Butterfly, beautiful to watch, difficult to train.
We SDK off every wall.
We're most likely to smack hands with each other and those beside us.
Fly's fun to sprint but no fun when the piano comes down
What did you do in practice today?
the breastroke lane
The Middle Distance Lane
The Backstroke Lane
The Butterfly Lane
The SDK Lane
The Taper Lane
The Distance Lane
The IM Lane
The Sprint Free Lane
The Pool Deck
OK, That Guy, I entered the 200 fly at the NW Zone meet. What's our gridge going to be? I have a feeling you're going to dust me, especially if you'll be rested. My goal right now is to finish the event legally. :bolt:
OK, That Guy, I entered the 200 fly at the NW Zone meet. What's our gridge going to be? I have a feeling you're going to dust me, especially if you'll be rested. My goal right now is to finish the event legally. :bolt:
Excellent! Yes, I will be rested. How about this idea for a gridge: whoever posts a difference between 100's closest to +4 seconds wins. So a first 100 of 1:10.00 followed by a second 100 of 1:14.00 means a difference of 4.00 seconds, the ideal outcome.
My new cycle has begun. In prep for next Spring's Nationals, I resumed Base Fly work.
Today I did 45min of hard cross-training threshold (last 15min @ 95% Vo2Max). Then I jumped in the pool for a 800 fly done as 3 under water SDK, 5 surface SDK and 5 full fly strokes. I'll increase the duration of this workout up to 1500 fly.
Swam the 1km today at Sasamat Lake (vowsa.bc.ca) fly. Finished it! Managed a time of 20.59. Pretty pleased with the time as finishing was my main interest.
Felt good in the last 400m, but was pretty tired when I stopped. Swam without a wetsuit and I believe the water was about 17C. Felt like I was suffering from windchill (waterchill?) from moving through the water as my left leg started to shiver in the last third of the swim.
Still trying to figure out exactly how the upbeat kick works in my stroke. Not sure I am really aware of it yet. And whether I like a double kick style or single kick style for open water. I think if my body can handle the double kick style, it feels better and I could benefit from the momentum and higher hips.
How about this idea for a gridge: whoever posts a difference between 100's closest to +4 seconds wins. So a first 100 of 1:10.00 followed by a second 100 of 1:14.00 means a difference of 4.00 seconds, the ideal outcome.
Just checking the preliminary results I see splits of 1:14.01 and 1:23.48 for me. Pretty bad, but then when I look at That Guy's splits I see 38.53 and 1:46.79. That first 100 does seem a little fast, but who am I to argue with the touchpads? Looks like I win the gridge... :bolt:
Just checking the preliminary results I see splits of 1:14.01 and 1:23.48 for me. Pretty bad, but then when I look at That Guy's splits I see 38.53 and 1:46.79. That first 100 does seem a little fast, but who am I to argue with the touchpads? Looks like I win the gridge... :bolt:
Yeah I was in lane 4, which malfunctioned all weekend... so although my split difference sucked, I did chop 11 seconds off Phelps' 100 fly record, so I've got that going for me... oh noes!!! I forgot to submit a split request form :doh: and a urine sample
My mom took some digital video of this race, I will share it when it's available...
How many world records were set at that meet? That sure was something to see!
Maybe ten? Megan Jendrick set three, I think Charlotte Davis got a couple as well, and there were a few relays. Megan's records were a 31 50 ***, 2:04 200 free, and 1:10 100 ***. She also swam a 28 50 fly that was pretty close to the record for W25-29. That's right, a 2008 Olympian attended a Masters meet that didn't allow tech suits! :banana:
Anyway to keep this post on topic, I barely missed the LMSC record for the 200 LCM fly. 0.22 seconds. Should have kicked harder, as always! Knelson, now that you've swum the event, what are your thoughts?
