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 2005-12-09 10:22 AM in reply to: #286846 |
Champion  7553     Albuquerque, New Mexico |  Subject: RE: Swim Challenge - MidwestYea, Midway was expecting 2" and got 9. They had a jet slide through the fence and into the traffic. |
| 2005-12-09 10:28 AM in reply to: #286846 |
Extreme Veteran 522 MN | Subject: RE: Swim Challenge - Midwest OK I'm officially insane. Yesterday I did 6300 meters. I got to thinking that when people do the ironman thats more than 2 miles right? I can do that. Here was my set: 200 warm 2 x 650 1 x 4000 1 x 800 Heres the part that makes me insane; I wanted to do 4 miles even, which is 6600 meters. I messed up the math and stoped 300 short! What an idiot. (I was really pretty weary, the lifeguard actually asked me if I was ok). I've been focusing on the length of my stroke. I stretch way out and push it really far back, accelerating toward the end. This has lowered my heart rate and coresponding breathing rate, making me feel like I'm out for a walk in the park. |
| 2005-12-09 10:33 AM in reply to: #302543 |
Elite 2863 | Subject: RE: Swim Challenge - Midwest bikingbruise - 2005-12-09 10:28 AM OK I'm officially insane. Yesterday I did 6300 meters. I got to thinking that when people do the ironman that's more than 2 miles right? I can do that. Here was my set: 200 warm 2 x 650 1 x 4000 1 x 800 Here's the part that makes me insane; I wanted to do 4 miles even, which is 6600 meters. I messed up the math and stopped 300 short! What an idiot. (I was really pretty weary, the lifeguard actually asked me if I was ok). I've been focusing on the length of my stroke. I stretch way out and push it really far back, accelerating toward the end. This has lowered my heart rate and corresponding breathing rate, making me feel like I'm out for a walk in the park. You need help! You ARE insane........but a good kind of insane. I'm jealous. |
| 2005-12-09 10:49 AM in reply to: #302543 |
Elite 2673 Muskego, WI | Subject: RE: Swim Challenge - Midwest Let's get the math figured ahead of time you slacker!!!  Just kidding of course. YOU DA MAN!!! bikingbruise - 2005-12-09 10:28 AM OK I'm officially insane. Yesterday I did 6300 meters. I got to thinking that when people do the ironman thats more than 2 miles right? I can do that. Here was my set: 200 warm 2 x 650 1 x 4000 1 x 800 Heres the part that makes me insane; I wanted to do 4 miles even, which is 6600 meters. I messed up the math and stoped 300 short! What an idiot. (I was really pretty weary, the lifeguard actually asked me if I was ok). I've been focusing on the length of my stroke. I stretch way out and push it really far back, accelerating toward the end. This has lowered my heart rate and coresponding breathing rate, making me feel like I'm out for a walk in the park. |
| 2005-12-09 1:34 PM in reply to: #286846 |
Expert 1135 Delano, MN | Subject: RE: Swim Challenge - Midwest bikingbruise - YOU ARE MY HERO! I'd have died long before that was done. I swam my scheduled yradage for the day (1200). It went pretty good. Of course when you have a couple of cuties in the next two lanes you kinda suck it up and not look like your dying! What made em laugh was how the pool emptied out after they quit. I still had about 500 yds left so I took care of business! |
 2005-12-09 2:56 PM in reply to: #286846 |
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| 2005-12-09 4:20 PM in reply to: #302706 |
| Elite 2863 | Subject: RE: Swim Challenge - Midwest hikergerb - 2005-12-09 1:34 PM bikingbruise - YOU ARE MY HERO! I'd have died long before that was done. I swam my scheduled yradage for the day (1200). It went pretty good. Of course when you have a couple of cuties in the next two lanes you kinda suck it up and not look like your dying! What made em laugh was how the pool emptied out after they quit. I still had about 500 yds left so I took care of business! Good job Gerb. So you "took care of business" after the cuties left? Come on dude.....not in the pool.
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| 2005-12-09 6:29 PM in reply to: #286846 |
| Extreme Veteran 522 MN | Subject: RE: Swim Challenge - Midwest People swimming next to me kinda keep me fueled up. They come in, hang with me for a 500 or so and I make sure that they don't get ahead, then the eventual collapse, at which point I really start to turn it up, just to dishearten them a bit. ( I really am going to hell). Then they start on the interval training and I make sure that I stay with them there as well. No one wants to swim with me  I do enjoy the infrequent, in shape females; they give me something to look at while I'm chewing up the yards. |
| 2005-12-09 6:32 PM in reply to: #286846 |
| Master 1932 Savannah, | Subject: RE: Swim Challenge - Midwest Usually when I am at the pool, the U.S. Coast guard is there training. They are in lanes 1-5 and I am in lane 6. God bless America. |
| 2005-12-09 10:51 PM in reply to: #302819 |
| Expert 1135 Delano, MN | Subject: RE: Swim Challenge - Midwest oipolloi - 2005-12-09 4:20 PM hikergerb - 2005-12-09 1:34 PM bikingbruise - YOU ARE MY HERO! I'd have died long before that was done. I swam my scheduled yradage for the day (1200). It went pretty good. Of course when you have a couple of cuties in the next two lanes you kinda suck it up and not look like your dying! What made em laugh was how the pool emptied out after they quit. I still had about 500 yds left so I took care of business! Good job Gerb. So you "took care of business" after the cuties left? Come on dude.....not in the pool.
