The Butterfly Lane

Your syntax was impeccable -- my mind just refused to consider that such a turn was possible. And my definition of "impressive" matches yours.

Today I did 10x100 fly (SCY). The first 5 were on 1:40. Minute break and then the next 5 were on 1:50. I am wiped out. I am sitting here at work trying to decide if I'm going to pass out or throw up or both. :afraid:I won't be doing that set again. :drown: The rest of the group did 10x100 IM.

Today I did 10x100 fly (SCY). The first 5 were on 1:40. Minute break and then the next 5 were on 1:50. I am wiped out. I am sitting here at work trying to decide if I'm going to pass out or throw up or both. :afraid:I won't be doing that set again. :drown: The rest of the group did 10x100 IM. :bow: I am not worthy!! I would be happy to be able to do 4x100 on 2:00.

Today I did 10x100 fly (SCY). The first 5 were on 1:40. Minute break and then the next 5 were on 1:50. I am wiped out. I am sitting here at work trying to decide if I'm going to pass out or throw up or both. :afraid:I won't be doing that set again. :drown: The rest of the group did 10x100 IM. You will find that the 2nd and 3rd time you do this will be easier! Chin up!

Today I did 10x100 fly (SCY). The first 5 were on 1:40. Minute break and then the next 5 were on 1:50. I am wiped out. I am sitting here at work trying to decide if I'm going to pass out or throw up or both. :afraid:I won't be doing that set again. :drown: The rest of the group did 10x100 IM. img704.imageshack.us/.../notworthy.gif

You will find that the 2nd and 3rd time you do this will be easier! Chin up! Nah, I don't think there will be a 2nd and 3rd time. Next week, the group is doing 15x100 IM, then 20x100 the following week, and so on until they hit 60. I think I'd better do IM. I did do a 3000 LCM fly for time once in my youth but I am feeling too old for this kind of thing now. :cane:

Nice pace! I had another open water swim experience in August that I forgot to post here. I entered a local 3km open water swim and swam it fly. Now, THAT truly deserves :applaud: :applaud: :applaud: !

Today I did 10x100 fly (SCY). The first 5 were on 1:40. Minute break and then the next 5 were on 1:50. I am wiped out. I am sitting here at work trying to decide if I'm going to pass out or throw up or both. :afraid:I won't be doing that set again. :drown: The rest of the group did 10x100 IM. Nice pace! I had another open water swim experience in August that I forgot to post here. I entered a local 3km open water swim and swam it fly. Previously, the water was 22C/71F over the days preceding the race. I swam without a wetsuit because it just feels better and I have a better idea of my balance and buoyancy. There were some wicked current (counter clockwise to the course) so I fought current the whole way. Finished 1.5km in just under 40 minutes and then started on the next loop and realized with sudden dismay that I was really, really cold. I tried to swim another 100m, but my shivering had overcome me without warning. I went on my back to see if I could regain my composure. No such luck. I'm a lifeguard and experienced with winter freediving so I knew that to go on wasn't safe. I called over another lifeguard over and got a free ride in the safety boat to shore. In the medical tent, I amused the guard there by shivering so hard that I couldn't drink my hot chocolate! It was a lot of fun and a shame that the incoming tide churned up pockets of water that were 14-15C. A lot of people who swam without suits also ended up in the medical tent. A shame, because we had such great weather up until then. I was pretty comfortable with the fly even after 1.5km. No aches or pains. However, with the current I could see how slow I was going. I had done 1km in 20 minutes in July. Since then I've been experimenting with a faster stroke rate and quicker chest press so that I eliminate "dead spots" in my fly. It's hard to find a stroke rate that you can maintain for long distances, but I guess that's the challenge inherent in this pursuit of open water fly swimming. Thanks for all the training sets you guys are posting here. It's really inspiring. I'd love to do 100m reps of fly on 1:40. That would be awesome!

I have been toying with the idea of swimming more fly. I use to swim fly a lot in hs and some in college. I got burned out on the stroke in hs because it was forced upon me but after a longtime away from the stroke, I would like to give it another go. Most of my fly the last few weeks has involved body dolphing, body dolphing working on the the timing of the catch and pull. I don't like one arm drills(even if the lane is crowded) because they put one at an unsual angle for fly. The problem I am having is with the recovery. I cant seem to find a good point in the stroke to release the water to start the recovery and how the recovery should go. I see videos of swimmers that look like the recovery is a circular motion from the back to the front, yet read about it being a release to the side and sweeping the arms back to the front. Fly use to be decent for me but now it a struggle. Any suggestions on how to do the recovery and release point into the recovery?

To start the S C season, my lower back is sore :cane:from all the drills & kicking. In an odd case , fly feels better than drills ? ! :D