Apologies in advance to anyone who does not live in my geographical area. I know that some geographical areas do not have the opportunites that I have in my geographical area.
Do I swim too much?
Aside from normal workouts I have participated in quite a number of swim meets/events in the last rolloing 12 months.
Long Beach - SCM
Mission Viejo - SCY
Santa Clarita - SCY
Pasadena (Rose Bowl) - SCY
Pasadena (CalTech) - SCY
Irvine - SCY
Woodland Hills - SCY
Los Angeles - SCY
Pasadena (Senior Games) LCM
Los Angeles - SCM
3,000 Yard Postal
Brute Challenge (Postal)
Sprint Pentathalon (Postal)
Middle Distance Pentathalon (Postal)
Iron Man Pentathalon (Postal)
One Hour Postal Swim
I Swam A Marathon (Postal)
Piers & Beers (Open Water)
Corona Del Mar (Open Water)
When I combine all these together I have completed three complete Check-Off Challenges. Not included above is Go The Distance. 2013 is the first time I have tried Open Water Swimming events.
Also not listed above are my Swim-A-Thons.
1 - Yes, Having Fun !
2 - Like they chanted at the end of Piers & Beers - "Four More Piers, Four More Piers, etc." At the end of some swim meets I feel like is that all there is?
3 - Yes, injury free
4 - There are activities outside of swimming ?! Just kidding. I do a lot of volunteer work too.
5 - No problems eating or sleeping. I eat more since last year. Still keeping the weight off too.
Piers & Beers was the swim that I had previously mentioned. Balboa, Newport, Huntington, Seal Beach. I'm on the list to do it again next year.
My Go The Distance average did not suffer at all. I actually did not back off in this area until I reached 500 miles. That was only because I started to focus more on my Butterfly.
I enjoy going to the swim meets and meeting everyone. Received a nice compliment from the UCLA Women's Relay Team on my 400 IM a couple of weeks ago. That was very nice of them.
I try for both Quality and Quantity.
1 - Yes, Having Fun !
2 - Like they chanted at the end of Piers & Beers - "Four More Piers, Four More Piers, etc." At the end of some swim meets I feel like is that all there is?
3 - Yes, injury free
4 - There are activities outside of swimming ?! Just kidding. I do a lot of volunteer work too.
5 - No problems eating or sleeping. I eat more since last year. Still keeping the weight off too.
Piers & Beers was the swim that I had previously mentioned. Balboa, Newport, Huntington, Seal Beach. I'm on the list to do it again next year.
My Go The Distance average did not suffer at all. I actually did not back off in this area until I reached 500 miles. That was only because I started to focus more on my Butterfly.
I enjoy going to the swim meets and meeting everyone. Received a nice compliment from the UCLA Women's Relay Team on my 400 IM a couple of weeks ago. That was very nice of them.
I try for both Quality and Quantity.
