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OK. A little diversion from the meet director blog posts. Since everyone else is bragging . . . Overall I had a few good races, and one train wreck. These are my Sprint Classic bullets. This was my first 5-event meet (plus two 25's)This was the first time in my life (3 years high school, 11 years masters) I got DQed. Thank you, I will always remember the Sprint Classic.Continued to knock down my 50-hack time by almost a second (PR) over last year's Sprint Classic.Better 100-breast and 100-IM than last year's SCBested last year's 25-breastBeat my arch-enemy in one event and tied in oneI have not been training for this meet, and certainly not the 200-IM. I have never entered this in masters in my life (except for one stupid LCM moment). My meet entry had a blank where there were no seed times listed, and I heard the 200-IM calling me.
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I dedicated 2009 as the year of the hackstroke. (Reminder that only dead fish swim on their backs.) The dedication during workouts paid off, overall dropping about 2 seconds on the 50 hack this year, and 8 seconds on the 100. (There was a lot of room for improvement.) Not all came with breaststroke (double arm) cheating on my back. It's still 10-seconds slower than my 100-breast.
Starts and turns in other events felt good, including my best hackstroke start ever. 25-fly felt smokin. Water temperature was normal (not the icebox that Geroge Mason usually is) which I think helped me stay warm and loose between races.
I know I need to have my legs for the sprints so that is what I focused on today.
600 Free as 25kick/25pull/25swim
8x25@:45 Free Kick every 3rd sprint held :24's
10x50@1:00 Back held :48's
8x25@:45 Free kick every other sprint held :25's
5x100@1:30 Free w/paddles & bouy loose held 1:23's
8x25@:45 Free kick Sprint held :26's
5x100@1:25 Free w/paddles & bouy held 1:20's
4x50 from dive one of each stroke breakout fast then easy free
100 Free EZ
Total 3000 yards
Union Mine High school outdoor SCY.
Coach Janine and the Aged Groupers.
(Yesterday I did 2500 SCM at the Swimstitute. Broken 100 IM's and sprints)
Warm -700 (200FR, 200K, 200P, 75FR, 25 BR)
2x200FR Neg Split on 3:00 (1:17, 1:16-1:18,1:17)
2x200BR neg split on 3:30
2x200BK neg split on 3:30
4x100Fly neg split on 2:00 (Did 50swim/50drill, arms falling off,
8x25 on 3:00 w/fins (6FR, 2Fly. 5-:11's 1-:10, 2-:12's) work on no breath, the last 4 I got it.
100 cooldown
2600 scy
Starting tomorrow on my solo days, I will be working on either sprint sets or conditioning e.g. 4000+ sets. Ive been "just surviving" in my long workouts, so my slow twitch muscles are happy and fast twitch are sorely neglected. Since I'm always entering 50's and 100's, I have to pick up the pace. My gym routine for the past month has been all fast twitch, rapid fire sets and lots of jumping around!
I'm blogging sporadically now, so the local's will not think I died or sometime. I have returned to the old fashioned way of writing in my log, so I can instantly reference and annotate it.
I still use the FLOG, as it is perhaps one of the best tools any athlete can use to get a global view of their progress and pitfalls.
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Interesting to note on the front page of the USMS web-site is a story about Bill Miller, swimming whilst unemployed.
Last Monday I received a 60 day surplus notification...for the past 10 months we have been actively training Indian's in India to basically take our jobs, it was something we were reviewed for.
AT&T has nearly outsourced its entire IT to India and the trend continues.
Walt Whitman wrote "Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself." I look back on the time I have invested in the company and feel a part of me is being "outsourced." There is a slight chance I can find another position in the company, however the boom of the IT profession is over, if it can be done on a computer, there's someone in India who can do it for $3000 a year.
Updated October 29th, 2009 at 05:48 AM by EricOrca
Went for a 5 mile run late in the morning. Felt better than last week - went at an 8:28 per mile pace. The run has a mix of various terrain - hills, trails, roads, etc. Makes for a good workout.
Hit the pool later this afternoon for a swim. Am gearing up to be a sprinter again, so did lots of fin work for a 2,000 yard workout. Last set was as follows:
4 x 75 dolphin kick on back with fins on 1:00
Not a problem making the set, but definitely not as fast as I usually go. Wonder if the 5 mile run I did today had anything to do with going slower.
quit complaining about the warm pool. It appears that it's not going to change.
SCY, solo
300 swim alternating free and back
200 kick reverse IM order
300 pull free w/p&b, breathe 3/5 by 25
6 x 50 on :55, desc 1-3 free, 4-6 back
3x (4 x 150)
set 1 freestyle on 2:15
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1 min. rest
set 2 back on 2:30
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set 3 freestyle on 2:45: descend to FAST on the last one
swim down 100
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Went for a 5 mile zen run today. Perfect fall weather!
Videos from Sprint Classic:
Here are the meet results: http://www.patriotmasters.org/Sprint...limResults.htm
I was lucky enough to have Speedo and SwimStud tape my 50 fly and Swimmy tape the final heat of the women's 50 back. And I must say, they revealed all my technical difficulties! lol
On the 50 back, my underwater on the second 25 was better than my first 25 -- somewhat unusual for me. On the first 25, I broke out with my head at an angle instead of leaning back. I recall this moment. I had done 13-14 dolphin kicks and was thinking that I better get the hell to the surface fast. But I thought my turn looked decent.
On the 50 fly, I took a HUGE look at my nearby competitor. 100 lashes, though I do note some acceleration after that look. My breakouts looked a little rocky as well. And my start ... well, that was my worst one of the meet and I made a lot of noise. lol And yes, I was wearing a B70 and my chief competitor (former secret nemesis was AWOL) was not, but I was old enough to be her mom.
