2019 Go the Distance: Did you achieve your goal?

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Former Member — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:52:38 GMT

Thank you very much!!! Hey there, Jim! I write articles for the Georgia Masters Newsletter, so I will include some links that include "Elaine's Tip of the Month." Scroll through the newsletter; they are towards the end or at the end of the issue: www.clubassistant.com/.../2019-03 GAM Newsletter.pdf www.clubassistant.com/.../2019-06 GAM Newsletter.pdf www.clubassistant.com/.../2019-07 GAM Newsletter.pdf www.clubassistant.com/.../2019-09 GAM Newsletter.pdf I stand corrected, though (by somebody here in Georgia that called me out on it) when I say in one of the articles to hold the stretch for a couple of seconds. In dynamic stretching, DO NOT hold any of the stretches! Each dynamic stretch is a continuous motion. After your swim, you can do some of these as static stretches and hold the stretch for 30 seconds, and then repeat it. (I am currently writing tips on static stretching for upcoming newsletters.) In addition to the ones in this newsletter, I do several from this book: www.amazon.com/.../ref=sr_1_1 To try to describe my exact routine would require a lot more time (and writing!) than I have right now, so this will have to suffice until I can get a video made-- if I get one made. (I am no expert, and I include a disclaimer in my articles; so, I am hesitant.) Meanwhile, if you are curious, check out the "Swimmer Profile" features I also wrote in my newsletters. The June, 2019 issue is about Chris Greene who swam 2,143.21 miles and won his age group in Go the Distance. I mentioned him earlier in this thread.

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Former Member — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 06:42:01 GMT

Elaine, is it possible that you could post your 20 minute pre-training strectching rountine? Thanks,....

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Elaine Krugman — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 04:52:34 GMT

Elaine, is it possible that you could post your 20 minute pre-training strectching rountine? Thanks,.... Hey there, Jim! I write articles for the Georgia Masters Newsletter, so I will include some links that include "Elaine's Tip of the Month." Scroll through the newsletter; they are towards the end or at the end of the issue: www.clubassistant.com/.../2019-03 GAM Newsletter.pdf www.clubassistant.com/.../2019-06 GAM Newsletter.pdf www.clubassistant.com/.../2019-07 GAM Newsletter.pdf www.clubassistant.com/.../2019-09 GAM Newsletter.pdf I stand corrected, though (by somebody here in Georgia that called me out on it) when I say in one of the articles to hold the stretch for a couple of seconds. In dynamic stretching, DO NOT hold any of the stretches! Each dynamic stretch is a continuous motion. After your swim, you can do some of these as static stretches and hold the stretch for 30 seconds, and then repeat it. (I am currently writing tips on static stretching for upcoming newsletters.) In addition to the ones in this newsletter, I do several from this book: www.amazon.com/.../ref=sr_1_1 To try to describe my exact routine would require a lot more time (and writing!) than I have right now, so this will have to suffice until I can get a video made-- if I get one made. (I am no expert, and I include a disclaimer in my articles; so, I am hesitant.) Meanwhile, if you are curious, check out the "Swimmer Profile" features I also wrote in my newsletters. The June, 2019 issue is about Chris Greene who swam 2,143.21 miles and won his age group in Go the Distance. I mentioned him earlier in this thread.

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Former Member — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 15:28:52 GMT

I've had two separate shoulder injuries (one overuse, one bike crash). My goal was to recover enough to do a 2.25 mile open swim in my old hometown of Ishpeming, MI. I completed that swim. It was a jackass to do an OWS that I could needed some luck to finish at all, but I did it.

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Mark Usher — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 10:43:56 GMT

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Elaine Krugman — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 09:02:33 GMT

Way to go Elaine. My goal has usually been 300 miles too, and I'm often just short of it. This year I logged my swims but because I missed the first three months recovering from surgery and then needed to start back slow, I just set a goal of 200 miles a few days ago and as usual I missed it (by about 7 miles). I'm going for "goal missing consistency" (aka GMC) in GTD! Thanks, 'jerz! Good luck with your swimming this year!

