ShomeSwim

Gabbi (our Master’s class instructor) organized an open water swim this morning at Pittock Conservation Area in Woodstock, Ontario. The water was a little crisp, but didn’t take much to get used to. I think the temperature was around 17C (65F). We swam roughly 3k, although it was hard to guage the distance with the [...]

Monday is a holiday in Canada, so we’re only going to have two more swims with the Master’s class:  tonight and next Wednesday. It’s been a great 6 months or so and Gabbi has been an awesome coach! It’s astounding how quickly the time has passed. I leave for BC in just a little less [...]

Maybe Just the Stairs? I’ll be in Michigan tomorrow with my wife and son (and through the weekend) and I have one essential question:  do water slides count as part of my swim training efforts? We’ll be staying at Zehnder’s Splash Village in Frankenmuth, Michigan.  This place is just outside a popular shopping area known [...]

This compilation of detail from Open Water Swim gives some interesting insights into the actual coverage for long distance swims.  Enjoy! In other news, I cut my swim slightly short last night so that I could watch some of the final tallies come in with the election.  The results were interesting, to say the least. [...]

The other night, I was doing some stretching in prep for the Master’s swim and noticed something. It was my sternum, the bony outcrop that everyone has in the middle of their chest. The thing is that I hadn’t felt mine for years – it had previously been covered by a nice layer of “cushion”.  [...]

Last night’s swim went well. The focus was on building endurance. We did fairly rapid sets of 100m in 2 minutes or less. Towards the latter half of the session, I was gassed and started fading. As we get more intense over the coming weeks, I’ll have to bring something that will help me sustain [...]

Last night was the second swim of the week with the Master’s class. The class is offered every Monday and Wednesday and I’ve been registered for the last 6 months, but last night was a first:  it was the first time since November that I’ve done the Master’s class twice in one week. It was [...]

Last night, I did my first swim in two weeks. I took time off to nurse my right shoulder, something that’s still causing a marginal amount of stress, but I wanted to get back into the ‘swing’ of things. Every Monday and Wednesday, I join about 12-15 other people in a Master’s Swim Class.  It [...]

I had about 2 hours at the gym and split the time between cardio, core and strength straining. The cardio was about 40 minutes on the bike.  I’m getting used to longer stays on the bike.  Having headphones and being able to browse while I’m riding helps a LOT!  I’d be bored silly if I [...]

Most of my efforts yesterday were in the gym, focusing on cardio.  I spent an hour on the bike. I found myself doing a little math.  Within an hour, I had (at least according to the machine), covered nearly 30km of distance.  Of course, this is a flat terrain in perfect riding conditions, so I’d [...]