Here's the final 50 back heat of Team Hottub Ladies, most of whom are illustrious top ten backstrokers and good swim buddies:
Lane 3, Barbara Clifford-Dicks
Lane 4, Fort
Lane 5, SwimmieAvsFan
Lane 6, Julie-Mulie Oplinger Roddin
Lane 7, Swimshark
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBjKjaq8IKs"]YouTube- MVI 1033[/ame]
Barb and SwimmieAvsFan have been really working on their SDKs and I think it really shows!
And here's the 50 fly taped by Speedo:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K2T_GJLUsg"]YouTube- swimming sprint classic 006.avi[/ame]
If you look closely, you can see Stud in his itsby bitsy teeny weeny Speedo brief on the other side of the pool taping.
The 50 fly from the other side of the pool taped by Stud:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRcif3L90cg"]YouTube- Leslie 50 Fly zones...[/ame]
Sore neck:
My neck is pretty sore today. I noticed a twinge in the right side after the evilstroke start. So it was either caused by: (1) so many starts, (2) checking out the competition, or (3) swiveling my head to check out the cute guys in the hottub (Eney's suggestion, lol). I would have liked to go for a slow swim this afternoon and sit in the hottub, but it's a no go with too much to do. Tomorrow hopefully.
Updated November 5th, 2009 at 11:04 AM by The Fortress
Swim it twice. Round 1 intervals left, round 2 right.
Descend the 50's 1-4 on both rounds.
4 on 1:30
4 on 1:25
4 on 1:20
4 X 100 kick 2:15
8 X 25 kick *fast, no board* :40
odd: easy
even: fast
Blocks, at race pace
WARM DOWN: 4 X 50 easy 1:00
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Next MEET: 2009 SPMA Short Course Meters Championships
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did 2 x 50
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I survived the 400 ... barely. I do NOT like tech suits for longer events. I do not notice my breathing being constricted in 50s and 100s but have swum a 500 and now a 400 in a tech suit had felt like I was having a panic attack because I couldn't breathe. My streamlines sucked, I nearly died and it was slow. All this proves is that I don't need to do this event again. I'm sure I'll do it next year just to remind myself why I don't swim distance.
100 breast was a blast. It was slow but my stroke felt good. I just had fun with it. I had a terrible last wall. I pretty much forgot to do a pull out. Oh well. I was well under 2:00, too. This might have potential to be an event I toy with. We shall see.
100 free was okay. Slow for sure, but I am told that with the lack of speed work we have been doing that it's okay. The stroke felt pretty solid.
I scratched the 50 back. I was warm and dry at that point and the thought of jumping back into the cold pool to swim a race I suck at was not appealing. Food however was and won out.
I got a terrible headache last night and got into bed before 5 because of it. Sudafed did not seem to help and I called it a night very early. I was planning on swimming this morning but putting on a cap and smashing goggles onto my eyes when they feel like they are going to pop out of my head did not seem smart.
There's always tomorrow ... and hopefully a run tonight if my head does not explode.
Today I just tried to stay loose and begin working on my backstoke since this coming weekend my main focus will be Free and Back.
The difference for me this weekend has to be the kicking I have been doing since on the 200 I actually kicked.
1000 Free as 200 swim/pull/swim/kick/swim
500 Free kick w/fins every 3rd moderate pace
5x100@:05R alt by 100 fly/back kick w/fins
10x50@1:00 Back w/paddles descended these unintentionally started at about :50 and worked down to :45
5x100@1:30 Free w/paddles & Bouy nice and loose
300 Free EZ concentrate on the pull and how my arms grab and pull the water
2x50@1:00 Free trying a relaxed straight thru pull as opposed to my usual S pull held :45 with no effort
100 Easy
Total 3500 yards
"Ice Cream, day dream till the sky becomes a blanket of stars," Spanky and Our Gang 1967
I love 60's music. It's so happy, carefree, and organic!
Todays swim workout was alot like yesterday's, quality sprint sets with alot of rest. I think the workout was 1,500 yards; I got in a bit early and did a 1,000 warm-up. I hate those type of workouts; I'm sure that means they are good for me and I should do them more often. I am sitting here trying to recall what we did and my chard clogged brain doesn't remember. It was pretty much carbon of yesterday only I personalized it with a long warm-up swim for a total of 2,500 scy.
After the Colts victory Marty and I went out to River Road for a run. We ran into one of my old running buddies (she's not old, in fact she's 10 yrs. younger than me) and her hubby so we started out with them. True to old "running buddy" form Karen and I took off yakking and striding and left Marty and Pete in the dust. We ran 32:00. It was probably 4.3 miles.
Now it's time to wind down and get ready for Desperate Housewives!
Updated October 25th, 2009 at 08:34 PM by Bobinator
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OK. So it's been a week since my last entry. (Yes, I'm a bad blogger. I'll try to post more often, but no promises.)
Anyway, last week I was wondering whether or not to do the November 8 meet on Long Island. Well, I've decided to skip that one. I want to wait a couple of weeks for the Baruch College meet on the 21st, which will be a good practice meet for SCM Zones. The November 21 meet is sprint only sprint, but those are the only events I ever do and I'd like to have a nice small, low-key meet to start the season with. (Meets at Eisenhower Park, like the one on 10/8, are never small or low key.)
But there'll be another meet at Eisenhower on January 24, and I'll definitely do that. And, of course, I'm doing SCM Zones -- there's no excuse for me not to, since it's just a half hour subway ride away.
