1-hour Postal Swim advice

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Gary P — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 06:44:42 GMT

I'm equally impressed by 70 year old Christy Hayes, who went 4145.

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knelson — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 06:02:21 GMT

Preliminary results up. www.usms.org/.../1hrresultsw_prelim.pdf 53 year old female goes 5465. Dang Gina! Wow. As far as I can see that's 250 yards farther than the next woman of any age (39 year old Ashley Whitney at 5,215)! It annihilates the old women's 50-54 record in the event which was 5,185 yards by Ellen Reynolds.

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jim thornton — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 09:32:20 GMT

The older you get, the harder it is to beat your age in 100 yard chunks. 54.65 x 100 is great for a 53 year old. Hell, it is great for anyone.

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Kurt Dickson — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 09:17:48 GMT

Preliminary results up. www.usms.org/.../1hrresultsw_prelim.pdf 53 year old female goes 5465. Dang Gina!

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ForceDJ — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 03:50:31 GMT

Well, I completed my swim last week and essentially did exactly the same yardage as last year...well almost. Last year I did 4040 yards. I did not stop at all during last year's swim. But recently a co-worker who is a nutritionist, and also a swimmer, convinced me that I should be taking in fluids during my workouts. Before, generally I would do as much as a 4000m (sometimes more) workout without drinking. And of course I would frequently experience leg cramps late in the workout. I knew what the problem was, but was just too forgetful/dumb/stupid/lazy/bullheaded to have fluids there with me??? So a month or so ago, at the insistence of my nutritionist co-worker, I started bringing a bottle of electrolyte drink to have poolside, and would drink about every few hundred yards. It was working. So I figured that for the ePostal I'd have the bottle but only stop to drink IF I felt cramps coming on (which I know is usually too late). And so I did...and I stopped twice to drink...but I really think I didn't need to, and could have fought off the cramps. Literally I stopped for like 3 seconds each time. And did I make it to the 4040yds I swam last year? No. I missed it by 5 measly yards for a total this year of 4035yds. Damn that water bottle! Dan

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Sumorunner — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 02:22:17 GMT

Argh, Argh! Double freakin' argh! I couldn't complete an hour Tuesday because kids overran the pool at the YMCA, so today I decided to go to a different fitness center where there are two pools, a kids activity pool and a separate lap pool. As I'm closing in on 2000 yds there was an "incident" in the kiddie pool causing the staff to close it for cleaning, so again 40-50 kids decided to join us in the lap pool. I gave up. One more chance next Tuesday.

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Sumorunner — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 07:39:30 GMT

Argh! I planned to do mine today at the local YMCA, but schools are closed for winter break, so the place was teeming with kiddies. I was asked to change lanes twice during my swim, so I didn't get a continuous hour.

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Kurt Dickson — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 10:39:46 GMT

kurt i bet you are fast enough to do it in 59mins Ha! Actually, usually I've had enough after about 16 minutes:)

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sunruh — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 09:06:07 GMT

kurt i bet you are fast enough to do it in 59mins

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Gary P — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 12:50:18 GMT

My advice is just get in and start swimming and don't overthink it. If you've been training for it you must have a good feel for the pace you can hold. Just start swimming and don't worry about the clock. +1. Don't make it too complicated. Swim at the perceived effort you've trained at and let the distance be what it is.

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ForceDJ — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 12:06:37 GMT

I found I was confusing my counter and pissing myself off...so for marital harmony, ... That's LOL. Glad it worked out for you. Dan

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knelson — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 12:00:12 GMT

Just about every year I've swum it I've paired up with someone else who wants to swim it. That way one of us swims while the other records splits and vice versa.

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ForceDJ — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 11:44:34 GMT

My problem last year as a newcomer was no one to record it for me. I have a Swimovate watch that records laps very accurately, but it's not acceptable unless there's someone else to sign that they watched me do it. Last year was my first year too. The coach (longtime friend) at my usual swim group/pool did the counting for me last year. But at the pool I am swimming it in for this year...the school's swimmers are volunteering to do it for donations to their team (good idea). I've also thought about baking some cookies for my personal lap counter. A nice snack to enjoy during the hour. My "suggestion" will be that if they lose count while enjoying the cookies during my swim...to 'round UP' to the next lap. Dan

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Kurt Dickson — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 11:42:09 GMT

the school's swimmers are volunteering to do it for donations to their team (good idea). I agree. I did this as a 'fundraiser' for my kid's team one year I was feeling particularly generous. Anybody that beat me, I donated $100 dollars and any "notable" efforts received $25-50 dollars. Surprisingly, I only was out about $250, with only one beating me. I brought donuts and gatorade (great vomitus combo BTW). I thought I was being nice but the kiddie swimmers were definitely not too interested in swimming an hour straight and were certainly hating me. Good intentions I guess. Good luck with your swim.

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Sumorunner — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 11:12:31 GMT

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Kurt Dickson — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 10:06:23 GMT

I just did my 18th one hour postal. I used to try to have my counter flash me signals if I was above or below a certain pace. There were cowbells involved and the red and black side of a kick board. Also, there were instructions for standing at certain time markers. Through all this, I found I was confusing my counter and pissing myself off...so for marital harmony, I just go out in a pace I think I can hold and am appreciative she has a distance (or time for the other postals) for me at the end....and eternally grateful she has not left me for all the nonsense I put her through.:)

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knelson — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 05:13:09 GMT