Last Friday while doing sprinting and drills, a fellow yelled at me and asked me if I needed a doctor (I was huffing and puffing naturally), and I said No, just sprinting. He insisted on trying to have a conversation with me about his long distance swimming. I will point out I know this fellow and he is not athletic, he does the bar scene, very unfit.
He told me he swam 10 miles in an hour, and the instant he told me that I broke out in hilarious laughter. He was shocked. I told him it was humanly impossible without an attached motorized device and that our dive boats here don't even go 10 miles an hour.
So, he said we could meet and he would show me, I said how about tomorrow because Saturday is my distance day. He said, Oh, I can't because I got a tatoo and I have to stay out of the water for 2 months!!
Don't people realize we didn't just fall off the turnip truck? Anyone ever brag to you about some swim facts that could not be true? Maybe this is something a person can say to a non-swimming person, but I am in the water training 4 days a week; I am the last person to make such an outrageous statement to!!!
donna
Here is one that is true and will only be seen as unbelievable by those that swim: (as read on some forum) 10,000 yards (scy) doing 100 repeats of 100 every minute. The workout would last one hour and forty minutes. I know it is doable and has been done, nonetheless, I get tired thinking of it. What do I do? Repeats of 100 meters every minute and thirty or forty? Maybe 20 repeats? billy fanstone
My team does an annual 100x100s, shortly into the new year. I've never done it, but after chatting with some folks who have, they tend to vary it every 10. Start on 1:50, then maybe subtract 5 sec every 10, down to 1:25 then repeat the last 4 (if they want a tough set they'll go down to 1:20 or even 1:15). The coach stays until everyone who wants to finish is done.
I like to vary my sets somewhat, otherwise doing the same repeats gets very boring. It also gives you a chance to 'warm up' to the fast repeats.
Here is one that is true and will only be seen as unbelievable by those that swim: (as read on some forum) 10,000 yards (scy) doing 100 repeats of 100 every minute. The workout would last one hour and forty minutes. I know it is doable and has been done, nonetheless, I get tired thinking of it. What do I do? Repeats of 100 meters every minute and thirty or forty? Maybe 20 repeats? billy fanstone
My team does an annual 100x100s, shortly into the new year. I've never done it, but after chatting with some folks who have, they tend to vary it every 10. Start on 1:50, then maybe subtract 5 sec every 10, down to 1:25 then repeat the last 4 (if they want a tough set they'll go down to 1:20 or even 1:15). The coach stays until everyone who wants to finish is done.
I like to vary my sets somewhat, otherwise doing the same repeats gets very boring. It also gives you a chance to 'warm up' to the fast repeats.