Updated October 26th, 2009 at 10:39 AM by nyswimmer
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Celebrated my 5th anniversary as a masters swimmer today at the GMU Sprint Classic. My first masters meet was Oct. 2005, a few months after being hobbled by running injuries.
I swam the 50 back, 50 breast, 50 fly and the four 25s. Didn't have enough gas to swim the 50 free -- it was just too close to the 50 fly and I was still tired. Plus, I didn't want to be absolutely trashed for the very fun annual Battle of the Drop Dead Sprinters.
Here's how it went:
50 back: 1st place, 28.55
2005 time: 31.1
Turnover was good, but felt a bit choppy, much like the Fall Ball. My first breakout was not ideal; I was angled up to much instead of having my head back. I glided into the finish again a bit (though not quite as loco mcstupid as the prior meet). Not sure I should have taken another stroke. Wolfy noted that, based on my stroke count, I was in "no man's land" where either gliding in or smacking my arm on the wall was inevitable. Still, apart from CZ last April, this is my second fastest 50 back time ever -- the same time I swam fully tapered at Auburn last February.
50 evil, 3rd place(?), 34.82
Got absolutely owned on my gridges with Wolfy and Stud. Kudos to them! And an absolute failure to execute on my part. I went way too deep on the start. I had a good streamline, dolphin kick, pull down and kick up and, then, well, I was still 2 feet under water at the 15 meter mark ... Very comical. I thought I was floating up veeeerrrry slowly to the surface, but others detected some unintentional flutter kicking. However, despite everyone shouting "DQ" at what seemed like the top of their lungs after the race, I wasn't DQ'd. lol But I must admit that, after floating around in a streamline position for seemingly forever, I completely forgot everything Allen Stark ever said to me about evilstroke and swam old style evil. Still, I guess if you discount my little "error" the swim wouldn't be that far off the 34.1 I swam at CZ last April where I had a good start and turn.
50 fly: 1st place, 27.65
2005 time: 29.5
Pretty solid race. I felt like I was missing some zip, didn't have the best streamline entering the water, and glided just a tad into the turn and finish. Speedo filmed this race, so I'll see what it looks like on video. (I looked quickly on camera -- and it showed me peeking at the competition!) I went 27.5 last year at this meet, so this is virtually equivalent.
Battle of the Drop Dead Sprinters:
Now, for the BEST part of the meet. Last year, I went:
25 back, 13.96 (1st)
25 evil, 15.95 (3rd)
25 fly, 12.71 (3rd)
25 free, 12.01 (1st)
This year, I went:
25 back, 13.74 (1st)
25 evil, 15.69 (4th)
25 fly, 12.61 (1st)
25 free, 12.01 (1st)
I was a little worried about defending my Fastest Woman in the Pool title after scoring 0 points on the 25 evil (though I had a much better start). But I got really good starts on my last 2 25s, especially on my 25 fly where Wolfy said I had a great breakout. I barely held off Cheryl Ward and Jen O'Reilly in the 25 free -- they were closing fast. SwimmieAvsFan showed some real sprint today (including winning the 50 free)! I'm hoping my sprint victory makes Ahlee happy -- I'm getting older, but still faster.
The boys' 25s were fast and furious! One guy went 9.96 in the 25 free in a brief (though no one's brief was as brief as those sported by Muppet and SwimStud!) Typically, the clock doesn't start picking up times until 10 seconds, but fortunately Cheryl had re-set the clock to pick up times at 9. Wow!
I wish more meet directors would do 25s! It's great speed work, great work on starts and great fun. I was happily surprised that my times were slightly faster than last year. And I liked my prize -- goggles, cap and cool t-shirt from our first CZ meet at GMU. I still am wearing the GMU suit I won in 2007 as well.
Sat in the hottub chatting with Speedo, Wolfy, Cage Fighter, SwimStud and SwimShark.
I didn't feel completely "on" at the meet. In fact, Speedo and I both felt slightly flat. It could possibly be that a 3 day taper would have been better than a 5+ day taper. Also, I usually don't lift at all the week before a meet and this week I lifted 2x, although somewhat lightly. Who knows exactly how much these little things make a difference, if at all. But it was a very fun, very low key meet.
I feel pretty trashed now. Swimming at a meet is so much more exhausting than doing AFAP work at practice.
I chatted with Jeff Roddin at bit before scratching the 50 free. We agreed that it is very difficult to swim 4 50s + 4 25s at a meet at a high level on the type of AFAP workouts I am currently doing. To do that many events, we both thought some more conditioning was required. For this reason, I will likely not enter the 50 evil at NEChamps on Sat. and stick with no more than 3 events per day.
Wolfy encouraged me to continue yoga, asserting I would get more bang for my buck doing that as opposed to more lifting. I'm not sure about this, as I'm already pretty flexy. But it definitely loosens up my upper and mid back more than usual.
And ... my trusty B70 developed a small hole after the 50 back. It didn't get any bigger as the meet went on. But it seems to be ending it's life span. Of course, it's nothing like Wolfy's B70 ...
On that note, I'm not sure there is an "apples to apples" comparison of my times between this year's meet and last year's meet. The B70 I wore at last year's meet was much newer than this one. There's nothing quite as performance enhancing as a spanking new suit.
And, Jimby, your buddy Mark Cox is a real speedster! He swam great today.
Updated October 26th, 2009 at 09:17 AM by The Fortress
A great day today for my 200 Free this is the first time in 2 years I have broken 2:20 with a 2:19.71. The legs and all of the kicking I have been doing is making a difference.
My 50 Free was not as good 29.02 but that is ok. I had several good swims this weekend with one personal best. Not a bad way to end the meet.