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Former Member — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 06:51:39 GMT

Did you achieve your GTD goal this year? I hope you all are pleased with your 2019 Go the Distance results! I set a goal for 300 miles, and I have just 1,500 yards left to go. I'm on my way to the pool for a 2,500 yard workout, so I'll make it today! :banana: I'm going to celebrate by trying out my new Finis monofin. :D My 300 miles for the year pale in comparison to two of my Georgia Masters teammates, Pat Eddy and Chris Greene who each swam over 2,000 miles for the year! I will be writing about them in an article for the Georgia Masters Newsletter, and one of the questions I want to ask is: How do you prevent repetitive stress injuries swimming so much mileage? I kept 2019 injury-free by doing a daily 20-minute pre-swim dynamic stretching warm-up, and a lot of static stretching and yoga following my swim sessions. I also do 3 x week Theraband exercises, sit-ups, and push-ups. (I'm now up to 100 military push-ups per session as sets of 15 and one fast ten push-up set at the end.) What was your GTD goal for 2019? Did you achieve it? What is your GTD goal for 2020? (Mine is 300 miles again.) Good luck, and HAPPY NEW YEAR! :party2: :wine: My distance goal in swimming refers to race distance. My goal in 2019 was to do a 10 km or longer race, and I did a 13 km race. My goal in 2020 is to build my race distance to at least 16 km.

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aztimm — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 03:38:29 GMT

Only made 428K yards against my goal of 600K yards. Unfortunately I missed most of the summer after I was diagnosed with AFib and was put on beta-blockers, which made it hard to just get out of the bed in the morning, let alone swim. It wasn't until late September when my cardiologist took me off the Sotalol and I was able to get back in the pool again. Wow, that's too bad! I've had AFib off/on for about 4-5 years. I'm also on Sotalol and haven't have nearly the reaction you did. Hope you have a successful 2020 with swimming! Stay healthy!

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Former Member — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 17:35:03 GMT

Thanks for this post Elaine. I have never set a distance goal before but after reading this thread set 300 miles as a goal. Hopefully with my new Garmin Swim 2 watch I can track everything and reach my goal. BTW, I heard that to prevent overuse injuries to be sure to include lots of backstroke to counter freestyle muscle use. At least that's what a Master's coach told me. I include BS in all my workouts now. If you click the image below you can see my goal on my calendar for 2021 :) 12238

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Sojerz — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 12:59:16 GMT

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orca1946 — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 12:36:25 GMT

111.85 miles swum (=196,850 yards Well --- that is all I have this year. On to 2020.

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Elaine Krugman — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 10:42:28 GMT

Happy New Year to you, too, Kurt! Regarding the two swimmers I mentioned that swam over 2,000 miles, I'll let you know after I interview them about it. Neither are retired, but I also wonder how their shoulders hold up! I hope to find out...

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aztimm — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 03:31:51 GMT

Did your suit come oddly packaged? I recall I received one on two separate occasions in the past and each time came in a huge box on a hanger...nice but so strange. 20 more than my goal...620.49 I always wondered about those over 2000 miles...do they just like to go long or does it help them swim faster...I'm assuming they are retired and have bionic shoulders??!! Happy 2020 everybody! Happy New Year Kurt! Yea, it was kind of an odd package. It was a very large box, sent from Jantzen I think, with the much smaller Nike box, and the suit inside that. Shipping must have been ridiculous, especially considering that a brief can almost fit in a normal envelope (well maybe a larger one). Maybe I'll talk to someone I know on the awards/recognition committee. Q Swimwear has all kinds of suit designs, and they'll do a custom one. I'd pay $20 for a suit that had something special about it (like said USMS GTD 2020). Q seems to have 50% off sales pretty regularly, and the briefs go for $20 during that (yea I know women's suits are more). But maybe we can get something going again. And I don't get people who swim even 1000 miles. That works out to 3 miles every day, with no days off (so no vacation, no sick days, and having a place to swim on holidays). 2000 miles would be 6 miles a day. My schedule is to swim about 5000 yards on Mon, Wed, and Fri. Tues/Thurs are gym days, but I finish up with 1000-1500 in the gym pool. Then when I'm building, I'll do a long swim on Sundays (maybe 4-6 miles) at Barton Springs. I hear you on the shoulders...I never had problems before I built up for Saguaro in 2019. Thankfully the cool water at Barton Springs helps quite a bit.

