Fitness Events and Challenges

Interesting... if you swim it straight through, it becomes a very unusual IM event: 300 fly, 100 back, 100 ***, 1750 free. Exactly... and that is how many of us strategize it, too.

Exactly... and that is how many of us strategize it, too. Today is the first day of the Brute Squad Challenge so I tried it out. I should have picked a different day to do this. I was hurting by the 100 mark and by the 150, this was a survival swim. That is no way to swim a 2250, but I completed it. I went 29:39, which I think I should be able to improve on in the years to come. If I take my best practice times in the brute squad events, add them up, and then add 10 seconds per 100 fly to account for swimming DPS fly instead of regular fly, this is the result: 2:15 + 4:53 + 19:06 + 0:30 = 26:44. So my time was 10.91% slower than the fastest time that I could reasonably expect to go in practice. Plenty of room for improvement... Any other Brute Squad members out there?

Except maybe for someone who is just a terrible freestyler, I believe the way to do this event is to start with 12x25 fly on a not-too-hard interval. Whatever you lose on the 300 fly by resting this way you will more than pick back up as you negative-split the 1750 free. Basically, it is a 1750 free with a weird warm-up.

Except maybe for someone who is just a terrible freestyler, I believe the way to do this event is to start with 12x25 fly on a not-too-hard interval. Whatever you lose on the 300 fly by resting this way you will more than pick back up as you negative-split the 1750 free. Basically, it is a 1750 free with a weird warm-up. 300 DPS fly is normally not a problem for me. I just felt terrible this morning.

Any other Brute Squad members out there? Well, congrats on sticking it out! I plan on Bruting some time this month. I haven't decided when yet. Except maybe for someone who is just a terrible freestyler, I believe the way to do this event is to start with 12x25 fly on a not-too-hard interval. Whatever you lose on the 300 fly by resting this way you will more than pick back up as you negative-split the 1750 free. Basically, it is a 1750 free with a weird warm-up. I've used the 12 X 25 strategy before, and it seemed to work OK. Can't decide if I should use it again this year.

Today is the first day of the Brute Squad Challenge so I tried it out. Uh oh... "News Update, 2012 Event is Canceled" www.brutesquadswim.com/index.html

Uh oh... "News Update, 2012 Event is Canceled" www.brutesquadswim.com/index.html What about this one? www.pacificmasters.org/.../12dambspostal.pdf (Doesn't matter to me either way; for instance I completed the Checkoff Challenge this year even though I didn't actually enter it. I didn't enter because I didn't like this year's t-shirt. If I want to walk around wearing a bulls-eye, I'll go work at Target.)

Staring today 11/01/12 - Go Postal Minnesota Postal Pentathlons - Sprint, Middle Distance, and Iron Man www.minnesotamasters.com/ Davis Aquatic Masters - 4th Annual Brute Challenge http://www.damfast.org/ I completed the Minnesota Postals last year for the first time. Received a trophy for my age group. Hilarious. I did the Brute Challenge last year with Fort Collins. Great T-shirt. Was sad to hear the cancelled this years event. Looks like the T-shirt for DAM is pretty cool. Sprint Pentathlon tonight. Middle Distance Pentathlon tomorrow. Iron Man & Brute Challenge on Saturday. I'm knocking them out 1-2-3. I did the 3000 Yard Postal last Thursday evening. Post(al) Master that's what I am. LOL.

(Doesn't matter to me either way; for instance I completed the Checkoff Challenge this year even though I didn't actually enter it. I didn't enter because I didn't like this year's t-shirt. If I want to walk around wearing a bulls-eye, I'll go work at Target.) I was thinking the same thing, especially with bow season coming up soon! :afraid:

Forgot to mention that I would encourage you to read the directions for DAM's Brute Challenge before you swim it. Aside from your time for each swim they are also asking for your rest time between each swim to be included in your total time. From your first stroke on the Butterfly to your last stroke on the 1650. Agree with you guys on the t-shirt for the Check Off Challenge. It could have been a little more imaginative. I would have signed up, but I did not like the t-shirt either. I completed the Check Off Challenge two times in less than 12 months but that's another story. Workouts not included.