How was your swim today?

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Nightjar Jun 2019 7:45pm, 14 Jun 2019 5,215 posts	0 Nightjar I guess I’d best wear my bleepy thing next time. I’m fairly happy that I’m doing a mile at a fairly consistent pace but as I’m not feeling that crescendo (any more) it implies I should be putting in a bit more effort throughout? And I probably ought to break it into sets?
Helegant Jun 2019 9:49pm, 16 Jun 2019 6,317 posts	0 Helegant I don't wear any kind of watch, timer or bleeper and am conscious that people coming past me swim at a much faster stroke rate than me. And they kick much more. Basically I'm buoyant and have a long glide which means I can blag quite a long swim with minimal effort (with the occasional 50m blast at the end of a session just for fun). But... I'm getting to the point where being unsplashily slow is losing its appeal. I haven't done any kind of drills or 'structured' sessions since around 1986. Does this matter? Well... I've just read the Gradual Crescendo page and seen an ad for a bleeper, and realised there is a whole world of training that is a mystery to me. It's a bit late to change things round in time for Bantham Swoosh, but I now suspect I might improve with a bit more structure and a plan. There is a plethora of expensive kit to potentially help - fins, buoys etc. What do you on and what do you use?
Helegant Jun 2019 9:50pm, 16 Jun 2019 6,318 posts	0 Helegant on = own
KatieB Jun 2019 7:25am, 17 Jun 2019 7,556 posts	0 KatieB I have pull buoy, beeper, fins and hand paddles and use them all fairly regularly through Sept-April. Now you’re a Harrier why fon’t You try on of the coached swims? Probably will have to wait til we start in Sept but it was the best way for me to learn all the drills and how to use the kit.
LindsD Jun 2019 8:13am, 17 Jun 2019 28,151 posts	0 LindsD I have a pull buoy but haven't used it recently. Wd like some paddles but not currently swimming
Northern Exile Jun 2019 9:08am, 17 Jun 2019 5,164 posts	0 Northern Exile Pull-buoys, fins, paddles, ankle-band, kickboard, snorkel. Don't use any of them to best advantage
Angus Clydesdale Jun 2019 9:46am, 17 Jun 2019 15,246 posts	0 Angus Clydesdale Crikey, where to start?! I own 4 types of paddle, for starters!!
GlennR Jun 2019 9:57am, 17 Jun 2019 43,017 posts	0 GlennR Toys for the boys.
KatieB Jun 2019 10:23am, 17 Jun 2019 7,557 posts	0 KatieB
TRO Saracen Jun 2019 10:37am, 17 Jun 2019 18,918 posts	0 TRO Saracen Few swim updates: Fritton Tri yesterday. Genuine novel experience in that I was first in my AG out of the water - never happened before. Mass start so I did not know it at the time, glad I didn;t as I might have lit a cigar and had a glass of Champers in T1! TIme was pretty modest so I suspect an unusually weak field in swimmers in my AG, but I'll take it. Also posted fastest bike split in AG and was at T2 10-11 mins in the lead - needed about half of it mind as I ran terribly......more pleased about the swim lead than the overall AG win PInk Mist this morning 10x300. Great East Swim next Saturday - doing the 5k. Lovely Keep swimming kids....