What Are Your 2021 Swimming Goals?

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orca1946 — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:28:25 GMT

Well, now that Spring Nationals are listed as going to run July 21 - 25 this summer, I might try to recover from foot surgery to try to qualify for some events.

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Former Member — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 08:38:13 GMT

(I'm at 1:17.5 100m now. I'll update monthly. Until end-Feb then.) :)

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Former Member — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 07:32:01 GMT

I hope I don't annoy people if I record new PRs in this thread. It's all about 2021 goal chasing, eh? I'm at 1:18.5 for 100m now. I need to eat up 3m in the next 11+months!

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Former Member — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 07:43:08 GMT

Usually I go to the "swim happy" thread with such news, but this seems like a more logical place: My new 50m PR is 35.0sec. I have nearly 12 more months to figure out how to be about a body length faster. :)

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Former Member — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 16:35:11 GMT

I've only made 2 goals for myself in swimming this year: 1. Get my 10 km time below 3:40 2. Swim the English Channel

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67King — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 05:39:46 GMT

Be able to work out more than an average of 3 times per month. The ocean is looking pretty good, but is kind of chilly and takes an hour to get there. I had to resort to open water swimming. Are there any rivers or lakes or quarries closer than the ocean? I drive a half hour each way multiple times per day for my kids practice, so an hour doesn't seem too, too bad outside of other obligations. That said, XTerra wetsuits are on sale right now. They are often, but they are like 70% off. Their top of the line full one is about $250. One step down is $160, the entry is $130. I got the mid one in a full suit, but have a top of the line sleeveless. Overall, I've enjoyed it. I have to admit, my pool swimming suffered greatly, but my stamina improved. I'm a full minute faster on my mile now than I was before COVID, though my strokes are beyond horrible.

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Karl_S — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 04:38:48 GMT

Gotta agree that a well-swum IM is extremely satisfying.

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Michael Heather — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 01:15:32 GMT

Be able to work out more than an average of 3 times per month. The ocean is looking pretty good, but is kind of chilly and takes an hour to get there.

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Former Member — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:57:57 GMT

I'm with regular/consistent swim time. I joined the Y but haven't navigated their reservation system yet, and I'm not sure if they're being scaled back in the state's restrictions this week. Bit too cold for me to swim outside now, even wetsuited - that'll have to wait til spring. Aside from that, I'd like to swim a 5k. I'd like to travel out if state somewhere for a race - I was going to go to DC for a race but it didn't happen. I'd like there to *be* races at all, but let's say there are. Way out there goal that would take a ton of practice: swim one of the Alcatraz swims.

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Redbird Alum — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 02:02:17 GMT

I'll take regular pool time and possibly a meet in 2021, but if it's only one or the other, then pool time is it.

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Jeff Enge — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 08:58:18 GMT

I think I would be bored as ï¿½a sprinterï¿½ or ï¿½a long distance swimmerï¿½. That's why I'm an IMer - I like to race everything. One of my most proud accomplishments as a Masters swimmer thus far was getting in the 2019 SCY top ten in at least one event in every stroke + IM.

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Former Member — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 10:58:32 GMT

I realize as I read all of these replies that I am very lucky that I have been swimming regularly since late June in a military pool. My signature lists 7 distances/PRs. I love this septet concept. For me, trying to swim certain times for this entire spectrum is precisely the point. I think I would be bored as “a sprinter” or “a long distance swimmer”. I have a crazy schedule that I know that no swimmer/coach in the world will agree is intelligent!! I try to swim a minimum of 4x a week: M-WU+50m+CD. T-WU+200m+CD. W-WU+800m+CD. T-WU+25m+CD. F-WU+100m+CD. S-WU+400m+CD. S-WU+1600m+CD. The WUs and CDs can contain any number of drills and things, of course. In 2021, I hope to be able to up my game and swim 5-6x most weeks. And, if I do that, I hope that by the end of the year I can swim “the 59% level” for as much of the septet as possible. (ie Each WR x 0.59). That yields: 25m-16.1 50m-34.2 100m-1:16.2 200m-2:48.4 400m-5:59 800m-12:31 1600m-25:33 We’ll see what happens. 59% at age 59? 60% at age 60???

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Former Member — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 15:47:12 GMT

My only remaining goal is to swim the channel because my booked slot can't be postponed. This winter is probably my last chance in my life to get some serious training in (because I'm going to emigrate next April - it's very unlikely I can keep training in my target country if I have a full time job) but now nothing can be done because of COVID interruption. I'll not book anything afterwards before my channel swim because I'll need to decide if I'm going to quit swimming afterwards.

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swoomer — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 08:27:08 GMT

Allen, I hear you. I feel blessed that I live where there are fewer restrictions. I continue to feel very safe in my swimming environment.

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LinMoore — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 05:26:18 GMT

I really want to get back to consistency. Been a crazy year for everyone. Personally, Covid interruption, 3 nerve blocks in cervical and now down with the virus for a couple weeks has killed the flow. Flip side, I got a ton of cycling in . But i miss swimming and doing so in workouts with others consistently. 2021 will be better !

