So we have a "swim rant" thread, but I wanted to post my "swim happy" moment today, probably brought on by being out of the water for over a week.
Pool reopened after maintenance + clear, fresh perfect temp water + 6 lap lanes between 4 lap swimmers = 4200yd :bliss:
My GTD goal is the same as last year: 1 million yards (about 570 miles). So far, I'm ahead of last year's yardage.
:afraid:
Wow, Karlene! As slow as I swim, I would be water-logged to get that many yards/miles in! But, I am doing a bit of travel, so I had to take that into account with my goal. I'm going to be on a river cruise in late August/ early September without access to a pool. I wonder how swimming on the Rhine or Moselle would be, while the boat is tied up? :banana: Seriously, if anybody out there sees this post and knows about swimming conditions there, please let me know!
And while I'm here - I did 29.91 on my 50 free today!
Took a Fastskin to do it, but there you have it, my first sub 30 :)
For those tech-suities :afraid: FYI, yesterday I swam 30.12 therefore the Fastskin = 0.21 sec per 50 on free. Possibly a better comparison was the 50 fly, being the 1st event of the day both days - yesterday 31.67, today 31.2x, so .4 difference.
:applaud::applaud::applaud:
One nice thing about being fairly new to swimming is that every meet I set a new personal best time in at least one event, often by significant margins. Yesterday's meet was no exception. That's my latest swim happy. It certainly helps with motivation. :agree:
I got to swim outside twice so far on my vacation, should be three times after tomorrow. It made me swim happy to swim outdoors in 75-80 degree sunshine during February. :D
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My GTD goal is the same as last year: 1 million yards (about 570 miles). So far, I'm ahead of last year's yardage.
:bow: My goal is just half that 500,000 yards - basically 10k per week, so that'd be, errr 285 miles. Hopefully I can get extra done in June & July to make up for 3 weeks of not much in August.
And while I'm here - I did 29.91 on my 50 free today!
Took a Fastskin to do it, but there you have it, my first sub 30 :)
For those tech-suities :afraid: FYI, yesterday I swam 30.12 therefore the Fastskin = 0.21 sec per 50 on free. Possibly a better comparison was the 50 fly, being the 1st event of the day both days - yesterday 31.67, today 31.2x, so .4 difference.
Yay I hit the 50 mile mark today and the GTD fairy is happy!
I also did 1350 yds fly work, so a total of 2750yds fly this week :bliss:
:applaud: on your 50 miles!
:afraid: on your 1350 yds fly!
