Fast Food Makes for Fast Swimming!

I decided to make this a tribute workout to my teammate Peony Munger, who passed away early this morning after over a year of battling pancreatic cancer. Many of you already know her story about the 1000+ miles of butterfly that she's done over the past few years, and tonight I wanted to do one for her. She will be missed. Love you Peony! Rest in peace.

News article: http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2...wimmer-passes/

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Warmup:

200 Free

Peony's Mile

1650 Fly
I originally planned on this being a straight swim, but 1/2way through it plans changed.
Went: 800 Fly then 1:00 rest (500 split was 6:25)
200 Fly then :20 rest
200 Fly then :20 rest
100 Fly then :10 rest
100 Fly then :10 rest
100 Fly then :15 rest
100 Fly then :15 rest
50 Fly

My total time was 24:30, so minus the breaks I was around 22:00 for the mile fly. I used my first break to stretch a little, and the smaller breaks gave me enough time for a few sips of Gatorade and time to keep going. Felt like a marathon swim, but can't compare to one the same way.

150 EZ Backstroke slooooooooooooow

500 Free EZ Pull (my neck and left shoulder were stiff here)

Now swam with Jared who was in the next lane over:

500 Free Swim
This turned out to be a race, though neither of us knew it going into the swim. We both started off easy, side by side. At the 150, Jared increased pace, I matched him. 250 increased pace again. At this point we knew it was a race to the finish. At the 350 Jared began to build even stronger, and I had to work to stay up. Going into the 425/450 we were about a 90% sprint, and the final length was no holding back. We pretty much tied at the finish (but I think I got him)
I was eyeballing the clock for our splits along the way:
200 - 2:30ish
300 - 3:40ihs
400 - 4:48ish
500 - 5:55
To be 2:30 at the 200 and finish under 6:00 was great.
At the end we both said to each other "I didn't know that was a race, but it ended up that way." That's what you get with competition, even in practice!

5 x 100 @ :15 rest
Odds Back w/ 4-5 SDKs each length
Evens Free w/ 4 SDKs off final turn

100 EZ

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3600 Yards

Now I just have to prepare myself for the 2 hour beatings that will be coming my way next week as I join the age group team for the first time in...uh...well since college...13 years.