Author: locomastersswimming

Our last scheduled day at Sunset is currently Saturday, October 13. What happens after then? I don’t know.

It’s possible that morning masters gets some time at the Rec Center. But how many days? How many lanes? I don’t know. If I had to guess, the answers would be:

a) fewer than we get now, and
b) fewer than we get now.

So what can we do? I’m working on ideas for how we might be able to conduct fun and useful workouts with just 2 or 3 lanes. I’ll throw one out there to get the discussion going:

Use two lanes. Normal(-ish) warm-up using both lanes. Main set consists of 25 sprints in one lane, with recovery 25s in the second lane.

What is the most important aspect of a masters workout that you would like to see continue, in spite of time and space constraints? What do you think might work? Leave a suggestion in the comments.

Keep those happy thoughts rolling for Niki (bronze) and Zach (silver), who are competing in IM Chattanooga on Sunday, Sept 30. And good luck to Coach Steve as he spends the day chasing them down.

If you want to track them on race day:
IM Chattanooga site
Niki: bib 984
Zach: bib 364

Hey, did you know about the website goswim.tv? It’s a website with lots of swim drills and short videos that cover all kinds of topics. In the last year they’ve switched over to a subscription model that limits access, but you still watch lots of swim videos for free. I go there when I need inspiration for new “b*****t 50s” at the end of warmup.

Go check it out!

This is NOT what I wanted to see. Let’s assume Google meant to say, “Closed until further notice.”

To get your mind off of that, check out the plan for the Scott Carpenter Park replacement plan here. Ten lane 50 meter pool plus leisure pool and slides.

Think good thoughts for Todd and Zach as they embark on the Horsetooth 10K on Sunday, September 9. That’s 10,000 meters, folks. In open water. With no drafting.

The website claims that the water temp was a balmy 66 degrees on Saturday, 9/1. Hopefully nothing has drastically changed since then.

I haven’t heard from anyone else doing this swim. The 10K race is closed, but if you are interested, registration is still open for the shorter races (2.4 mile / 1.2 mile).

For more information, visit the website here.