Focus Event?

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Former Member — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:27:20 GMT

Just watched this goswim video re the tempo trainer. Breaststrke kick on the back www.goswim.tv/drilloftheweek_comments.php My Favorite stroke is Breaststroke of course....now having said that I like the 50 the best BUT the 200 is probably the focus event. I also focus on the 1000/1650. I am branching out and trying to improve the 400 IM. SO in order of focus the 1650/1000 is first followed by the 200 ***. The a DISTANT 3rd is the 400IM....:drown: which I am sure is something that I will be focusing on for awhile.

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Former Member — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:46:53 GMT

When I did the Cross Lake Ontario Swim 1964, I was pulled out of the water (no one finished the race). The Harbour Police had me in a body bag. Chuckie was in the Police boat that was taking me to shore. The guy driving the boat asked Chuckie "Is he breathing?". "Chuckie said I hope so."

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Former Member — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:38:39 GMT

Barring bad luck, Donna will have this in the bag. -LBJ It sure helps having people think I can do this swim next year. Just as long as they don't "put me in a bag".:rofl:

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Former Member — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:58:47 GMT

Stud Your avatar suits you. Did someone suggest it???? "mmmf!"

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Former Member — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:47:04 GMT

I understand your thoughts Allen, but I for one don't mind the slight knee thing. I would rather see that then the heels coming out of the trough.

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The Fortress — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:31:06 GMT

Stud Your avatar suits you. Did someone suggest it???? Really can you blame him, George? The welcoming committee can be underwhelming. "mmmmf"

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Former Member — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:35:05 GMT

It was 200 free till this year. It was the only event for masters. This year there will be a more comprehensive masters event and I will decide about my focus event. I am sure it will not be 200 fly or 4oo IM. I wil focus on them after retirement when I will have more time for training.:joker:

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Allen Stark — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 06:50:45 GMT

Raising your knees at the hips right before the kick is OK,most of the best do.She just does it a little early and a little too much IMHO.

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Allen Stark — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 06:36:47 GMT

The breaststroke on the back with tempo drill is interesting.I must point out that the swimmer was raising her legs at the hips,which slows you down. One good thing about the kick on your back drill is you can make sure your knees don't break the surface. Hers really do.

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Former Member — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:14:09 GMT

The rule of thumb I remember from another life when my knees let me run without a care was that to complete a certain distance you need to practice at one-third the race distance on a regular basis. Skip Yes, that was the wisdom for the marathon that came out of the 1970's. The rule was that if you averaged 1/3 the race distance per day for 8 weeks before the race, you could complete it (as opposed to race it.) I think that's true for running, but I think that swimming is more forgiving in that regard - i.e. you can get by with less due to the fact that you are not pounding your legs and swimming is more of a full-body exercise. Experience also skews this, both for swimming and running. I used to hop into marathons with little prep and racewalk them in about 4 hours (fastest was about 3:26) - it was painful, but I knew I could finish and did. I also think that the newer energy drinks (e.g. Accelerade) help as well and in a long swim, you have a boat right there to give you one whenever you want. Barring bad luck, Donna will have this in the bag. -LBJ

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Former Member — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:00:57 GMT

You can do it Donna...:banana::groovy::drink::applaud: Stud Your avatar suits you. Did someone suggest it????

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Former Member — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:11:48 GMT

My very first Marathon race 15 miles. I never trained over 2 hours of swimming. My second race that year a ten miler. I laid off all winter and started to train in May again never swam over 2 hours and did a 28 miler, 2nd week in July. Swimming long distance is not that hard it just takes desire to win and swim. But I was 30 years old.

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Former Member — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:02:41 GMT

I'm focused on a 20 mile swim next year; time is irrelevant; completion is everything. I'll feel better when I get to consistent 10 mile swims. The clock is ticking and I'm trying to keep up.:doh: Given the distances that your are swimming already, I'd lay good money down that you could do it now. I'm not saying it would be a walk in the park, but you could do it. If you get to consistent 10 milers, you will be READY in spades. At that level, you could handily do Manhattan, if you can take the colder water. -LBJ

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Former Member — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:38:55 GMT

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Former Member — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:24:21 GMT

I'm focused on a 20 mile swim next year; time is irrelevant; completion is everything. I'll feel better when I get to consistent 10 mile swims. The clock is ticking and I'm trying to keep up.:doh:

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smontanaro — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:14:13 GMT

Given the distances that your are swimming already, I'd lay good money down that you could do it now. I'm not saying it would be a walk in the park, but you could do it. Agreed. I recently completed my 10k postal swim. During the two months before I did the swim I took nearly half the days off. I swam more than 4000 yds only a handful of times. The rule of thumb I remember from another life when my knees let me run without a care was that to complete a certain distance you need to practice at one-third the race distance on a regular basis. Skip

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Former Member — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:11:07 GMT

At this point in time, it takes focus just for me to find time to get to the pool. If I had to pick an event it would be the 100 Fly or the 200 IM since they put you through you paces. If I am good to go on those two events then I am good to go in general. Got Boost

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swimshark — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:50:01 GMT

Remember, the next meet is the SPRINT classic. Doing any USA-S meets this fall? I need to focus on my meet schedule. I plan on being at the Sprint meet. I may do 200's depending on how my wrist is doing. With recovery from the surgery, I doubt I'll do any USA-S meets. This fall is mostly a recovery time for me. I go back to the doctor on Wed and hope to get cleared to kick in the water. You know it's bad when you hope to at least be able to kick and submerge in the water! Ann, I'm focusing on the 400IM, too. Will you be doing it at Nats in Portland? Alison

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poolraat — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:37:28 GMT

Poolraat: No 100 free? You're going to be a stroker after all that freestyle all summer long? Maybe you got bored? I'll continue to work on free. Still want to do another sub 1:00. But the main focus will be on the other two. And I'm sure that the additional work on back and fly will help the free.

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The Fortress — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:21:15 GMT

a) remove pole b) snowball chance c) in Hades d) drink tea with pinky extended Hmm.... I think a sub 1:00 free is a perfectly reasonable goal for Stud. He's got his flip turns, streamlines and SDKs down. Just has to do a bit more speed work and not screw around with evilstroke all the time. Poolraat: No 100 free? You're going to be a stroker after all that freestyle all summer long? Maybe you got bored?

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poolraat — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:33:44 GMT

100 fly and 100 back. Right now I swim them at about the same time (slow and poorly) and would like to make the cuts in these for SCY next spring.

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AnnG — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:45:44 GMT

400 IM and 200 bk. Swam lots more backstroke last year with great results. 1.5 sec drop in the 50, 3 secs in the 100 and 6 secs in the 200 at SCY nationals. That was after a LOT of backstroke sets including LT backstroke sets. This year my coach said something about a distance free event so I think I see a lot of 800 free sets in my future!

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Former Member — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:40:32 GMT

50, 100, 200 Free and 50, 100 Fly. Perhaps a crack at the 400 Free as well. As I do more distance I feel more confident in the longer events even though, at heart, I am a sprinter. Perhaps that is changing though. Syd

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Former Member — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:02:20 GMT

I'd be focusing on 200 IM if my knee were healthy. As it is, I can't do evilstroke, so it'd have to be 200 back. Maybe 200 free so I can work on my demons.