? Any early season races?

Going to try and get a 20K ski in tomorrow. Try out my new water bottle, with the morning temp supposed to be around 5 I wonder how long before my water freezes. Maybe I could make some hot tea.

My only goal for Saturday is to hopefully sleep past 6am! No work outs for tomorrow since I have been in the gym every day the last 5. I am planning on a bike ride on Sunday (15-20 miles). Hope everyone has a good weekend!

CoachH - 2011-01-08 9:30 AMwas able to get in a 1500..actually felt good...we will see where this goes from here....Need to stay with it...But do have to get in more runs...24-30 min is my max right now...but Im more concerned with the gradual build up......Stay tuned...Still trying to figure out the swim thing

sdnebfan - 2011-01-08 10:08 AMNice 8 mile run this AM.  Alitte cold but when the sun came out it was just right. Legs alittle tired the last 2 miles.  Good week with 3 runs and 2 swims and 3 visits to the weight room and a planned ride tomorrow morning.  Most likely it will have to be on the trainer since we are suppose to have a big snow storm coming.

53epilot - 2011-01-08 10:42 AMGot in my strength training this morning and I have my trainer ride this afternoon, that makes 6 days of straight training .  That has not happened in I don't know how many months.  Part of the reason is that I know some of you guys will get on my case, that is what mentor groups are for I guess.  So far this week 3 x running, 2 x weights, and 1 x swimming.  Not bad for a first week back.

Lenny, to answer your question about races, my first race is 2/12/2011.  It is the Indianapolis Mini-500 5K Training Race.  My first road race ever, I am excited.  If I do everything on my list, I will set PRs (as long as I finish) for 5K, 10K, 15K, half marathon and HIM.  All because I have never run them before.  Should be a fun year.

jsenc2002 - 2011-01-08 1:07 PMThanks, Brad.  IM WI will be fun.  I have ridden around that area a fair amount, and it will be an interesting and challenging race.  We will definitely need to compare notes as we prepare!