Jeff: That is great there is no extra fee to swim w/ the RMt masters. The NCMasters link has a monthly fee listed. Good to know! Maybe one day.... but 6am? ouch. Is there a link the group lists their daily workout? thanks bert
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Jeff Page <[email protected]> wrote: > Kinnie, > > > > I swim with the Masters group in Rocky Mount every Monday and Wednesday > morning at 6am. You don’t have to be a member of the masters group to do > the workouts with us, you just need to be a member of the YMCA. If you’re > not already a member, you are welcome to come as my guest ($5 to swim I > think). Come join us and see if it works for you. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jeff Page > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *ssp > *Sent:* Thursday, March 03, 2011 2:39 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [COWs] Buckhorn > > > > Kinnie: > > Are you a member of the USMS(united states masters swimming) > > organization? Or the NC Masters group? If so here is the workout > > page from National: http://forums.usms.org/forumdisplay.php?forumid=95 > > and here is the workout page from NC Masters: > http://www.ncmasters.org/wointro.html > > > > If you are not a member it is pretty cheap and a subscription to > > SWIMMER mag is included. $39/year. Joining the ncmasters gets you > > membership in usms.org also. Rocky mount has a masters swim group that > > this will give you access to swim w/also. Not sure if they charge a fee? > Looks > > like the RMt masters has a $15/month fee. Not sure I'd do that unless you > take > > adv of their workouts. Too early for me! > > http://www.ncmasters.org/rmym.html > > > > http://www.ncmasters.org/regforms.html > > > > Pretty decent resources for swimming. If you are not a member > > let me know and I will try to find some sprint workouts to do. > > The buckhorn is only a 1000meter swim. Start off w/ some descending > > sets to your regular 3000+ swims.. > > ie: 12 50s on the 1:00 descend-(and really descend). Use the > > clock-your best friend. Then do some descend sets of 100s and 200s. > > Happily descending 200s sets is where you want to be 2-3 weeks before race > day. > > Enough rest time so you can really descend. > > To swim fast you have to practice swimming fast. > > Today we did: > > 500 warmup > > 6 50s on the :50 get heart rate up > > 12 100s on the 2:00 medium/fast(sprint)/slow > > 10 50s on the 1:00 backstroke(descend) > > ....you know, have to be disciplined enough to swim fast when tired. > > good luck. Do the buckhorn, don't be a sherpa :) > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Lee Eatmon <[email protected]> wrote: > > Kinnie > Buckhorn is a relaxed race with about 130 participants last year. There > have > been some fast swimmers in the last 2 years. We had a few groups go out and > practice the swim at Buckhorn several weeks before the race and will > probably do the same this year. You are welcome to join. You can also race > with a relay team of 2 or 3 people. It's a quick, local race that has some > great talent and first time tri's. I am sure you would enjoy! > Email me if you have any questions - [email protected] Lee > > I will let Bert handle the stroke advice! > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kinnie Pruden > Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 1:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [COWs] Buckhorn > > My husband and I are considering doing this race. My husband wants me to > do > this with him, but I'm not a sprinter. I've run one 5k race in my life and > it hurt! Bert, could you give me some pointers for changing my long, slow, > distance-swimmer stroke into a sprinter stroke? Rocky Mount Road Cyclists > are trying to organize some friendly TT's. What about the Cow's? The more > I think about it, I'd rather just be my husband's sherpa. :) Who else is > signed up for this short little sufferfest? kp > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. 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