Time off

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Former Member — Fri, 16 Apr 2004 10:46:59 GMT

Originally posted by SWinkleblech I had to take two weeks off earlier in the season and then went into a swim meet. I had personal best in all of my events. Someone said I must have a good taper. IMHO, I think that it just means that you (and everyone else who cited their own stories) were rested.... I tend to underestimate the value of resting whilst training- I had to take time off b/c of family illness and when I came back, I was swimming stronger and easier than before... When I commented to my husband that I has been swimming better, he simply replied,'you needed the rest.' peace...

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swimr4life — Fri, 16 Apr 2004 10:38:59 GMT

Thank-you texillectual for your selfless act in the interest of science!;) Sorry you are having adverse side effects from your experiment! Try Excedrin Migraine!

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Former Member — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 14:01:37 GMT

Is that what you call carbo-loading?

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Former Member — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 13:44:55 GMT

Did a follow up experiment and I must point out, I had all of you in mind while performing this selfless act. I tied one on last night in the name of science. Drank good Oregon beer. Swam 1200 yards today and concluded the beer wasn't the source of my 10 second gain. Ibuprofen didn't help.

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Former Member — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 12:24:10 GMT

I had to take two weeks off earlier in the season and then went into a swim meet. I had personal best in all of my events. Someone said I must have a good taper. I didn't drink any beer either.

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Former Member — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 11:45:42 GMT

What kind of beer and what kind of pain pills? I'd like to get a 10 sec PR in the 100 by being semi-comatose.

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swimr4life — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 10:59:06 GMT

I had a similar experience. I had to take a week and a half off due to my mother's illness. I did not eat or sleep well during that time either! I had about 10 days of training (and trying to eat right and sleep a lot) then I went to a big regional meet. I had 4 best masters times! Maybe I need to work on my diet and sleep habits?! ;)

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Former Member — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 08:48:09 GMT

Originally posted by JuneO that happened to me a bunch of times last year. I kept having to travel, taking a week off here and there, and every time I returned to the pool the swimming was easy/fast. not to mention my sinuses had cleared up! As others have stated, not unheard of. The first man (don't remember his name, a russian I think) to break 15 minutes in the 1500 took a week off of training before the olympics for his taper.

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Former Member — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 05:24:43 GMT

that happened to me a bunch of times last year. I kept having to travel, taking a week off here and there, and every time I returned to the pool the swimming was easy/fast. not to mention my sinuses had cleared up!

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Former Member — Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:00:48 GMT

Well beer and pain pills is a new one, but swimming faster after a few rest days is actually pretty common -- that's sort of the theory behind tapering. You probably needed a rest. :)

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aquageek — Wed, 14 Apr 2004 09:11:41 GMT

10 seconds? That's insane. I suggest a complete re-evaluation of your training program if a little time off results in a 10 second improvement.