Total of 1750 yards
Quick story: There are two big round tables and KPN is sitting between the two back far enough away so that she can face both tables easily. I show up and sit down next to a friend of mine, which puts me closest to KPN. Demo time comes around, and KPN has me stand up, then knocks me down. Next she lets me sit down, and slaps me. Obviously she does things a little differently, because usually I get slapped before I get tumbled.
My wife wanted to go, but she had to work. My USMS coach wanted to go but he had to run his 50th tri for the year, so he couldn't go. This is important, because I had to review everything with my wife when I got home and I will have to review everything Monday morning again at practice. This was very good because it made me realize how much stuff I had learned. I learned a few things that were so fundamental to swimming I am shocked I made it this long without knowing them. Before reviewing everything, I wasn't sure how much I got out of the clinic.
The most profound thing I learned might be something every other swimmer is born knowing, but I was thrilled to discover it. Have someone provide some hand resistence like the guy in this picture. Now press down with just your finger tips, and notice that the muscles along the top of your arms are most activated. Now press down against their hands with just your wrists, your back should be the main muscle. I don't think anyone else was excited as I was by this.
The foundation of the class is wide stroke, I-pull freestyle. There was video tape before and after, and my before, I am very much a centerline swimmer with some cross over. Afterward, I feel like my hand in entering somewhere on the other side of the lane rope, I watch the video and my hand is entering perfectly in line with my shoulder. The feeling over overdoing it was still really weird, and without the second video taping, I would not have believed I was entering the 4-6 inches off my centerline but somewhere out about 24 inches. It feels really weird, but it looks great on tape.
I played some more with the stroke today (clinic was yesterday) and I have not found anything from my new stroke that I want to discard and replace with something from my old stroke. She had us play with Janet Evans recovery, but wasn't a focus point and how much bend is in my arm recovery is still something to think about and play with.
Tomorrow I should have a waterproof video camera in the mail. That should increase the frequency of my video reviews from twice ever, to at least monthly.
I didn't go too much in detail about the clinic. Overall, it was a very enjoyable clinic, I respected Karlyn as a swimmer before the clinic and after the clinic I consider her a good teacher.
Quick story postscript: The slap was a theatrical mock slap, but she really did knock me over.
Hoping to do a run of some sort later today, but will go ahead and post. Saw the below article which is great news for men, but not necessarily so for women. The implication is that women must work much harder than men to get the same benefit.
Who ever said life was fair?
Exercise improves young men's heart regulation
Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:43pm EDT
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Offering yet more reason to get regular exercise, a new study shows that running and other aerobic activities improve nervous-system control of the heart in young men.
The study, of 149 healthy young adults, found that 12 weeks of aerobic exercise improved the autonomic nervous system's regulation of the heart -- at least in men. In general, the training lowered men's resting heart rate and improved their results on a measure of heart-rate variability -- heart's ability to speed up or slow down in response to demands. The benefit was not seen in women, however, the researchers report in the American Journal of Public Health.
Still, the finding does not mean that exercise is no help to women's hearts, according to lead researcher Dr. Richard P. Sloan, a professor of behavioral medicine at Columbia University Medical Center in New York.
"There are many benefits of exercise, and this study looked at only one of those," Sloan told Reuters Health.
What the findings imply, he said, is that women may need to work harder than men to improve autonomic control of the heart.
The autonomic nervous system controls involuntary activities of the body, heart function being one. Regular aerobic exercise is one of the keys to a healthy heart, and one reason, the thinking has been, is that exercise improves autonomic regulation of the heart.
To study that theory, Sloan's team randomly assigned 149 healthy, sedentary adults in their 20s and 30s to 12 weeks of strength training or aerobic conditioning -- activities such as running, pedaling on a stationary bike or using a stair-climbing machine.
The volunteers then returned to their sedentary ways for 4 weeks, for a period of "deconditioning."
Overall, the researchers found, aerobic exercise, but not strength training, improved exercisers' fitness levels. Similarly, only aerobic conditioning improved autonomic regulation of the heart -- an effect that disappeared during the deconditioning period.
It's not clear why aerobic exercise improved autonomic control of the heart only in men, Sloan said. It's possible that sex hormones -- either estrogen or testosterone -- play a role, but that is unproven, he noted.
Whatever the reason, Sloan stressed, the findings do not negate the importance of exercise for women's hearts. "This in no way gives anyone an excuse not to exercise," he said.
SOURCE: American Journal of Public Health, May 2009.
At sunset, did a 25 minute run/walk with son and dog around field across the street. Felt good outside - 56 degrees. Beautiful sunset also!
Updated October 25th, 2009 at 07:26 PM by elise526
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Origins of the Tropical Splash
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The pool manager was contacted to review times and procedures for the meet. We met to compare notes. This is when I learned that there was an aquatics class in session that utilized the deep end of the pool while our meet would be going on.
I don't know what the class was, but I imagined blue-haired ladies wearing foam belts, bobbing up and down with foam barbells in their hands; Masters swimmers shouting on deck on three sides surrounding them; and someone sprinting butterfly in the lane next to them. Not knowing what a masters meet was all about, the pool manager assumed it would be similar to a USA Swimming dual meet, with about 40-50 swimmers (and all you need is love to get along with the blue-haired ladies.)
Although the pool was willing to go through with it, I felt the arrangement was unacceptable, and would result in lots of complaints afterwards. If the class (whatever it was) complained, we might not be allowed to hold a meet again (thinking of the future and the possibility that the meet would become an annual event.)
We discussed alternate times and alternate dates, but nothing worked. So the Blue-Gray Battle was history before being fought.
