Hey gang, we leave Tuesday for 18 days to "work" on a couple of back-to-back Alaskan cruises (I teach adult arts & crafts classes aboard ship.). When I was training for Nationals, I was SURE that by the time I finished Nationals, I would want to take those 18 days off from swimming to rest my shoulders and just do dryland work. But, after many bad nights of sleep in a row (heat intolerance issues at Nationals), I did a crash and burn last night (thanks to 2 Tylenol PM), and had an awesome workout at the pool. I had forgotten, after 31 years, how GOOD it felt to do a hard post-taper swim! :bliss:I feel great and started mourning the loss of pool access during my travels, until I remembered the ship's tiny indoor pool! :D I obviously won't be able to "swim", but I CAN do drills... I'm thinking the feet first scull, kicking with my hands up against the wall, egg beater kick, and, ??? For various reasons, I won't be purchasing and bringing a tether or any other eqt. besides my suit and goggles. So, if you can recommend drills based on the size of the pool, I would greatly appreciate it. Below is a photo I shot of the pool last year, while working aboard ship.
Thanks! And, happy travels to any of you who have summer travel plans, as well. :)
P.S. I don't have a laptop (or fancy phone), so I'll be off the forums during my travels- unless I pop into an internet cafe. I'll miss you guys!
Hey Forumites! I'm back from Alaska and back in a 25 yd pool! Unfortunately, it's 40 degrees warmer here, though, and our indoor pool has shot up to 86 degrees, due to the greenhouse effect. :bitching:
Back to the positive... :D
Vancouver and Alaska were AWESOME! If any of you decide to do an Alaska cruise, make sure to go on one that includes Hubbard Glacier in the itinerary. It's six miles wide and rises 350 feet above the water. The captain was able to navigate the ice field and get within 400 yds. of the glacier and sit there for over an hour while we watched an amazing show of calving (huge chunks of ice breaking off). Some were so dramatic, the falling ice caused large swells that made our huge ship rock. Amazing!
Ok, back to the subject. As you can see by the photos below, I did my sculling drills in the ship's tiny pool. (Now, I DID use the LENGTH of the pool, rather than the width, and, I DID put my head back in the water for my feet first sculling, but I wanted to pose for these shots.)
Thanks to all of you who wrote with suggestions, I had plenty of drills to keep me busy, when I wasn't trying to dodge others who were in the pool along with me, most of the time...
What I DIDN'T take into consideration was the effect of the ship's rocking on the first sea day... Yikes! I had to get out due to my Meniere's causing sea sickness while I was IN the pool. Once I got out, I was fine! :blush:
Otherwise, the stretch chord I brought with me worked great in the gym. I just wrapped it around the dance bar in the aerobics studio and swam my strokes dryland! :bliss: And, the gym was great.
Cheers!
Elaine-iaK :D
Hey Forumites! I'm back from Alaska and back in a 25 yd pool! Unfortunately, it's 40 degrees warmer here, though, and our indoor pool has shot up to 86 degrees, due to the greenhouse effect. :bitching:
Back to the positive... :D
Vancouver and Alaska were AWESOME! If any of you decide to do an Alaska cruise, make sure to go on one that includes Hubbard Glacier in the itinerary. It's six miles wide and rises 350 feet above the water. The captain was able to navigate the ice field and get within 400 yds. of the glacier and sit there for over an hour while we watched an amazing show of calving (huge chunks of ice breaking off). Some were so dramatic, the falling ice caused large swells that made our huge ship rock. Amazing!
Ok, back to the subject. As you can see by the photos below, I did my sculling drills in the ship's tiny pool. (Now, I DID use the LENGTH of the pool, rather than the width, and, I DID put my head back in the water for my feet first sculling, but I wanted to pose for these shots.)
Thanks to all of you who wrote with suggestions, I had plenty of drills to keep me busy, when I wasn't trying to dodge others who were in the pool along with me, most of the time...
What I DIDN'T take into consideration was the effect of the ship's rocking on the first sea day... Yikes! I had to get out due to my Meniere's causing sea sickness while I was IN the pool. Once I got out, I was fine! :blush:
Otherwise, the stretch chord I brought with me worked great in the gym. I just wrapped it around the dance bar in the aerobics studio and swam my strokes dryland! :bliss: And, the gym was great.
Cheers!
Elaine-iaK :D
