Unfortunately, my yoga instructor is a little misguided so that won't be terribly beneficial but swimming is awesome! I have some exciting swimming goals and I will outline some pretty awesome adventure plans.
In swimming today we did the Swim Cooper Test, which is a fitness test originally designed for runners. The goal is to swim continuously for 12 minutes then use the distance you swim as a measurement of your cardiovascular/swim fitness.
| FITNESS LEVEL SWIM-COOPER-TEST | |||||||||
| AGEGROUP M/F | 7-9 years | 10-12 years | 13-19 years | 20-29 years | |||||
| FITNESS CATEGORY | METERS | NO. LANES (25 M.) | METERS | NO. LANES (25 M.) | METERS | NO. LANES (25 M.) | METERS | NO. LANES (25 M.) | |
| VERY POOR | M | < 200 | < 8 | < 380 | < 15 | < 460 | < 18 | < 380 | < 15 |
| F | < 180 | < 7 | < 280 | < 11 | < 380 | < 15 | < 280 | < 11 | |
| POOR | M | 200-240 | 8-10 | 380-460 | 15-18 | 460-560 | 18-22 | 380-460 | 15-18 |
| F | 180-220 | 7-9 | 280-380 | 11-15 | 380-460 | 15-18 | 280-380 | 11-15 | |
| MEDIUM | M | 240-320 | 10-13 | 460-550 | 18-22 | 560-660 | 22-26 | 460-560 | 18-22 |
| F | 220-300 | 9-12 | 380-460 | 15-18 | 460-560 | 18-22 | 380-460 | 15-18 | |
| GOOD | M | 320-460 | 13-18 | 550-620 | 22-25 | 660-760 | 26-30 | 560-660 | 22-26 |
| F | 300-420 | 12-17 | 460-560 | 18-22 | 560-660 | 22-26 | 460-560 | 18-22 | |
| VERY GOOD | M | > 460 | > 18 | > 620 | > 25 | > 760 | > 30 | > 660 | > 26 |
| F | > 420 | > 17 | > 560 | > 22 | > 660 | > 26 | > 560 | > 22 | |
I started the swim and I planned to swim 100 free, 100 breast, 100 back and just repeat that until time was up. I ended up swimming about 625 yards and felt really good. I hit my stride after the 300 yard wall, for some reason after about 299 yards it is just really tempting to stop. After 325, things are better. According to this test, women my age who swim more the 560 yard are in the very good category.
With all this in mind I have some new swimming goals. I want to swim a mile, continuously. That is 70 lengths of a 25 yard pool. Today I only did 22 lengths in 12 minutes, good place to start but plenty of work to do. Apparently, some (crazy) people aspire to swim a mile in 30 minutes. Right now, I have no time goal, I just want to swim a mile before May 1.
My swim class will help with this goal but I also decided to do the 2012 Iron man Triathlon Challenge through the Texas Tech Rec Center. You have 21 days in February to complete all the Iron man distances: swim 2.4 miles, cycle 112 miles, and run 26.2 miles. The swim will not be terribly difficult. In addition to the yards I swim in class I am required to swim 1500 yards outside of class. The bike will be a more of a stretch. I ride around 2 miles per day now and to ride 112 miles in 21 days I would need a little more than 6 miles each day. But indoor spinning counts, so I am going to sign up for the 40 minute afternoon spin on Mondays and Wednesdays. Yes, this means I will go to Italian on those days a little bit sweaty (maybe smelly). That is a fair trade off right?
So swim, easy. Bike, doable. Run... uh oh. That will be hard, thankfully walking counts. I will try to run most of it, and I honestly don't have a more developed plan than that. To run 26.4 miles in 21 days I would need to run 1.5 miles each day. Not an unmanageable amount, but in combination with everything else... yikes. I will make a plan, and do my best! I am kinda pumped. Anyone want to be an Iron man (over 21 days) with me?
Oh, and Operation Sexy Dress is pretty simple. I get to wear a pretty awesome dress on May 26th and I plan to rock it.
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