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Calvin S — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 03:20:45 GMT

I'll start stalking your blog a bit for main set ideas, thanks! Definitely, man. Just leave a post there or PM me if you have a question :)

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Former Member — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:34:38 GMT

So it depends upon the time of year. Just was finishing up another base building phase. I was doing about 30k a week for about 4 weeks there, swimming every day. Developed a smidgen of "swimmer's shoulder" in my left shoulder, so I have been doing A LOT of kicking the past two weeks, and probably will continue kicking for the foreseeable future (saw doc today, no issues, just needs some rest). But during my aerobic phase I was doing mostly longer aerobic stuff, a dash of speed here and there, and ALWAYS some sort of quality speed set on Saturdays. When I have mended, I will be transitioning to speed/pace work most days, and drop down to 3-4k per workout (down from 4.5-6k before). Also was following this schedule pretty regularly from September through mid-November: Monday: Long Aerobic (6k ish) Tuesday: I.M. or Recovery (4-5k) Wednesday: Speed work (3.5-5k) Thursday: I.M. or Recovery, whichever I need more and depending on what I did Tuesday (4-5k) Friday: wildcard, maybe buckets, maybe speed work, maybe just drilling (2.5-4.5k) Saturday: quality and speed diving off blocks (3-4k) Sunday: OFF or Long Easy Aerobic (0-4k) Thanks! Super helpful. i too get a twinge-y left shoulder when i bump up the yardage too much. Currently swimming SCM and essentially doing this although days vary based on my call schedule. mon- 4-5k long aerobic tues off weds- long aerobic (4k0 or IM with aerobic thurs-kick focus, 2-3k, usually pretty dead legged after fri- usrpt or test set or off sat-long aerobic or long drill with lots of kick if shoulder dictates sun- off or 2500 'short stuff'/stroke I think at best i am getting 20k scm in... which is more than when i first got back in the water about 2 yrs ago, doing about 10k a week. I'll start stalking your blog a bit for main set ideas, thanks!

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orca1946 — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 01:15:25 GMT

I am due for rotator cuff surgery in late Dec or Jan so WHEN I can swim in an pool will be in question. I age up to 75 in April of 2021 Goals: State meet in Illinois 100 & 200 fly 100+200+400 i m S C nationals : 100 +200 fly 200 + 400 i m 200 back 1,650 free

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Former Member — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 15:10:08 GMT

sub 4:50 500 sub 1:50 200 sub :50 100 Probably on track for these if I could ever get a meet to taper for! Would love to hear how many times per week you swim and how many of these are longer 4-5k aerobic workouts... I see your blog but wondering just broad strokes how you are scheduling your workouts.

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Former Member — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 13:45:35 GMT

I'd like to be able to race, somewhere, anywhere. I want to try the 500 scy again and maybe aim for 5:30ish... i swam it once last year at the end of several other events and was really worried about dying at the end. Now that I am back in the water with no meets, I'm spending my time building a bigger aerobic base (still not much comparatively speaking) and my hope is that will help me in the 500. If there is a scy nationals, I'd love to see how high I can place in 500Fr, 200 BR and maybe the 200IM. Mostly at this point, I'd take just hopping on the blocks in a practice suit and racing anyone for a 50 of anything :) Short of having any actual hope for racing, my 2021 swimming goal is to find consistent aerobic work, keep building a strong kick and get my base free time down another click or two. My hope is that I could build on that base for racing whenever it comes back!

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Allen Stark — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 12:34:33 GMT

Just got the word, pool closed another 2 weeks

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Allen Stark — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 12:05:41 GMT

We are in a 2 week â€œfreezeâ€ and after that, hopefully, back to 45 minute lane reservations, hence my wish for adequate workouts.

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Patrick W. Brundage — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 11:30:41 GMT

Right now I just want to get enough pool time to do full workouts and have a real meet. I'd like to be able to race, somewhere, anywhere. Agree. I just want to have the opportunity to continue to consistently train and to start to race again. In my dream world, I'd love to see LCM Nationals at the Spire Institute happen. That's now "road-trippable" for me and it looks like a fabulous facility. Plus, my wife said she'd come along, provided we go to the Columbus Zoo afterwards (we're big fans of National Geographic channel's Secrets of the Zoo, radio.wosu.org/.../secrets-zoo-national-geographic-gives-columbus-keepers-national-stage.

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Calvin S — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 11:28:01 GMT

Would love to hear how many times per week you swim and how many of these are longer 4-5k aerobic workouts... I see your blog but wondering just broad strokes how you are scheduling your workouts. So it depends upon the time of year. Just was finishing up another base building phase. I was doing about 30k a week for about 4 weeks there, swimming every day. Developed a smidgen of "swimmer's shoulder" in my left shoulder, so I have been doing A LOT of kicking the past two weeks, and probably will continue kicking for the foreseeable future (saw doc today, no issues, just needs some rest). But during my aerobic phase I was doing mostly longer aerobic stuff, a dash of speed here and there, and ALWAYS some sort of quality speed set on Saturdays. When I have mended, I will be transitioning to speed/pace work most days, and drop down to 3-4k per workout (down from 4.5-6k before). Also was following this schedule pretty regularly from September through mid-November: Monday: Long Aerobic (6k ish) Tuesday: I.M. or Recovery (4-5k) Wednesday: Speed work (3.5-5k) Thursday: I.M. or Recovery, whichever I need more and depending on what I did Tuesday (4-5k) Friday: wildcard, maybe buckets, maybe speed work, maybe just drilling (2.5-4.5k) Saturday: quality and speed diving off blocks (3-4k) Sunday: OFF or Long Easy Aerobic (0-4k)

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Calvin S — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 09:36:07 GMT

sub 4:50 500 sub 1:50 200 sub :50 100 Probably on track for these if I could ever get a meet to taper for!