Deflated, we thought about using one of the other pools. George Washington Rec Center was a 25yd x 25yd pool that did not receive a lot of use from the public or from rentals. It opened on Sundays at 1:00 PM, allowing us to have the pool to ourselves in the morning. Its deficiencies included small locker rooms and parking lot, small deck space, and no seating.
We talked to the pool manager. There was a boat rental (canoe class) using the pool every other Sunday morning, and the last Sunday in January was theirs. This left us the first Sunday in February (the previous Sunday was a holiday weekend, and parents home entertaining kids would not be competing in a meet - they would be skiing and shopping we were advised.) And, the pool manager was willing to let us rent the pool as individual lanes - cheaper than renting at the 'entire facility' fee. The manager would be getting rental income from a time that the pool was normally closed, so he was happy.
There were about 40 plastic deck chairs at the pool. Three of our team members were on the board of a summer outdoor pool where we hold summer workouts, and offered up their deck chairs to use during the meet. I counted 144 parking spaces and 128 men's lockers in working order. Seemed like enough for a meet. We agreed to hold the meet February 1.
After a Saturday workout, we met as usual at the local cafe and developed the framework for the Tropical Splash - a fun meet with a tropical theme as a way to beat the winter blues. (A civil war battle theme seemed blasphemous at George Washington's pool.) The cannonball relay was converted to the coconut relay. In many many ways, the possibilities of a tropical meet were superior to the Blue-Gray Battle.
And that's the convoluted history and background of how our meet was born. Next up... the decisions and details for this year's meet.
Don't ever count yourself out - find a way.Look beyond the obvious end - it is not the end
Updated November 10th, 2009 at 07:03 AM by Rnovitske
SCY, Solo
300 swim free
200 kick choice
300 pull alt. 50 free/50 back
(w/buoy only)
200 IM drill
swim 8 x 50 on 1:00 choice, every 3rd 50 fast
(did 1-3 free, 4-6 back, 7-8 fly)
100 easy
kick 6 x 75 on 1:40 choice, middle 25 fast
(flutter w/board, no fins. Ave 1:20)
100 easy
pull 4 x 100 free on 1:40, descend
(w/p&b, went 1:25->1:13)
50 easy
swim 12x25 on 35 choice, #3, 6, 9 FAST
( did 1-3 & 12 fly, 4-6 & 11 back, 7-10 free)
200 swim down choice
Total: 3000 yards
Originally I was only going to swim the 100 Free and I decided during warm up to deck enter the 500 Free and see how it goes.
The 100 Free was my fastest non tapered time at 1:03.05 then came the 500 Free in 6:17.70, not a best but I am pleased with it. I felt like I tightened up at the 200 but managed a decent time anyway.
Total yards today 2300.
Hit the treadmill and did a 3 mile run. Started off at 5 mph and every 2 minutes, went up 1/2 mile mph until I ran 2 minutes at 8 mph. Came back down 1/2 mph every two minutes and ran the remainder at 5 mph.
Core work:
1 set of 100 bicycles
2 sets of 25 crunches with Swiss ball
2 sets of 25 side crunches
1 set of 20 leg lifts
1 set of 25 back extensions
2 sets of 10 push-ups with Bosu ball


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Like taking a step back in time. Situated on the platform of the preserved Severn Valley Railway, offering a fine selection of local and not so local independent beers, along with 2 ciders, a draught Belgian ale and a good number of European bottled brews. The walls are adorned with old railway memorabilia from a bygone era. Relaxing, peaceful and atmospheric and good value - Hobsons Best Bitter at £1.90 a pint and I had a 5.9% brew priced at £2.40, which was pretty reasonable, I thought!


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The rest of the game is identical to every other review out there so go and read those for a description of the product itself. I just wanted to make note of these few differences between the PS3 and PC versions.
After I hit level 50 and started learning the new dungeons/Primal fights, I found myself being paired with more and more people who were ruthless with their criticism. Not only would they say nasty things about a person struggling with their toon (i.e. character), they would then blacklist (i.e. ban) these people who didn't do well so that these folks would no longer have others to team with. I've been told this attitude is pervasive in all MMORPGs, but seriously, it's got to stop. It's a game. FF14: ARR's Duty Finder tool is supposed to be the answer to this problem but being paired with random people has yet to work for me and others I've come across, especially with the Hard Mode Primal Fights or Coil. I'd rather pay to play a single player game and have fun, than be subjected to text abuse while trying to learn a new fight/dungeon.
At this point I've cancelled my subscription and account to FF14: ARR, and don't plan on going back. I enjoyed my time in Eorzea and while I found a few people who were genuinely nice, my negative encounters coupled with an over reliance on other people to do end-game events, really ruined what had otherwise been a phenomenal experience.
Last thought: Try it out for the 30 Day Trial, but be sure to find a friendly Free Company (i.e. Guild) to do end game events with.
Toon: Justice Marshall, Lvl 50 DRG
Server: Malboro
The story of FFXIV is initially told in the opening cutscene and is continued to be told as the player advances in missions, here's a breakdown of the story with the assistance of Wikipedia:
"Seeking control over the peaceful realm of Eorzea and its abundant crystal resources, the more advanced civilization of the Garlean Empire invades the realm from the north. In retaliation, despite their differences and anatgonisms, the city-states of Eorzea reinstate the Grand Companies--comprehensive centers of command which combine the cities' military and economic assets.