The business I was refering to was my remaining laps  I'm a focused guy- on winning the December Swim Challenge. Not everything is better wet! |
| 2005-12-10 9:17 AM in reply to: #302534 |
| Extreme Veteran 475 Blaine, MN | Subject: RE: Swim Challenge - Midwest thats the airport I landed in... just before the plane went skiing ... thankfully I was on nwa ... getting a swim in today... |
| 2005-12-10 9:24 AM in reply to: #286846 |
| Extreme Veteran 475 Blaine, MN | Subject: RE: Swim Challenge - Midwest cuties... they are rare... how come they dont frequent the pools more often.. maybe its just MN and the cold ... I dunno.. a few weeks ago their were three young ones just 'hanging' out in the middle of the pool and actually sitting on the lane lines.... I was swimming in the lane right next to them... it was a very satistfying session... of course I was about half way done ..so I couldn't show off... as much as I would liked to... but I did enjoy the session more then usually... especially about every 30 seconds or so... lol |
| 2005-12-10 2:25 PM in reply to: #286846 |
| Expert 1180 Iowa | Subject: RE: Swim Challenge - Midwest Another 2,500 down today, only 4,100 more to go. |
| 2005-12-10 6:04 PM in reply to: #286846 |
| Extreme Veteran 604 Ohio | Subject: RE: Swim Challenge - Midwest Got 3200 in this week (1250 on Mon and 1950 on Friday). Go Blizzards! |
| 2005-12-11 3:57 PM in reply to: #286846 |
| Expert 1135 Delano, MN | Subject: RE: Swim Challenge - Midwest OK Teammates. These are totals I am looking to turn in to Renee. They will be your total up until today. At first I thought this would be the first turn in date and in my hectic week I missed that she added a column to the spread sheet for last week. Double check me (as I pulled some of these from logs). I'll turn it into Renee at about 7 am Mon. morn. Possum - 7850 Hikergerb - 4800 Sassafrass - 4700 McFuzz - 6250 Triman50 - 11900 Oipolloi - 10120 Morey1 - 3050 Bikingbruise - 12248.47 Nccgrap - 2000 Rabkaman - 12317 Smokeater1833 - 12800 CLLinIA - 6000 Stargazer - 19000 Triplethreat - 0 That come out to 39.93% of our goal in 32% of the month! Double check the numbers and keep cranking out the laps! Go Blizzards! |
| 2005-12-11 4:03 PM in reply to: #286846 |
| Extreme Veteran 510 Falls Church, VA | Subject: RE: Swim Challenge - Midwest Got all my planned yardage in this week wvwn though it sometimes seem someone didn't want me to do it. First the car wouldn't start (needed new battery). The next day, woke up and the house furnace had shut down, went to the pool anyway, get it fixed later. This weeks yardage - 12800 December Total - 19000 Percent of Goal - 47.5% |
| 2005-12-11 4:52 PM in reply to: #286846 |
| Champion 5183 Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Swim Challenge - Midwest steve, I'll pm you, but that yardage is wrong for me- it should be 9850, but by bed time, it will be 11350.. if i can get my a$$ out the door |
| 2005-12-11 5:17 PM in reply to: #286846 |
| Expert 1180 Iowa | Subject: RE: Swim Challenge - Midwest Mine's correct, thanks. Hey Blizzards, looks like we might need to insipre Triplethreat. |
| 2005-12-11 7:27 PM in reply to: #286846 |
| Veteran 465 Michigan | Subject: RE: Swim Challenge - Midwest I'm in the Midwest but didn't join the challenge so I'll be cheering you all on from the sidelines - GO BLIZZARDS!!! There's just something about driving through the snow to go get a good swim in that makes us Midwesterners twice as motiviated and determined - go get 'em Blizzards!!! |
| 2005-12-11 7:54 PM in reply to: #286846 |
| Champion 5183 Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Swim Challenge - Midwest yup, 1500 more. go me. |
| 2005-12-12 7:15 AM in reply to: #286846 |
| Champion 7553 Albuquerque, New Mexico | Subject: RE: Swim Challenge - Midwest Mine's correct. My last 2 swims are Tuesday and Thursday this week. |
| 2005-12-12 7:32 AM in reply to: #286846 |
| Extreme Veteran 604 Ohio | Subject: RE: Swim Challenge - Midwest My total was correct as of yesterday! As of this morning, I've got 1200 more. Have a great week Blizzards! |
| 2005-12-12 7:35 AM in reply to: #286846 |
| Expert 1135 Delano, MN | Subject: RE: Swim Challenge - Midwest Thanks for double checking me! Life has been a bit hectic lately and I am becoming a bit scatterbrained. I still can swim laps though! GO BLIZZARDS!!!!! |
| 2005-12-12 8:05 AM in reply to: #286846 |
| Elite 2863 | Subject: RE: Swim Challenge - Midwest Well......I did it. I ran outside in the cold and ice. Morey has been bugging me to get my girly @ss off of the treadmill and go play in the snow. Sunday my wife had to run a 10 miler (she's training for Boston marathon). I decided I'd run with her for a portion of the run. After running about 5 miles I decided to go all the way. 10 miles! Total time 1hr 23min. It was a fantastic run and I really enjoyed the crunching snow and ice beneath my feet. It seemed to make the run more Zen because I had to concentrate on every foot step. It felt great. Thanks for the encouragement Morey! Here's a pic of the wife and I at the end of the run. (10 Mile.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 10 Mile.jpg (91KB - 18 downloads) |
| 2005-12-12 8:31 AM in reply to: #286846 |
| Expert 1135 Delano, MN | Subject: RE: Swim Challenge - Midwest Good job man! I love running in the snow and ice. The concentration on footing helps me with my form. SPeed is kind a slow but at this time of year I'm working on form. Now go swim some laps!  |
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