Fast Food Makes for Fast Swimming!

Had the whole pool to myself for the lap swim tonight. It's really boring being there all by yourself too. Well, there were a couple deep-water water exercise ladies there, but I don't count them. (the deep tank is separated by a bulkhead).

Warmup:

300 Free
300 Free Pull
200 IM Drill
200 Kick w/ board

At this point, I was feeling tired from 10 hour days of work, plus the 4300 yard in 1 hour workout from yesterday. I didn't know what else to do with my time, so I figured I'd waste the next 40 minutes doing a bunch of kicking and fast stuff.

The fins I use are Speedo Biofuse Training Fins - they are weighted as well. The pair weighs about 3 pounds, so imagine kicking with another 1.5 pounds on each foot!

20 x 25 w/ fins @ :30

• Odds SDK on back (attempt to go 1/2way underwater) - after a lot of these reps it was getting tougher to do
• Evens Fast Fly w/ SDK to middle & then breathing 1 up, 2 down

100 EZ

20 x 25 Flutter Kick w/ board (no fins) @ :30 (held :20-21s)

100 EZ



Each of the following fast 100s was done on the 4:00 interval, since I don't really like to sit around on the wall...gets boring. The EZ 100s were just built in during the 4:00 interval.

Fins back on for:

1 x 100 Fly Fast from a push - went :59
I've been nearly this fast from a push without fins before, and I was feeling great till after the final turn. My legs were just dead! Plus trying to do open turns with fins is difficult.
100 EZ

1 x 100 Back Fast from a push - went 1:01 (good time)
I actually felt like a backstroker for about 53 yards or so...then my legs died, and my turnover slowed back down to James speed as I slugged home the final 2 lengths...

100 EZ

1 x 100 Breast w/ flutter kick"fast" from push - didn't even bother to look at the time. Probably could've gone faster with frog kick.

100 EZ

1 x 100 Free fast from a push - went :54
My legs just died on the 2nd 50, and my arms were feeling it too on the final 25.

100 EZ and outta here.

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3000 Yards


That's enough of that stuff for the summer!! I'd rather be swimming 100s/200s/etc of repeats on low rest than doing fast stuff with fins all the time. Very tough to do.

3 day meet starts on Friday!