8th Imperial Legion Legatus Nael van Darnus, has his own agenda, insanely bent on purging all he sees as impurities, Nael orchestrated Project Meteor to summon the lesser moon Dalamud and wipe out all life. This forces the Grand Companies to put aside deep-rooted differences and consolidate their forces under the banner of the Eorzean Alliance. At the behest of this new confederation, adventurers from across the realm take up arms and march to the floating islands of Rivenroad to defeat Nael after he absorbed Dalamud's power.However, despite the mad imperial's death, Dalamud continues its descent to Eorzea.
In a final bid to save Eorzea, the Grand Companies turn to the Archon Louisoix, an enigmatic scholar hailing from the forgotten city-state of Sharlayan. Louisoix devises a plan to summon the power of the Twelve, Eorzea's pantheon of guardian deities, to banish Dalamud back to the heavens. But for this to succeed, the rite needs to be performed directly beneath the point of Dalamud's impact: A vast swathe of barren lowlands in central Eorzea known as the Carteneau Flats.
The battle ceases when Dalamud enters the atmosphere while revealed to be a prison created to contain the elder primal, Bahamut. Freed after aeons of imprisonment, Bahamut jump starts the Seventh Umbral Era while unleashing his wrath upon the realm.
Louisoix attempts the ritual to seal Bahamut in vain. Seeing his death certain in the Primal unleashing his ultimate attack, Louisoix summons the last of his strength to call upon the Twelves' power to send the survivors (including the player) into an ethereal rift, where they will be untouched by the passage of time, until it is once again safe for them to emerge and rebuild their ruined land."
The gameplay is like most, if not all, MMORPG titles, the player can form parties, join guilds, run dungeons and participate in PvP. Of course, there are various trades the player can perform such as weaving, alchemy, blacksmithing and more, these offer items that might be harder to obtain otherwise and can earn you a nice sum of Gil for rarer items (if sold to players, NPCs offer little to nothing).
The player can freely* switch what class they are, you are not tied to one type. The exception being when you first start, you'll have to reach level 10 and complete your class quests in order to switch, from there you can join a new guild and start working on that class (some skills earned from the previous classes carry over to your new class, but more on that later).
Once you've reached level 10, you can join Guildhests, which are essentially mini dungeons. If you are level 10 in a trade, you can take Guildhests to earn exp and Gil that will help you level faster in said class. Upon completing the required quests, dungeons can also be entered (the first is available at level 15).
The graphics look pretty good considering how much of a hiccup the first version went trhough. Although since the game is also on the PC, and therefore made FOR the PC, the PS3 version does tend to suffer a few graphical errors, such as the rare bug of enemies not appearing properly on screen, or party members seemingly disappearing despite them being right in-front of you.
When using the chat feature, characters mouths will move with your text, so this is a minute detail, but one that I find pretty cool non-the-less. Facial expressions are well-done as well, so be sure to try them out when you get the chance to do so.
The game has had a nice over-haul since it originally released some years ago, the new graphics engine shows quite well on many characters and skill effects.
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The controls on the console are a tad tough to learn at first, so I'll try to run them down as thoroughly as possible.
The Cross button is your selector, although since you likely won't have a cursor to use (although you can opt for that), you'll need to be looking at the person you want to talk with, although the game is pretty good at figuring out what you're trying to do.
The Triangle button is simply used for jumping, so there's no need to go into depth on that, it is what it is.
The Circle button allows you to deselect your current target and cancel out of various menus. Simple.
The Square button allows for quick access of the map, which will be very handy when doing quests as the location of various monsters, items, etc will be shown on there.
The d-pad is used to cycle through enemies and friendlies, it takes some getting used to in order to 'master' using it.
All of these buttons take on a different role when either of the R2 or L2 bumpers are held, this brings up your hotbar for skills, items, etc that you may have registered to those slots (they also your the d-pad, so in total you'll have 16 available slots, but you can also have more than one hotbar, so cycling through them gives even more options). Confusing? Undoubtedly, however the games tutorial runs you through the basics quite well.
As any Final Fantasy fan can hope to expect, the music is well performed, during standard battles, you may recognize the music (it's more reminiscent of the older games on the NES, SNES and such). When riding a Chocobo, as well as other mounts I would assume, you are treated the Chocobo music. Music in town and on the field are quite elegant and, to some degree, soothing and rhythmic.
Voice acting is scarce, the intro and small cutscenes are the only place they really occur at, but they are done well when they are done. The only other time you get to hear voices is from the various grunts that characters make, so don't expect much when it comes to voices.
As I mentioned earlier, you are not restricted to one class and can switch once you've completed your current classes level 10 class quest (you usually get a quest at level 1, level 5, level 10 and so on). The classes you can choose from are many, from fighting classes (such as Gladiator, Pugilist, Arcanist and many more) to trades (such as Weaver, Alchemist, Blacksmith, etc). The latter are, as you may have guessed by the term 'trade' non-combat classes and are used to make armor, potions and other nick-naks that can be used by combat classes. When you start a new class, you revert to level 1 within your new class but retain the level in the previous class, so returning to your previous class will allow you to continue where you left off at.
The game has what are called 'Fates', if you've played Rift, they are like rifts, randomly generated missions where you and other players work to meet a goal, generally killing a certain number of enemies. The more you contribute, the larger your exp and Gil reward will be.
There are also unique chats called 'Linkshells', which can consist of up to 128 players that are not necessarily a guild or friends, but can use the chat feature to chat solely with each other and no one outside of the Shell can read your chat, it's basically a giant party chat.
Most of the negativity that has been generated was during the beta, people would complain that servers were constantly down or laggy, this has since been rectified and almost all of the game works as intended. If you see a review that says otherwise, look at the date, anything prior to Sept 13th is unreliable.
