Elise's Fitness Fun

After yesterday's running fiasco and many-reps-weight workout, I decided the best thing for my body was to hit the pool for an easy workout. Got to the pool after I dropped my son at school and was in the water by 8 AM. This is an hour before the arthritis class, so the water was probably around 86 or 87. For the first time, I did not mind the warm temps as all I wanted to do was loosen up the tired muscles and joints.

Felt wonderful after this workout :

400 Warm-up: Alt. 100 free/100 back

4 x 50 fly drill on 1:00 - 25 rt. arm /25 lt.
8 x 25 fly drill on :45 - underwater pull portion of fly -recovery is underwater

4 x 50 back drill on 1:00 - 25 rt. arm/25 lt.
4 x 50 back pull on 1:00 - paddles only

2 x 50 breast kick on back on 1:15
2 x 50 breast kick with pull buoy on 1:15
2 x 50 breast pull with dolphin kick on 1:15
2 x 50 breast with 3 second glide on 1:15

4 x 50 free pull with buoy only on :50
4 x 50 free drill on 1:00
#1: 3 strokes/12 kicks on rt. side/3 strokes/12 kicks lt. side
#2: 3 strokes/6 kicks
#3 3 strokes/3 kicks
#4 Regular stroke

Total yards: 2000

Notes:

1. Fly drills - work timing on first set and feel of water/pull on second set.
2. Back drills - Work rotation
3. Breast drills - My kick is as wide as a barn , so first four 50s were designed to focus on narrowing up kick. Rest of 50s were timing and feel of the water drills.
4. Free drills - I have a weak pull and a strong kick, so the goal here was to work the pull. The last four 50s were used to focus on rotation.

Later in the afternoon, took the bike out that has a compact crank and 12/27 gearing. This bike does not have a computer or aero bars. I like to use this bike when I want a nice recovery ride. Having a computer or aero bars temps me to go hard.

Rode right at an hour. Have no idea how fast I went or how far I rode. My average HR was 122 for the entire ride and I spun the whole way (kept in low gear and had high rpm).

Interesting sights along the way as usual. I live in a rural area and am blessed in that I can walk out my front door and hop on the bike. This set-up, however, has its downfalls. Leash laws are disregarded and a couple of 1/2 mile stretches can be somewhat isolated which is not always a safe thing for a woman.

Saw a total of six dogs wandering around but I gave my premptive warning which always seems to keep them in their yards. These dogs actually seemed oblivious to my being there. Saw a guy that looked like he was out of the movie Deliverance. Decided that I could out-sprint him if he messed with me. Fortunately, if my bike breaks down, the farthest I am away from my house at any point on the route is 3 miles. Of course, I carry my phone as I would rather my husband come pick me up rather than walk all the way home.