A Thanksgiving Practice to FEAST On!

[Editor]

by Kerry O'Brien

Featured in the November issue of STREAMLINES




Warm Up
Swim 300 – Kick 200 – Pull 200
***NOTE: If you are counting calories (yards), take smaller servings and save room for pie!

Set I – Pick Your Veggie:
Succotash (A Mixture of Strokes)
Swim 10 x (25 – 25 – 50)

• All on moderate intervals
• 25s are different, non-free strokes
• 50 is choice

(1000 yards)

OR:

Yams
Swim 8 x (75 – 50)

• All free
• 75s @ +5 interval
• 50s at +10 interval
• Descend last 3 50s

(1000 yards)

Set II – Choose Your Meat
White
Swim 10 x (25 – 50 – 75)

• All moderate intervals
• 25s are of one stroke
• 50s are of a second stroke
• 75s are of a third stroke
• You may change strokes from round to round

(1500 yards)

OR:

Dark
Swim 6 x (100 – 100 – 50)

• 1st 100@FPSO (Fastest possible send-off- fastest interval you can do)
• 2nd 100@+10 interval
• 50 is easy
• 1st 3 rounds, descend 100s@FPSO
• Last 3 rounds, descend 100s@+10 interval

(1500 yards)

Set III – The Stuffing
8 x (25 kick – 50 drill/swim)

• 25s are underwater dolphin kick on back/kick on back
• 50s are choice

(600 yards)

Set IV – Pumpkin Pie
Swim 24 x 25s

• Alternate: 3 on fast interval; 2 at moderate/1 easy

Pie with Whuppin’ Cream:

• Same set of 24, but any 12 are butterfly or hypoxic free

(600 yards)

TOTAL CALORIES: 4200 Yards

[Viva O Fear]

yum yum! That looks like a delicious workout!

[Celestial]

Too cute!! Now, if only there was a pool open on Thanksgiving!! You'll have to make up a similar one for the other holidays!! (I can only imagine Mother's and Father's Day!! or Independence Day! oh! or Labor day?)

[knelson]

Now, if only there was a pool open on Thanksgiving!!

I hear you. I always want to swim on Thanksgiving, but rarely find a place to do so.

[pedergraham]

We are going to do an abridged version of this at my masters workout tomorrow...7 to 8:15 am, then home to cook and eat!