And yes, this is a subscription based game, but you get 30 days free.
This is a great MMORPG that has a lot to offer and much to do. With free expansions coming, this is a must have for fans of Final Fantasy or MMO's. I know I'll be cancelling my WoW sub so I can enjoy this great game.
+ An all-around great MMO
+ Great music score
+ Interesting class system
+ Guildhests are a fun way to level up quickly
+ Linkshells offer a great way to stay in touch with people you like, but not enough so that you want to add them as friends or join their guild
- Picking an enemy out of the crowd is sometimes unbearable
- Gold spammers are plentiful
- If you don't have a keyboard, typing is a hassle
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To start, I preordered a copy of a Realm Reborn and started playing it with the early launch, but as of yesterday I have decided to cancel my monthly subscription before I waste any more money on it. Simply put; to me it is not worth the monthly fee. I will explain why in a moment, but first, here are some positives:
1.The storyline of the game is awesome. It ranks right up there with some of the other good ones of the series, and having played other MMO's I'd go so far as to say it has the best storyline I've ever played in an MMO. I thought it was far better than WoW's story, as just one example.
2. I also really liked the classic elements that were in the game. I've played Final Fantasy since Final Fantasy I on the NES; so being able to play as black and white mages, dragoons, bards and paladins among others is just great. It really brought back some fond childhood memories of gaming; so if you're an old school FF vet like me, the nostalgia factor is really high here. Just a matter of personal preference, but I always liked the Final Fantasy games that were in a true fantasy setting like 1, 2, 3 and 9. I always preferred those to the more futuristic or sci-fi ones like 7, 8 and 10 among others. That said, I was happier with the setting of this one (although you will find cool sci-fi elements too.)
3. The control scheme is good for a ps3 user. You won't have any trouble playing it; but you may want to pick up some sort of keyboard for the ps3 if you plan on talking a fair amount.
4. The duty quests and boss battles are a lot of fun. They will give you quite a bit of challenge, but at the same time won't drive you insane. You will enjoy the challenges, even if you're more of a casual player like me.
5. Combat is pretty decent. I prefer real time combat and control along the lines of Elder Scrolls but even though you're just clicking buttons, there is still a lot of involvement. You have to move quickly, dodge area of effect attacks etc. So even if you're just clicking buttons on a hotkey, you will still be on the edge of your seat during some battles.
And now the bad; which for me sadly just made the game not worth paying for on a monthly basis:
1. Constant maintenance. Over the past 5 days, there was maintenance shutting down all worlds for 3 of those 5 days. I'm also not talking about an hour here or there, I'm talking about 3-5 hours at a time. Usually the maintenance occurs from about 12am PST to 3-5am PST. This completely screws me over because this is usually when I play games; at night. So if you're a night gamer; good luck getting on there. It's been this bad since launch and shows no signs of improving. It was seriously so frustrating that every time I go to login to play....I wonder if I'm ACTUALLY going to be able to play. I'm always looking for those words "EMERGENCY MAINTENANCE". This game...has a lot of emergencies, evidently. Expect for this to happen at least 3-4 times a week. If you play in the morning, afternoon or early evening you MIGHT be okay...but if you're a night gamer, don't count on getting to play everyday. This of course is perhaps my biggest reason for not wanting to pay a monthly fee for it. What's the point of paying if I can't even login nearly half of the time? Point being; one of two things should have happened here....if the game is this messed up that they have to shut it down constantly; it just tells me it wasn't ready for release. They should have extended the betas and perfected it before they released it. Now Square apologists will say this happens with any MMO. True; there are always bugs with an MMO release. But why screw one entire group of players? I know several other players in my Free Company (guild) who also only play at night and are quitting for the same reason. Why not change up when the maintenance occurs more often? Why not shut it down at 4am or 5am when there's hardly anyone on anyway? Why shut it down when there are still tons of players wanting to play? Furthermore; if the game is being shut down for this maintenance or that maintenance so often...why are we paying for it? Square should do the right thing and make this game free to play until all the bugs are worked out. Period. I'd give them a lot more grace if I wasn't paying a monthly fee for it. When I played DCUO for ps3 and it was initially pay to play, I don't recall being screwed by constant maintenance on there, and I bought that game at launch too. I think that was because they rotated the maintenance times.
2. This game has way too many DPS classes and not enough tanks and healers. Dragoons for instance should be converted to a tank; or they need to bring some classes like Dark Knight or Samurai back....because here's what happens: let's say you need a duty mission to advance the storyline. Well, if you're a dps you sign up in the que and you wait for usually at least an hour; sometimes 2. While you're in the que it sucks too because you cannot join another party in the meantime or even summon your Chocobo mount to aid you in combat. It kicks you out of the que. So if you play any DPS class expect insanely long wait times for anything from the Duty Finder.
3. No PVP (at least yet). This is just my opinion, but this game should not have been launched without pvp already up and running. It adds a huge level of excitement to games like DCUO and Guild Wars; and without it, I'm sorry but it just sucks. It'd sure be nice to fight in some PVP combat when I'm waiting in those endlessly long Duty ques, I'll say that!
4. For me, boredom after hitting level 50. 1-50 is great. But then you finish the main storyline, and to me the game is suddenly just boring without a whole lot of replay value. It's basically like this: remember those awesome Fate boss battles you did? Well now you do them AGAIN on hard mode...to get more gear...to do more hard mode duties. It just feels like a tedious grind for gear; nothing more. And because there are so many lvl 50's....expect EVEN LONGER wait times for any hard duties if you're a dps. You will see people just standing around higher level towns just shouting over and over trying desperately to find somebody to run this or that duty. It's so terribly boring.