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Kurt Dickson — Tue, 31 Dec 2019 10:54:10 GMT

Even though there's no longer a free suit, Did your suit come oddly packaged? I recall I received one on two separate occasions in the past and each time came in a huge box on a hanger...nice but so strange. 20 more than my goal...620.49 I always wondered about those over 2000 miles...do they just like to go long or does it help them swim faster...I'm assuming they are retired and have bionic shoulders??!! Happy 2020 everybody!

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aztimm — Tue, 31 Dec 2019 05:29:10 GMT

I've set a goal of 500 miles nearly since Go The Distance has been around (and there was a free suit at 500 miles :) ) Even though there's no longer a free suit, I've still set a goal of 500 miles. This year, I finished with just over 641 miles, my highest-distance year of swimming ever. I posted some thoughts and highlights over in my blog here: forums.usms.org/entry.php

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Sumorunner — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 07:34:31 GMT

Nope, missed by a long shot. I got tendonitis in the ankle in July and had to go several months with scarcely any training. Swim-wise, a good year for me is 125 mi. This year I made it only 62. Likewise with biking, walking, etc., I only made about half my expected targets. The ankle is mostly healed now, so looking forward to more normal totals in 2020.

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Elaine Krugman — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 06:32:49 GMT

+1 to arochest! Congratulations! You have a great outlook on life, so good on ya!

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dinicti — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 05:50:20 GMT

Andy, I am sure I am replying for all of us here, congrats on finishing your treatment for advanced prostate ca., and wish you the best of health. Also, share your *** stroke update, because I can surely use some help!

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Former Member — Sun, 29 Dec 2019 15:50:57 GMT

I set an initial goal of 60 miles, but well exceeded that and hit 101.46 yesterday morning! :) I will set it for maybe 120 next year, but who knows? Since I've more than doubled my yardage/workout from the beginning of the year, I could yet go further.

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ForceDJ — Sun, 29 Dec 2019 12:27:44 GMT

I didn't really "set" a specific goal for year's end. But, my 2019 total swimming mileage is going to be about 85 miles more than 2018, and at almost 59 years old, it will actually be my highest mileage year of my life (swimming since my early 20s). About this time a year ago I decided that I would take part in an early August marathon swim. At just about seven miles, it would be my longest open water swim in several years, and longer by a couple of miles. Consequently, training up for it increased my weekly mileage. And, since that swim I've maintained a somewhat higher weekly mileage. My plan is to do the same swim again this coming summer, and maybe a longer one...so I'm already ahead on my training. (My annual bicycling mileage is going to be about 800 miles more, and my running miles also up by about 80 miles.) Dan

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Former Member — Sun, 29 Dec 2019 10:52:17 GMT

I'd didn't set a specific goal for 2019 either -- but stayed the course! I'm swimming 30 miles a week and running 30 miles a week. I've had to be very careful with stretching properly and taking care of my joints. I spent 2.5 years on chemo + radiation for stage IV prostate cancer. Now in remission 8 months and loving it. Swimming helped save my life! . Let me know if you want any hints on how to make waterproof dressings that can withstand prolonged swimming :-) Also found a solution for blisters on the ends of fingers from repetitive impact . 2020 is going to be amazing! Finally going to update breaststroke technique. Andy