AW: The pool mile

[mrs.jacinthe]

So last night at masters, our coach was looking at his planned workout and said (out loud) "dang, this is boring."  I responded with "ahhh, so it's the mile, huh?"  Which somehow snowballed into "YES!  Let's swim the mile!"  In fact, one of our college-age guys was all "Hey, let's just swim the entire meet as a workout."  When I left at 9pm, he was finishing up his last 50.  He literally swam an entire meet's worth of events (all at race pace) as his workout.    But I digress.

So ... we did a pool mile (1650, SCY).  Timed.  In water start.  And for the first time in my life, I managed to cruise to an under-30 minute mile!  29:02, to be precise.  I was SO proud of myself, because I don't flip turn and as a result I'm super slow in the pool at distance events.  I mean, yes - 29:02 is still SLOW for a mile, but yay for a PR!

[mainewifey]

That's awesome, especially with out flip turns!

[Brit]

Great job! I just posted about how I don't swim really, but I can totally imagine your excitement because if it was a run with an awesome time I would be on Cloud 9!

[Susie]

Feb 25, 2014 12:56:15 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

So last night at masters, our coach was looking at his planned workout and said (out loud) "dang, this is boring."  I responded with "ahhh, so it's the mile, huh?"  Which somehow snowballed into "YES!  Let's swim the mile!"  In fact, one of our college-age guys was all "Hey, let's just swim the entire meet as a workout."  When I left at 9pm, he was finishing up his last 50.  He literally swam an entire meet's worth of events (all at race pace) as his workout.    But I digress.

So ... we did a pool mile (1650, SCY).  Timed.  In water start.  And for the first time in my life, I managed to cruise to an under-30 minute mile!  29:02, to be precise.  I was SO proud of myself, because I don't flip turn and as a result I'm super slow in the pool at distance events.  I mean, yes - 29:02 is still SLOW for a mile, but yay for a PR!

THAT SOUNDS SO FUN!

High school lineup or college?  (Were there stroke 200s or just free/IM?)

Also, yay for the 1650 PR!  I have toyed with doing a meet just to see what I could do in a 1650 these days.  Last summer at the 2 mi. cable swim USMS championship I had to enter a 1650 time for seeding, and I had to totally make one up.  (God knows my PR from when I was 16 or 17 is… no longer relevant.)  I just used my workout pace, but it got me thinking.

[mrs.jacinthe]

Feb 25, 2014 13:46:26 GMT -5 Susie said:

Feb 25, 2014 12:56:15 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

So last night at masters, our coach was looking at his planned workout and said (out loud) "dang, this is boring."  I responded with "ahhh, so it's the mile, huh?"  Which somehow snowballed into "YES!  Let's swim the mile!"  In fact, one of our college-age guys was all "Hey, let's just swim the entire meet as a workout."  When I left at 9pm, he was finishing up his last 50.  He literally swam an entire meet's worth of events (all at race pace) as his workout.    But I digress.

So ... we did a pool mile (1650, SCY).  Timed.  In water start.  And for the first time in my life, I managed to cruise to an under-30 minute mile!  29:02, to be precise.  I was SO proud of myself, because I don't flip turn and as a result I'm super slow in the pool at distance events.  I mean, yes - 29:02 is still SLOW for a mile, but yay for a PR!

THAT SOUNDS SO FUN!

High school lineup or college?  (Were there stroke 200s or just free/IM?)

Also, yay for the 1650 PR!  I have toyed with doing a meet just to see what I could do in a 1650 these days.  Last summer at the 2 mi. cable swim USMS championship I had to enter a 1650 time for seeding, and I had to totally make one up.  (God knows my PR from when I was 16 or 17 is… no longer relevant.)  I just used my workout pace, but it got me thinking.

College.  He did 1650 FR, 1000 FR, 500 FR, 400 IM, 200 IM, 200 FR, 200 BR, 200 BA, 200 FLY, 100 IM, 100 FR, 100 BR, 100 BA, 100 FLY, 50 FR, 50 BR, 50 BA, and 50 FLY.  All in a 1.5 hour workout.  Dude is badass.  

ETA: If you're a good flip-turner, USMS SCY nationals is in Santa Clara this year.  I offer free hotel and taxi service.  

[CallingAllAngels]

Awesome! Congrats on the PR! My goal is to get my mile time under 30 minutes (mostly because that's the amount of time I have to swim at lunch).

[Susie]

Feb 25, 2014 13:55:57 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

Feb 25, 2014 13:46:26 GMT -5 Susie said:

THAT SOUNDS SO FUN!

High school lineup or college?  (Were there stroke 200s or just free/IM?)

Also, yay for the 1650 PR!  I have toyed with doing a meet just to see what I could do in a 1650 these days.  Last summer at the 2 mi. cable swim USMS championship I had to enter a 1650 time for seeding, and I had to totally make one up.  (God knows my PR from when I was 16 or 17 is… no longer relevant.)  I just used my workout pace, but it got me thinking.

College.  He did 1650 FR, 1000 FR, 500 FR, 400 IM, 200 IM, 200 FR, 200 BR, 200 BA, 200 FLY, 100 IM, 100 FR, 100 BR, 100 BA, 100 FLY, 50 FR, 50 BR, 50 BA, and 50 FLY.  All in a 1.5 hour workout.  Dude is badass.  

ETA: If you're a good flip-turner, USMS SCY nationals is in Santa Clara this year.  I offer free hotel and taxi service.  

I actually really thought about it!  The thing is that my first HIM of the season is only about a month later, and the kind of yardage I would put in this spring if I were traveling across the country for nationals would not be conducive to doing my best bike/run training for my HIM.  I felt like I needed to really DO one or the other.  Next spring is San Antonio though, and depending on the hypothetical-pregnancy situation I might be in for it.

[mrs.jacinthe]

Well, if you change your mind, my guest room and car are available. I'm probably going to be a deck coach, so I'll be there anyhow.

[Susie]

aw, thanks!

[kams]

Awesome! How fun!