The Butterfly Lane

People who play golf have their golf destinations trips. This pool would count as a swimming destination trip. Gosh, I have to swim at this pool one day! The Kitsilano pool is an outdoor pool and the longest in Canada. It is on the beach and definitely worth visiting if in Vancouver in the summer. insidevancouver.files.wordpress.com/.../img_1379.jpg

I've found this thread after searching for others who have trained in long-distance fly. Some helpful stuff on this thread. Thanks to everyone. Anyone try longer swims? Anyone stumble across long-distance fly training and technique experiences on the web? If you've heard of any references that I could look up beyond what is here, that would be a great help. Check this out: www.thomasboettcher.org/.../default.htm

I, at 55, have finally begun to "master" butterfly, thanks to the expert coaching I received at SwimFest '10 last weekend. :bliss: Prior to last weekend, I had never been able to swim an entire pool length of butterfly, but that is no longer the case. Now that I'm back home, I plan on swimming at least one length during my twice weekly workouts, and building from there. I have a long way to go, but at least I've finally begun the journey. Way to go, Deb! :cheerleader: So, that answers one of my questions in the P.M. I posted to you! Glad to hear you enjoyed it! :D

Right you are! I train alone so I get to set whatever intervals I want. :banana: I also never use pull buoys, fins, or paddles, and rarely use a kickboard. "Pulling sets do more harm than good" is another concept that we can add to the list... I decided to solve this problem by downgrading lane. Tonight will be the first time I try it. If the workout is aimed at working on our specialty (fly in my case), I'll book it with swimmers that are much slower than me, to allow for sufficient recovery time. Otherwise, it pisses me off waaaay to much. Coaches that do not understand that ultra fast swimming is not compatible with tight intervals.

On Saturday, I finished my first ever butterfly race. It was a 100. The meet was also my first LCM meet ever. So, a double-whammy: fly AND LCM. All in all, I did pretty good. Came in at 1:37. My coach said I kept my form the whole time. I have to admit, though, at the end of that race, I was so glad it was just 100. I still want to do the 200 fly, eventually, though. Maybe in August.

On Saturday, I finished my first ever butterfly race. It was a 100. The meet was also my first LCM meet ever. So, a double-whammy: fly AND LCM. All in all, I did pretty good. Came in at 1:37. My coach said I kept my form the whole time. I have to admit, though, at the end of that race, I was so glad it was just 100. I still want to do the 200 fly, eventually, though. Maybe in August. Good job!

The Kitsilano pool is an outdoor pool and the longest in Canada. It is on the beach and definitely worth visiting if in Vancouver in the summer. insidevancouver.files.wordpress.com/.../img_1379.jpg very cool! I am in awe! and great view!

Finally, That Guy, this is what I did. Downgraded lane, even downgraded coach :) Allowed me to do (long course meter): 400 @ 50m Free / 50m Fly 300 Fly 200 kick 100 pull 4x200 Fly (aerobic) with 30sec rest (was probably holding 3:45, not any faster, following some breaststrokers) 4x100 Free descending 1-4 30s rest 4x50 Fly descending 1-4 30s rest (last one in 35 flat, happy with this) No board (even on the kick) My goal in performing this volume of fly was to work on a specific thing. Making sure that my bum was breaking the surface on every down beat of the first kick. I tend to neglect kicking at slower speed. I worked on Phelps splashless entries too, but that I always do anyway while performing base mileage at my favorite stroke. Great stuff! Maybe someday I will figure out how to swim fly aerobically. Until then, I don't see how I could complete this set. The 300 and then the 4 200's would be very problematic for me, especially in LCM.

Anyone one got a workokout that can help me out, I wanna cut 20 seconds off my 100 fly lol, my best time is 1:26 I don't have enough to go on here so I'll fall back to my standard "kick harder" :D

Very well designed simple set. If you got it during a master swimmer club swim, then you should feel blessed to have a master swimmer coach capable of calibrating race pace intervals. A lot of them don't seem to understand the concept of "fast swimming calls for longer rest". Well it's at least the case for the 2 coaches leading the two different clubs where I sometimes train. But I bet you were alone :D Right you are! I train alone so I get to set whatever intervals I want. :banana: I also never use pull buoys, fins, or paddles, and rarely use a kickboard. "Pulling sets do more harm than good" is another concept that we can add to the list...