Workout: Swim 2200 Yards – Man, Tore Up the Sinus
Posted on February 24th, 2010 in Swim Log, Workout Log | 4 Comments »
I thought I had cold symptoms a couple days ago, but I think I have sinusitis. I went to the WebMD site and the symptoms are right on. After my swim today I was just miserable at the office. As soon as I got home I took Sudafed PE. That helped a lot. After every pool session I have been having trouble with my sinuses. I will take Sudafed right after my next swim to reduce the symptoms.
Anyway, I did 2200 yards today. I started with a warm up of 1 x 200, then a main swim of 2000 yards and a cool down of 100 yards. I wasn’t trying to go particularly fast. I just wanted to “go the distance”.
I came across this swimming calculator that counts laps using an accelerometer. It is called “Pool-Mate“. You don’t have to push buttons to count each lap. It also gives overall time, average strokes per lap, speed, distance, and calories burned.
I wanted to go running this afternoon, however, this sinus thing just tore me up so I will have to try a run another time… maybe tomorrow.
Here is a Pool-Mate video…
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Boomer, I’m very susceptible to sinus infections and sinusitis. Bad times when those things happen. One of the gyms I joined several years ago had a great steam room, and I used to put a cap full of eucalyptus oil below the steam pipe. When I had a sinus infection, I’d go sit in there and let the drainage begin. If your club has a steam room, go try it out!
That pool mate is pretty cool. I’ve been looking for something like that. As ADD as I am I end up losing count after like 5 laps? Good find Boomer!
Steve… hey, that is a terrific idea. I haven’t had a steam since I was in the military a 100 years ago. I belong to a couple gyms (my workplace pays the membership for one of them) and both of them have steam rooms. I will give it a try.
Jeff… I’ve got GAS (gadget acquisition syndrom) so when I came across the pool-mate I got dizzy!
I suffer from GAS as well (well my wife actually suffers more than me) … oh wait we were talking about gadgets, yeah I like them too! Actually see my latest blog post ….. and you’ll see what I mean!