The Swimming Thread - Pool/OW

[Still Mulling]

That’s a satisfyingly straight line.

:NodsApprovingly:

[Highway Star]

Merp said:

Ive entered British Masters in June. Now i realize its 6 weeks away, and im going to have to take it seriously (Sacrifice a few social things in May)

I think I saw your 100 free swim in Sheffield yesterday, having just seen the photo of you above and putting two and two together, it was a close one, but a good time!

[dirty boy]

Couple of our Team Waveney guys went down, Tanya won the 200 fly, 40+ age group.

Hope it went well for those competing.

[Highway Star]

I entered more events than I normally would at a British Champs, but wanted to make the most of having gone up an age group this year. Got six medals including three wins so all good. Still hate swimming long course though! Most of all it was good having a weekend away with teammates and meeting some guys I swam against as a kid over 30 years ago.

Edited by Highway Star on Tuesday 6th June 16:18

[Merp]

Highway Star said:

Merp said:

Ive entered British Masters in June. Now i realize its 6 weeks away, and im going to have to take it seriously (Sacrifice a few social things in May)

I think I saw your 100 free swim in Sheffield yesterday, having just seen the photo of you above and putting two and two together, it was a close one, but a good time!

Thanks. It was a very slight PB, but off what i wanted. Sub 55 & Sub 25 was the aim. Managed to take silver by ~0.1 in the 100, and then missed 3rd in the 50 by a similar amount. Training had felt good recently, but it just never materialized.

That's the first time ive raced nationals since 2007(ish), and I think next time ill chose events closer together. Alot of sitting around at Sheffield, and waiting 90mins after warm up wasn't ideal...
In both the 50/100 free i didnt feel "activated" enough. I actually felt more comfortable on the 4x200 free relay which was straight after the 50free.

Maybe I move away from 50/100free, and mix up a few other events.

Congrats in your events

Now i just need to see if i feel like spending another 3 days at sheffield for SC nationals in October!

[Highway Star]

Would warming up in the diving pit be an option? I didn't warm up in the competition pool at all during the weekend, doing mostly distance events means I want to do a warm up close to the race to include a couple of 100s at race pace to try and dial in the rhythm, so just jumped in the diving pit.

During one session there was a lady member of the public who somehow had got in. She spent 45 minutes doing head-up breaststroke in the diving pit whilst at one point the fast lads from Dartmoor Darts were doing race pace warm ups around her!

[Merp]

I did jump in for a bit, 15mins before my 100fr, which felt better.
20-30mins before the 50Fr. Maybe its just a nice excuse

Sprint session at training last night felt about right. Repeating 27s for 50free and 29 for fly.
Hit a 24.7 from a start... so its in there somewhere

[Motoring12345]

Silly question, but I need some advice. After a year of wearing normal styles of swimming trunks, I think I need to upgrade as chlorine seems to have destroyed them and the drag doesn't help.

I've been thinking of going for Jammer-style Speedos but I have a bit of a belly, although I have an athletic physique the belly is making me unsure of going for the Jammers plus I'm still not that great of a swimmer.

I've never tried Jammer-style shorts but will I look silly wearing one?

[Scabutz]

I've always worn jammers, always had a belly of various sizes.

Think they look way better than budgy smugglers

[Slowboathome]

Do jammers give your legs more buoyancy?

[Scabutz]

Slowboathome said:

Do jammers give your legs more buoyancy?

You can get specific buoyancy shorts but normal jammers make next to no difference, they are just normal swimsuit material which doesn't have any buoyancy effects.

[Salted_Peanut]

Scabutz said:

You can get specific buoyancy shorts

E.g. BlueSeventy Lift Shorts. I’ve no experience of these shorts, but there are YouTube reviews of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRwV1Yp0BNc

[Slowboathome]

Salted_Peanut said:

Scabutz said:

You can get specific buoyancy shorts

E.g. BlueSeventy Lift Shorts. I’ve no experience of these shorts, but there are YouTube reviews of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRwV1Yp0BNc

Thanks.

[dirty boy]

Slowboathome said:

Salted_Peanut said:

Scabutz said:

You can get specific buoyancy shorts

E.g. BlueSeventy Lift Shorts. I’ve no experience of these shorts, but there are YouTube reviews of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRwV1Yp0BNc

Thanks.

I've seen a few Masters who train after club use these. Obviously fine for training in, but you can't generally use in swim only competitions, so if you're considering them, bear in mind that after swimming with them for a considerable time, it will feel alien without them.

I've seen a real shift over the past couple of years, Jammers were around a fair time, then it went to 'big pants' now we back at most of my male swimmers now rocking very low waisted 'speedos'.

I think the consensus is...if you've got it...flaunt it lol!

Racing is still jammer based.

Funky Trunks seem to last the longest in terms of chlorine resistance, but really imporant just to rinse them well after each use.

[Salted_Peanut]

Has anyone (else) had bicep pain from front crawl? I’m wondering if my technique needs adjustment, or there’s another cause.

[PomBstard]

Few midwinter early starters for you OW types…

Every morning someone draws the sea temp on this bit of concrete - might get down a little more but not much lower than it currently is…



Out early means being seen - red light on the middle swimmer’s cap…



…before heading across to Shelly Beach, over there, this taken from a point about 1/3 into the swim…



A few started some time before - look for the white dots on the water - probably 15 mins into the swim already with sun-up still another 15 mins away…



All. Year. Round.

[Salted_Peanut]

This English Channel news is terribly sad:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-6...

I don’t understand how the swimmer got separated from his support boat.

[Still Mulling]

Salted_Peanut said:

This English Channel news is terribly sad:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-6...

I don’t understand how the swimmer got separated from his support boat.

Oh no I know a few who have attempted the Channel swim, and they always seem so rigorously supported.

[Ben Jk]

This is tragic but I must admit, having followed Channel swimming for a while and currently swim in the same club as people who have completed channel swims, knowing the support in place, I am struggling to understand how they can have lost him? Even if he had, had a sudden medical situation, he wouldn't just sink like a stone? Pretty sure they have a spotter on board too who watches the swimmer? Seems odd?

[Otispunkmeyer]

Merp said:

Thanks. It was a very slight PB, but off what i wanted. Sub 55 & Sub 25 was the aim. Managed to take silver by ~0.1 in the 100, and then missed 3rd in the 50 by a similar amount. Training had felt good recently, but it just never materialized.

That's the first time ive raced nationals since 2007(ish), and I think next time ill chose events closer together. Alot of sitting around at Sheffield, and waiting 90mins after warm up wasn't ideal...
In both the 50/100 free i didnt feel "activated" enough. I actually felt more comfortable on the 4x200 free relay which was straight after the 50free.

Maybe I move away from 50/100free, and mix up a few other events.

Congrats in your events

Now i just need to see if i feel like spending another 3 days at sheffield for SC nationals in October!

Skipping ropes! Or going for a light jog/with some brief sprinting or a very mini HIIT workout. Plenty of space to do it at Shef. It's horrible doing a warmup and then not racing for ages. Almost no point in getting in the warm up. The only other thing to do is enter a "throw away" race that will Gee you up in time for your actual race. I've always needed at least one race to "get my eye in" it's almost like a calibration or something!