Anyone have new goals for this year?
Or planning to try a new stroke?
Swimming solo or as a team?
As this is a championship swim, someone will wear the crown.
:cheerleader: to all swimmers!
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First One-hour: mission accomplished! 3850 (a bit lower than my goal of 4000), but I have a plan to do better in 2012
1. loosen goggles to prevent scorching headache
2. eat something before swimming
3. seek out a possible 50m venue bec. I think all those turns made me nauseated...or maybe that one's just in my head.
Anyway it was a good experience and I've done my part for New England Masters!
gigi,
Did you do a warm up? I've found over the years of postals, that if I jump in the pool cold and just swim it, then I don't do near as well as I do when I do a warm up.
I do a standard warm up of 1 x 400 easy, 4 x 100 medium, 4 x 50 fast. I've done that before my 3000 yard and my one-hour postal and I've swum faster than I've done in past postals (15-min; 30-min; brute squad).
I'm sold on doing a warm up. Makes for a long day with the one-hour and holy crap it's gonna make it a really long day when I finally attack the 6000 and 10K, but I'm gonna stick to it.
Anyone else out there do warm-ups before these postals?
gigi,
Did you do a warm up? I've found over the years of postals, that if I jump in the pool cold and just swim it, then I don't do near as well as I do when I do a warm up.
I do a standard warm up of 1 x 400 easy, 4 x 100 medium, 4 x 50 fast. I've done that before my 3000 yard and my one-hour postal and I've swum faster than I've done in past postals (15-min; 30-min; brute squad).
I'm sold on doing a warm up. Makes for a long day with the one-hour and holy crap it's gonna make it a really long day when I finally attack the 6000 and 10K, but I'm gonna stick to it.
Anyone else out there do warm-ups before these postals?
I did a short warm up (much shorter than what you describe), but I wish I had done one a little bit longer (still not as long as the one you describe). In particular, doing some short sprints would have been helpful for me, I think. My shoulders were pretty tight. (and the pool water was warm... wah... wah... what other excuses can I come up with?)
gigi,
Did you do a warm up? I've found over the years of postals, that if I jump in the pool cold and just swim it, then I don't do near as well as I do when I do a warm up.
I do a standard warm up of 1 x 400 easy, 4 x 100 medium, 4 x 50 fast. I've done that before my 3000 yard and my one-hour postal and I've swum faster than I've done in past postals (15-min; 30-min; brute squad).
I'm sold on doing a warm up. Makes for a long day with the one-hour and holy crap it's gonna make it a really long day when I finally attack the 6000 and 10K, but I'm gonna stick to it.
Anyone else out there do warm-ups before these postals?
I did not warm up before this swim, and I'm a real warm-up stickler usually. I just thought I'd take my first 500 easy and call that my warm-up. I will definitely go with a warm-up next year and see if it makes a difference. thanks for the advice!
Thanks to my timer. Attending a 5am Monday lap swim to click a stopwatch is above and beyond. I promise to schedule better next year... and plan a nice valentines day this year. :smooch:
Congratulations to all who swam this event, perhaps adding 100 or 150 over last year's distance! Thanks to those who provided helpful hints for surviving with dignity, and a special shoutout to first-time swimmers!
:applaud:
