Swimming Log
May
May 23
I can’t believe I haven’t been swimming since April 14th. I moved again and now I’m miles from the swimming pool where I am a member… but today I cycled there, swam and cycled back…a good workout. It was great to swim today! I love swimming!
Everything was swum in sets of 300, 3 x 100 - free, back breast
3X100 swim easy
3X100 kick
3 x 100 swim moderate
3 x 100 pull
3 x 100 swim moderate
6 x 100 swim hard off the blocks
100 double arm back, swim down
Total: 2200 (1 hour 10)
April
April 14
500 freestyle
500 back crawl
500 breast stroke
200 kick (25 fly, 25 back)
200 pull (25 fly, 25 back)
100 double arm back
Total 2000 about 50 minutes
I cannot believe I forget to record my swims!
April 10
about 1500 (?X75(25 free, back, breast) - 30 minutes worth, about 1500
300 Fly kick (6 x 50)
200 Fly (8×25) this was a killer, first fly I’ve done since I had that bad flue, followed by the bicycle fall on my tailbone!
100 double arm back
total: about 2100
April 6
1000 free (moderate)
500 back crawl
500 breast stroke
Total: 2000
April 2
1000 free (moderate)
500 back crawl
500 breast stroke
Total: 2000
March 29
swim all moderate pace
1000 freestyle
500 back
500 breast
100 double arm back
Total 2100 (approx 45 minutes)
March 25
Swim Free, Back, Breast
Total 1900 in about 50 minutes
March 22
900 <4 x 225 [3×75 (25 free, back, breast - swim, kick, pull)]>
700 [7 x 100 (25 free, back, breast swim hard, 5 sec rest after ea/25 double arm back)]
300 [2 x 150 (3×50 free, back, breast - moderate)]
50 double arm back
1950 (about 50 minutes)
March 16
250 freestyle
250 back
250 breast
675 (9X75 back, breast, free)
25 free
100 fly kick
150 (3X50 fly/back)
100 double arm back
Total 1800
March 9, March 12 - duh, I went swimming and didn’t write it down!
March 2
I can’t believe I was sick for a month!
1000 meters ( 500 free, 250 back and 250 breast)
February 3
750 [10 x 75 IM no fly, continuous]
400 [4x 100 IM kick]
250 free pull
250 free swim
700 [7 x 100 IM]
100 double arm back
Total: 2450 (70 minutes)
January 27
1000 freestyle
500 back
500 breast
400 [8 x 50 breast/free sprint, off the block, easy freestyle, pull out]
100 easy double arm back
Total 2500
January 22
1500 freestyle
January 19
1000 freestyle - moderate pace
500 back crawl, with flip turns/dolfin
500 breast stroke
700 freestyle sprint [7 x 100, 30sec rest (4 x 25, 5-10 sec rest)]
100 double arm back easy
Total: 2800, 1 hour 20min
January 16
Gym: 20 minutes cross trainer
Chest press, 3 x 15, (10kilo)
Row (back) 3 x 15, (15 kilo)
January 13
900 free/back (6 x 150, alt ea 150, 15 sec rest)
600 IM ( 6 x 100 alt kick/pull)
50 double arm back drill: 2 pull, 1 kick
400 IM ( 8 x 50 sprint - off block, pull/climb-out: fly/back, back/br, br/fr, fr/fr)
50 double arm back
50 easy breast
2050 (about 1 hour)
January 11 (Coming back slowly)
400 freestyle
1200 (8 x 150 freestyle [50 kick, pull, swim - hard] 15 sec rest/150)
50 easy
250 breast easy
50 double back
Total: 1900 (50 minutes)
January 6 (I had the flue and didn’t swim for TWO WEEKS!)
500 freestyle
4 x 150 IM kick
100 easy
300 IM
100 easy
December 23
1000 freestyle (the flue was starting!)
December 19
1000 freestyle
pull 500 ea freestyle/breast
500 swim breast
Total 2500
December 17
45 minutes free/back
December 15
30 minutes free
December 12
45 minutes free, back, breast
December 10
30 minutes free, back
December 6
400 free
400 IM kick
1200 IM drill (8×150: breast/free, back/free, fly/free, 5 sec rest each 50)
50 easy (double arm back)
600 (4×150, 100IM: off the block, 50 easy, climb out)
300 (3 X 50 freestyle (hard, off the block), 50 easy double back/br)
100 cool down (double arm back)
3050 (1hr15min) Good Swim!
December 4
20 minutes, 5 minutes free, 5 minutes back, 7 minutes breast and 3 minutes free.
(first 20 min of exercise is for the body and everything after that is for the mind.)
November 30:
200 free
400 free (50 kick, 50 swim)
800 IM no free (8 X 100 kick/pull)
300 IM with gloves ( 3 X 100, 15 sec rest)
200 breast (4 X 50 hard, 10 sec rest)
100 double arm back
Total: 2000, 55 minutes
November 28:
250 freestyle warm up
900 free (6 x 150 = 50 kick, 50 pull, 50 swim) moderate
600 back (4 x 150, 15 sec rest =3 x 25 swim, 25 kick) hard
50 double arm back easy
200 breast cool down
Total 2000, 50 minutes
November 24:
Warm Up
400 free
500 IM kick
100 double arm back v. easy
875 (5 X 175 (100 IM arms only pull, 75 IM swim))
100 free
4X50 free sprint
3X100 IM
Total 2500 approx. 1.5 hours
November 22:
500 freestyle
475 breast
25 double arm back
1000 meters total
25 minutes.
November 18
400 freestyle
200 back
400 breast
400 IM kick
400 IM pull
100 easy (50 free, 50 back)
400 IM
100 double arm back easy
2400 Meters Total
About 1 hour
I started swimming in May, 1987 and on that first day could swim only 1/2 a lap of sidestroke, then clung to the side of the pool, panting. After 7 months of swimming every day, I was a fully qualified lifeguard, swimming instructor. I went on to swim competitively for 17 years, and for three years competed in Olympic distance triathlons. I stopped competing when I left Canada in 2002. This swim log is for my old swimming buddies and any other swimmers passing by. I make up the workouts when I get in the water. Swimming is great! I love swimming and have written a collection of POETRY about it, and made a performance art piece based on that poetry as well as an art video.
