Holiday Swim Achievements, 12-24-07 to 1-6-08

My team is doing a 100x100's on Sat Jan 5. They do it, or something like that, every year early in the new year. I've never done it before, but am thinking of doing it this next time. Some people were asking the coach how long it would take, and he was answering with vague terms. I asked, "How long would someone in my lane take?" He told me about 2-1/2 hours. Evidently they do different intervals, like 10 on 1:40, 10 on 1:30, 10 on 1:20, then going back again. Very cool! I hope you give it a try! Let us know if you do and how it goes. Worse case, you can always stop if you must. We did 60x100 long course last year and it was not bad at all. Some were IM and Drill by groups of 10 so it went by faster with the variety.

Kristina I am doing the Winter Classic here in Savannah, so is my 9 year old son. Mom and son in the same meet. In February I will be doing the Mt. Pleasant meet in SC the same weekend my son has a meet at our pool which his dad will cart him to in my absence. It was really humbling being beaten by 2 11 year olds at practice Friday night. It is a great challenge though and I love it. Coach used me to keep them on the correct interval and them to push me. Well it is time to go to practice. Thanks for filling me in on your meets. Looks like we won't be hitting the same ones. Those 11 to 13 year olds are faster than some of the SR women, so I wouldn't sweat it!

I'll probably see you at the St. Pat's meet in March or the meet in Athens in June.

All this talk of USA swim meets is making me rethink my decision to not swim in the PVS Jan Open. I just wish that the 50 and 100 Free were on the same day but ah well. So it's either the 50 or the 100. Wish there was 50 fly but nope 100 Fly is the shortest, not up to that yet. Nothing like finishing DFL. Paul

Donna: What meet are you doing in January w/ the kids? I'm debating between the USAS Stingrays meet at Mountain View Aquatic Center and a Masters meet in Charlotte (both are in January). There weren't any relays at this meet, but I hope that I get a chance to swim some in future meets! Oh, it's still humbling swimming with the kids. I got slaughtered by one of my old students (she's now 11) in the 1000 free by about 14 seconds (she went a 10:46). Those 11/12 year olds are fast aren't they?! Many don't have an ounce of body fat! :bow: Alison, I swim at Dynamo and sometimes see your sister Jennifer at masters workouts. She's fast in swimming and an INSANELY talented triathlete. I'm so impressed you do the 2 hour workouts. They are such a challenge. I told the coach at one of our 2.5 ones that I felt a bit woozy at the end but I think my energy drink saved me from any disasters! :whiteflag:

Swimming with the kids is a blast. I usually do one meet with the kids each year at Thanksgiving. This last one I was in the lane right next to my son who is 15 (I'm 55) for the 50 free. Lots of trash talking even though we both knew who would finish first. It was a race for 25, we came off the wall together, then he turned on the afterburners and all I saw were his bubbles. I still swam a (lifetime) personal best and finished about a second behind him. We were also in the same heat in the 100 free but on opposite sides of the pool (he beat me by about 3 sec). I'd never enter a distance race in one of these meets. The kids would be finished, showered and dressed before I finished. lol Poolraat, I loved reading this. It is my experience EXACTLY but when I'm racing those insanely fast masters 45 year old men. :doh:

Today, December 31, was the first day for most of the New Year's Day swims. Anyone care to post the ingenious sets devised by coaches for this special, once-a-year time? Happy New Year to the forumites! Lift a glass to coaches, swim buddies, and those who wash the towels. VB

Great job Kristina. :groovy: I did sets like that short course last week and I had to add fins to keep up with the kids. Actually it was more like trying not to get lapped by the kids.

Guh. Just got back from National practice at Swim Atlanta. Here's what we did (I chose to swim w/ the distance group. It was me and three guys.) Took us around 2 hours and 20-30 minutes. Was long course. 200 FR Warm Up 4x300 (100Skid/ 200 SKPS) 5x100 Tennessee Tumble 4x25 IM Order 10x150 Pull @ 2:15 Main Set 600 @ 1:25 base 500 @ 1:20 base 400 @ 1:15 base 300 @ 1:25 base 200 @ 1:20 base 100 @ 1:15 base 500 @ 1:20 base 400 @ 1:15 base 300 @ 1:25 base 200 @ 1:20 base 100 @ 1:15 base 400 @ 1:15 base 300 @ 1:25 base 200 @ 1:20 base 100 @ 1:15 base 300 @ 1:25 base 200 @ 1:20 base 100 @ 1:15 base 200 @ 1:20 base 100 @ 1:15 base 100 @ 1:15 base Hand to put on hand paddles mid way through the main set to make those 1:15 intervals. Otherwise, I hung in there. Thank goodness I don't do this on a regular basis!! :violin: 200 EZ 9300 meters or 10170.604 yds

That's solid. Just curious, how old are the people in your lane? Thanks. It was really great to get a nice complement from Coach Chris Davis after the workout. The 3 boys were ages 15 to 17. Most of the kids on the Nat team are ages 15 to 18.