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Wow! I don't visit here for a bit and you get faster and faster. Way to go! Especially mastering flip turns. When walls become your best friend you're really doing something right. Thanks!! I have to confess that I'm slowly getting into flipturns, and I do them on cooldown / drills, not my swim-proper. This could take a while!! :)

I'm happy with my new 400m PR of 6:27, down from a recent 6:29. I tried a longer warmup today: 800m easy + 4x100m. 800m seemed excessive a few weeks ago, but now I believe that it will be the usual start to my sessions. I recently decided that 800m/1500m as an effort/race/event bores me. I'm quite happy to do 50m to 400m. Nobody will ever mistake me for a "sprinter", but those 4 events are what I want to do/try. I'm also very happy to rejig my weekly schedule to take this new/narrower focus into account. (My sig!!) :)

Finally!! Sub40sec for 50m!! :) And I'm not talking about a smidgen under 40sec either. This was 39.0sec. (Pushing off.) I'm happy. Wow! I don't visit here for a bit and you get faster and faster. Way to go! Especially mastering flip turns. When walls become your best friend you're really doing something right.

LOL! In other news, I'm happy because I feel like I'm getting used to long course swimming again. Me, too! I can get up early for the workouts and feel comfortable in a 50M environment though after three weeks of it I'm still trying to figure out how to sprint in LCM again. I'm planning to use this summer to train hard (stamina + technique) and see about competing LCM next year. And fwiw, I've not a clue what the whole PB/5am stuff is but i assume it involves Drama:).

Thanks!! I have to confess that I'm slowly getting into flipturns, and I do them on cooldown / drills, not my swim-proper. This could take a while!! :) You are welcome and don't worry: there is no rush with flip turns. Going slow is a really good way to go about it. Confidence in them is essential to getting faster with them. Plus, this is Masters swimming. :) We get to do it at our own pace and that is half the battle to doing it right and having fun while doing it. At least that is the way I'm going about it now. When I started swimming last fall after decades away one of the first things I did was study the flip turn again. The Race Club videos are really helpful to me & the "race club flip turn" is basically what I'm doing now. (Their flip turn videos are on Youtube.)

I'm happy with my new 400m PR of 6:27, down from a recent 6:29. I tried a longer warmup today: 800m easy + 4x100m. 800m seemed excessive a few weeks ago, but now I believe that it will be the usual start to my sessions. I recently decided that 800m/1500m as an effort/race/event bores me. I'm quite happy to do 50m to 400m. Nobody will ever mistake me for a "sprinter", but those 4 events are what I want to do/try. I'm also very happy to rejig my weekly schedule to take this new/narrower focus into account. (My sig!!) :) Cool! I hope you realize that you have now mastered Master's Swimming! That is all it: doing what you want to do and having fun doing it. Good job Skuj!

Thanks Zwemmer. I'll check those videos.

I'm happy to report that I am a Newbie Idiot, and much reading tonight convinced me that 800m/1600m efforts in training will benefit my beloved 400m. Sig updated. Goal 4 sessions per week. :)

Since we are on the lcm rant, we just started in the 50m pool last week. Its been 30 years for me since ive been in a big pool, and yeh I feel it, its great. Not sure if its focus i put on my stroke or just the fact that im outdoors, its complete zen. Could also be 6 am instead of 4:30 am for the workout.

Skuj you've been working hard! Congratulations! +1! Congratulations on your continued progress, Skuj. Keep up the good work, and don't get discouraged if your times plateau at points during your training. :cheerleader: