Training Log Archive: Anna

Aqua-jogged at the Y with my mom. I had a real belt this time, and it's better than the pull-buoy. I need one slightly less floaty, though. We were checking our pulses, and mine stayed between 115 and 120. I don't think that's very high, but I never find my heart-rate when I'm running, so I don't know. (It was easier for me to talk than it normally is during running, but I don't know if it was because I was bouncing less or breathing easier, or both.) I do know that in Biology class it stayed between 45 and 60, though. If I were running right now (I wish I were), I'd wear my dad's HR monitor.
It's really interesting now to think about my HR because yesterday I was at the WashU med school and we were looking at different people's hearts. Some had had high blood pressure and the muscle was so thick that there wasn't room for very much blood in the left ventricle--that makes me not want to eat lots of salt. But we also learned that it decreases your blood pressure to exercise because of the new capillaries, so I think I'm okay. I also got to see an artificial pace-maker. I wonder how it gets turned up when they exercise, but I didn't get to ask. I did ask what limits a person's maximum HR, though. It's because if it went any faster, the blood wouldn't have any time to fill the chambers and it would be beating faster for nothing. That explains why your maximum heart rate gets less as you get older. Except that the 220-your age makes it seem like your heart grows at a constant rate, which seems kind of weird to me; if I lived to 100, would it explode?
Wow, this is a long entry. I should be doing my Physics right now. Unless I count this as studying for my test on the circulatory sysem...I'm going to go read about artificial pace-makers.

knee exercises w/o weights

Event: Georgia Navigator Cup
 

500 yards free/breast

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Before school.

200 warmup
1500 alternating 100 breast w/ 50 free. I stopped a little in the middle to call Rebekah and see if she was coming. Also, Tom and Austin were doing time trials in the same lane, so it was a bit crowded.
25 fly because they were teaching Phillips how to do it.

Total: 1725 yards

heated my foot beforehand in the trainer's room. It actually hurt a little bit on the outside while I was walking home, then it went away completely.

ran 2 laps around the track and looked at my footprints in the snow. No pain, but I haven't felt comfortable enough while I'm not exercising to do more than that.

knee exercises w/o weights

500 warmup
8 75's kick, swim, pull
4x (4 25's on 35, 200 IM 30 sec rest.) each set of 25's was all one of each of the 4 strokes.
500 free--supposed to be pull, but my arms were sore
8 25's on 35. fly, free, back/breast, free all x4
200 cooldown

Total: 3200 yards

500 warmup mostly free
10 50's: 1st 5 kick/swim, last 5 drill/swim. 10 s rest. not all free
2 200 IM's, 1st one drill, 2nd one swim. 30 s rest.
50 eas7
6 75's on 1:30. odds non-free, evens free.
4x (4 50's on 1:00, 100 all-out on 4:00). 100's: 1:31, 1:31, 1:32, 1:30
8 25's down hard, back easy
100 easy

Total: 3350 yards

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after 3 minutes, the outside of my foot started to hurt. Frustrating since I was going to go swimming today but the nat was closed because school was closed. I think this is the first time my foot's actually prevented me from training, which is a good thing. Unfortunately, it's now officially an "injury."

C • That's unfortunate 4

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First UCSC practice!
600 warmup, mostly free
8 100's--odd were kick, swim; even were drill, swim. mostly free
6 200's free on 3:40
100 easy
16 50's on 1:00
500 pull free
100 easy

Total: 4100 yards

The foot hasn't hurt at all walking around, which is an improvement. I hope it's not just that my medicine's hiding it. I think I'm gonna try running a little bit before Monday.

C • what's monday? 2

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