Pete's swim blog

Swam w/ Roger and Dave x 2. Pool temp down to 84! Someone must have turned the boiler off over the weekend. It is back on full blast and should be back to 86 in no time.

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400 Warm up

400 IM Kick
100 Easy
400 IM - 6:00 (5:35)
100 Easy

6 x 50 - :45
8 Times through:
* 100 - 1:10 (held 1:05s)
* 50 Kick - 1:10
* 2 x 50 Pull - :50
100 Easy

400 IM Kick (7:10)
100 Easy
500 Free - 6:00 (5:50)
Roger and I started opposite ends and raced to the black line in the middle of the pool. I let him get way too far ahead. Made a small dent in his lead in the last 200 but it wasn't enough.

100 Cool down

(4800 total)

Swam w/ Dave x 2. Pool temp 86.

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400 Warm up

6 x 50 - :45
50 Easy
800 Timed Open Turns every 200
2:18, 2:25, 2:22, 2:22 - 9:27
Shooting for 1:10 pace. Ended up just under 1:11. Heat was definitely getting to me.
50 Easy

4 Times through
* 250 Kick - 5:00
* 6 x 50 - 1:00 Odds Stroke, Evens Pull, #5 Hard

200 Cool down

(4000 Total)

Swam w/ Dave x 2. Pool temp 84-85. Wore my Speedo brief.

Workout called for free on all the sets today. I felt IMey so I substituted a lot of stroke/IM. Not everywhere though... I'm not making 400 IMs on 5:15 yet.

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500 Warm up

400 IM - 6:00 (5:40 ish)
400 - 5:45 (100 Free/100 Back/100 Br/100 Free)
400 - 5:30 (200 Free/100 Br/100 Free)
400 - 5:15 (4:55 ish)
50 Easy

16 x 75 - 1:10 (50 Stroke/25 Free)
50 Easy

400 free Timed (4:41) Felt pretty good overall. Had a couple rough patches (missed a wall) on the third 100.

16 x 50 Pull - :50 2 Easy/2 Hard

200 Cool down

(4800 Total)

Swam w/ Roger, Dave and Dave. Pool temp still at 86. Wore my Nike jammer.

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400 Warm up

400 Free - 6:00 (5:00)
5 Times through:
* 50 Fly - :45
* 50 Kick - 1:00
* 50 Back - :50
* 50 Kick - 1:00
* 50 Br - :55
Break

400 Free - 5:40 (4:55)
400 Free - 5:20 (4:55)
400 Free - 5:00 (4:49)
50 Easy
Made the first 400 Free on 5:00 so I figured I'd take a run at making them all. Problem is I got a little cooked and didn't have much for...

500 free timed (5:59)
Just ran out of gas and everyone dropped me.

200 cool down

(4000 Total)

Swam with Roger, Dave, Dave and Dave this morning. Kent swam on his own in another lane. Kent did an untapered 17:05 or something like that in his 1650 last weekend! Pool temp up to about 84. Definitely warmer than it has been. Wore my Nike jammer w/o a drag suit.

Had my first premeet nightmare. Dreamed I went out too fast in the 1650, paniced and started drowning. I always seem to have nigtmares about races I haven't raced in before. Last year it was the 200 fly.

On a better note, it was my daughter's birthday last weekend. She wanted an underwater video camera for her birthday. Who am I to deny her something I could occasionally use to video my stroke underwater? Just to show how good of a dad I am, I volunteered to try it out this morning at practice. Video to follow later. I might have "accidentally" dropped the camera in the water before telling my teammates it was waterproof.

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400 Warm up

4 x 50 - 1:00 Down accelerate, back easy (Fly, Br, Br, Fr)
4 x 50 Kick - 1:10 Down accelerate, back easy (Br, Fly, Fr, Fr)
Rest

4 x 50 Pull - 1:00 Down hard no breath, back easy
Rest

4 x 50 - 1:00 Get up to speed for test event (28s & 29s)
75 Easy + Rest

Timed 500 From Dive broken at 50s: (5:13 total time in water)
http://youtu.be/3R0p1AtJGZc
Went out on :27 - probably a bit fast. Rest were 31s and 32s. Supposedly, I should be able to do a 5:13 at the meet. I'll believe that when I see it. Definitely think I can make 5:25 if things go well. Comments on my stroke are very welcome and appreciated. Not sure I'll change anything before the meet but it would be good to know what I can improve on.

175 cool down

(1950 Total)