5. One of the game's greatest features and selling points actually becomes a huge let-down. In this game you can switch your class with the click of a button. You can be a black mage and switch to a dragoon with the click of a button. But the PROBLEM is in the execution. Once you've hit level 50 and exhausted all the main storyline quests for your character....the only way to level up a secondary class is to Fate (pop up boss battles) grind endlessly. Where's the fun in that? It's an awesome concept; but horrible execution because of this. After I hit level 50 as a black mage I wanted to level up my archer and become a Bard....but I got so bored fate grinding over and over again that I was almost falling asleep playing it. So if you want to level up a second or third class...just join a fate party and grind it till you hit level 50...so that you can...fight those same battles again...on hard mode. Only this time with a bow instead of spells! Just my two cents, if you want a more fun play through you'd probably be better off just creating another character and doing the story mode all over again. It may be repetitive, but it's a lot less repetitive than fate grinding.
So all in all, these cons far outweighed the positives for me, and I've cancelled my subscription. With the constant maintenance and server issues, coupled with insanely long wait times...and not a whole hell of a lot to do after level 50, I just don't see a replay value here that justifies the monthly fee. But the game does have some positives, enough for me to give it 2 stars instead of 1. It could potentially be higher if it weren't for all the flaws...so that said, my best advice would be:
If you are interested in playing this game...WAIT. Don't buy it now. Wait until they have the bugs worked out. Wait until they have PVP. Wait until the have more game modes. Just wait. Maybe this game will be worth it later on down the road, maybe it won't. I personally just don't think it's worth the monthly fee right now.
So as for me, I'll see you on Elder Scrolls Online.....
However, I have to warn you that there is an online subscription for this game and the online payment management system is absolutely rubbish. Just like any other online game where you pay subscription fees, you would imagine that Square Enix would have in place adequate technical support staff to deal with any problems that might arise, especially when it concerns dealing with $$$ over a sustained period of time. This is non-existent in Square Enix's case.
ADVISE - Make sure you sort out your monthly subscription payment methods and registry before the free period runs out. A problem I had was that Square Enix was refusing to accept any subscription payments (Error 401 and Error 601). I tried different credit cards, payment methods (paypal, crysta, ultimate pay), and even wrote to them. What's more, they blame the rejection on your bank, when most players even got a confirmation from their banks saying that they have not blocked any cards or payments. Never had to try this hard to give a company my money, only for them to refuse.
Once the subscription expires and you have no way of making the payments either by credit card or otherwise, your account will be suspended and you will not be able to log in.
So purchase this game knowing fully well that your free period will expire in 30 days, and just check the FF14 forums and you will come across TONS of players that are unable to log in or pay subscription fees and experiencing the problems I just described above.
Its not the game itself that deserves my 2 stars, its the technical support, the online payment system and the way Square Enix treat its customers - like crap. This is an online game after all with subscription - it will be inevitable to avoid the problems in the online subscription payments, if you have encountered them.
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Sorry so tardy with the bullpen report, the author was considerably under the weather last evening.
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Rafael Betancourt is making "slow and steady progress" while recovering from an appendectomy last month. Hes tossed a few light bullpen sessions last week, so a simulated game on Monday appears to be the next course of action the veteran's quest to return to the ninth-inning this season. Prior to the emergency procedure to remove his appendix, Betancourt notched 15 saves in 16 opportunities with a 3.16 ERA (1.21 WHIP) and a 22.2% K%. In his stead, Rex Brothers is 9-of-10 in save chances, owns a 1.52 ERA and is fanning 25% of the batters he faces. The Rockies have not mapped out a plan for their 38-year-old reliever past Monday's potential simulated game, therefore, Brothers should continue to earn save opportunities for at least another week while Betancourt concludes his rehabilitation.
Addison Reed struggled a bit at the end of July, which Robin Ventura attributes to the right-hander being rusty from a lack of appearances, but appears to be back in the saddle for the time being. Since the former Aztec blew a save in Cleveland on the last day of July, Reed is 2-for-2 save opportunities while allowing just one earned run while posting a 2:1 K/BB. He's now successfully closed out 28 games in 33 chances while posting a 3.61 ERA (2.59 FIP) and whiffing more than 25% of opposing hitters. A quick look at the velocity and usage on Reed's offerings indicates his fastball appears to be down a tick from last season, but he's not relying on that pitch as much as he used to. Reed is using his slider just over a third of the time and is throwing it harder than he has in each of the past two seasons. Opponents are slugging .239 against Reed's fourseamer as opposed to .414 versus his slider.
Joe Nathan picked up his 332nd career save and 34th of the twenty-thirteen campaign in a 5-4 victory over the Astros in Houston last night. Nathan issued a walk, but escaped the ninth-inning unscathed to earn the handshake. This was Nathan's third consecutive save since blowing just his second save of the year against the Yankees on July 23rd. The veteran right-hander owns a 1.54 ERA (0.90 WHIP) to go along with his 34 saves on the season and should be considered a top five-ish closing option from here on out.
Quick Hitters: LaTroy Hawkins (3), Koji Uehara (12), Casey Janssen (21), Huston Street (22), Steve Cishek (24), Kevin Gregg (25), Sergio Romo (28) and Rafael Soriano (29) each picked up saves on Saturday night. Hawkins is still available in 83% of Y! leagues for those hunting for late-season saves. David Hernandez of the Diamondbacks was optioned to the Triple-A Reno Aces after last evening's outing. He's struggled mightily through the early summer, but will look to get his confidence back on the farm, as his stuff doesn't appear to be the primary concern at the moment.
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