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Did 3000 yd. in the pool today, the biggest set of which was minutemen (they're 50 yd. swims that start at a 1:00 interval, and subtract a second for each successive one). I made it to 30 those before I busted the interval, which beat out everyone else in the pool by a couple.
 
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Did 3000 yd. in the pool today, the biggest set of which was minutemen (they're 50 yd. swims that start at a 1:00 interval, and subtract a second for each successive one). I made it to 30 those before I busted the interval, which beat out everyone else in the pool by a couple.

Bravo, that's very impressive.. I'd be willing to bet that if you totalled up all of the swimming I've ever done it wouldn't be 3,000 frickin yards.
 
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I've been experiencing knee pain on extended breaststroke stints.

Gotta figure out what I'm doing wrong that's making that flare up.
Mine started when I had my wetsuit workout. I think I overworked the shoulder joint with the foreign feeling of the suit. And of course subsequent workouts have just angered it.
 
@Jehannum ’s nightmare Monday

2400yd swim with EVERY LANE taken up by ironman triathletes :fly:

That’s it? Tuesday

60min at IM race pace on the bike, 30min run brick.

A small swim, bike and run are all that stand between me and Louisville right now. Damn.
 
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@Jehannum ’s nightmare Monday

2400yd swim with EVERY LANE taken up by ironman triathletes :fly:

That’s it? Tuesday

60min at IM race pace on the bike, 30min run brick.

A small swim, bike and run are all that stand between me and Louisville right now. Damn.

how many times did they beat you in the head with their arms and keep swimming.

Bonus: how many times were you kicked?
 
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@Jehannum ’s nightmare Monday

2400yd swim with EVERY LANE taken up by ironman triathletes :fly:

That’s it? Tuesday

60min at IM race pace on the bike, 30min run brick.

A small swim, bike and run are all that stand between me and Louisville right now. Damn.
I love Ironman triathletes.

I swim up behind them, grab an ankle, then the waistband of the suit, then the shoulder, then I'm over and on my way.
 
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Two swim sessions I’ve done recently were long course outdoor pool, dress rehearsal swims. Wetsuit, full IM breakfast, etc. My swim coaches both swam in the same lane as me, flanking me, and basically making a gauntlet and doing things like splashing me as I turned to breathe, ripping my goggles and swim cap off, kicking and hitting me, and so on. It was super helpful to get those sessions in to just get desensitized to being beaten up in the water.
 
Back at it Tuesday:

2600yd swim. Coach tweaked something with my stroke, pretty much had me slow down to the point where I thought I was just going to sink I was moving so slowly, and had me focus on engaging a different muscle in my back slightly lower than where I've been engaging. Holy SHIIIIIIT what a difference.

AND THEN

I ran for half an hour. This is where shit still hurts. But in the last mile I finally got back down to my cruising pace without a lot of effort.
 
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