I really like my toys and will continue to use them. The mix will be both distance and sprints. My focus for this year is to maintain my 200 fly time.
Back to basics today. 2x550 free 8x50@1:00 25 fly/25 free 8x150@2:30 free w/paddles & bouy 1-4 mod 5-8 fast held 2:10 on mod and 2:05 on fast 3x150@3:00 as 50 fly/100 free 350 free EZ Total 3500 yards
I wanted an easy day but there wasn't enough lane space. 6x100 free 20x50 free on :20, :15, :10, :05 RI 2x500 free for time descend went 7:17 and 7:07 4 times thru 1 of each stroke 75 drill 25 swim Total 3000 yards
This was my first day in 2 weeks that I was not on-call at my job. I did a straight 1 hour swim SCY and was able to do 3900 averaging 1:32's. Finished with a 100 kick and a 200 EASY swim. Probably not enough but that was all the time I had. Friday I am going to do LCM and see how far I can get. Total 4200 yards.
It is always good to have a good set even when your not 100%. 500 free 500 free kick w/zoomers 10x100@1:40 free went 1:33, 1:34, 1:33, 1:33, 1:33, 1:30, 1:30, 1:30, 1:30, 1:28 500 free kick w/zoomers 500 free Total 3000 yards
My fly felt strong again. Free without paddles is a little strange but NO paddles for the next 3 weeks. 8x50@1:00 free 5x200@3:30 free went 2:59, 2:57, 2:55, 2:55, 2:52 12x25@:30 2 fly 1 free 100 free moderate 200 free fast went 2:49 100 free easy 6x50@1:00 IM 200 free EZ Total 2600 yards
My fly actually felt fairly good today. 500 free 500 free kick w/zoomers 400 IM in 7:17 200 breast kick 400 IM in 7:08 500 free kick w/zoomers 500 free total 3000 yards
I have been swimming just not blogging my workouts last week. Last day using paddles was Friday. Now I am paddleless until my swim. I have one more week of on-call which means this week is sets of 500 so I can check my pager frequently enough. I know this really bites for a distance swimmer. 500 free 500 free kick w/zoomers 10x100@1:40 free holding 1:27's 500 free kick w/zoomers 500 free w/snorkel as kick to 15m then swim the rest of the 100 Total 3000 yards
Today was the last day I could do a long swim for 2 weeks since I go on-call today. But since I really didn't feel well I decided to go with my body and take it easy. 500 free in 8:10 500 free kick w/zoomers 500 free in 7:43 500 free kick w/zoomers 500 free in 7:29 500 free kick w/zoomers Total 3000 yards
Next week I go on call which means today and Monday are my last times to do some long swims before I have to check my pager ever 15 minutes. I'll be on call for 2 weeks. Not looking forward to it. Today I did really well with this even with setting my heart rate up a little to high on the last 1000. With having to do open turns and slower swimming for 4 laps my last swim was still faster than my first 3. 4x1000@17:00 free #1 was 15:55, #2 was 15:37, #3 was 15:17 and #4 was 15:10 500 Free kick w/zoomers 500 free EZ Total 5000 yards
Today was easy, I need that so that I can do tomorrow hard since it is LCM tomorrow. The first 400 IM felt terrible, the second one felt much better. 500 free 500 free kick w/zoomers 400 IM in 7:45 200 breast kick 400 IM in 7:00 5x100@1:50 free w/snorkel 300 free kick w/zoomers 200 free EASY Total 3000 yards
Did good descending set today. 500 free 500 free kick w/zoomers 10x100@1:30 free w/paddles & bouy descend 1-5 and 6-10 went 1:26, 1:25, 1:24, 1:23, 1:21, 1:23, 1:22, 1:21, 1:20, 1:19 500 free kick w/zoomers 5x100@1:25 free w/paddles & bouy hold pace 1:20 500 free EASY! Total 3500 yards
Lack of sleep combined with a bad back... I needed some dolphin motion. 500 free 500 free kick w/zoomers 250 fly scull drill w/zoomers & snorkel 250 torque drill w/snorkel & bouy 250 angel arm fly w/snorkel & bouy 250 1 arm fly alt 25 rt/25 lt 300 free kick w/zoomers 200 free Total 2500 yards
Super 500 day today. I am starting to split back out on my own some with my workouts. Now that we are short course I really can't keep up with Mike so I take the extra lane for a while. 500 free 5 times thru #1 kick w/zoomers, #2 swim, #3 w/snorkle, #4 kick w/zoomers, #5 25's fly 50's back and 75's free 25@:30 75@1:30 50@1:00 25@:30 25@:30 50@1:00 50@1:00 75@1:30 25@:30 50@1:00 25@:30 25@:30 200 free EZ Total 3200 yards
This was an interesting one. Recovering much better since I had a day of just plain PIGGING OUT! 400 free 400 MI (backward IM) 4x150@2:30 free w/paddles & buoy 6x50@1:00 free 4x150@2:30 free w/paddles & buoy 6x50@1:00 free 300 as 25 double arm back/75 free 10x25@:30 odds stroke, evens free 50 free EZ 10x50@1:00 free 500 free kick w/zoomers Total 4200 meters
Hot water and chemicals off, not a good combination. 300 free 4x150 free w/paddles & bouy 10x50@1:00 free 8x100@1:40 free w/paddles & bouy 600 free w/paddles & bouy negative split by 200 4x50@1:00 free 300 as 25 kick/25 drill/25 swim Total 3300 meters
Yesterday I could not stop eating. Really blew my dietbig time but I am going to try to correct that today. Started with an easy workout, hope the rest of the day goes well. 1000 free 500 free kick w/zoomers 3x200@5 fly w/zoomers as 50 rt arm/50 lt arm/50 kick/50 swim 200 free kick w/zoomers 200 free w/snorkel Total 2500 meters
This was a tough swim when you do the stroke work. I did alittle fly on some but mostly free. The really bad news is this is the last week of long course, next week we are back to short course. 400 free 300 free w/paddles & bouy 3x100@1:40 free w/paddles & bouy 300 free w/paddles & bouy 200 free w/paddles & bouy 200 free w/bouy 66x25@:30 #1-11 free #12-21 stroke #22-30 free #31-38 stroke #39-45 free #46-51 stroke #52-56 free #57-60 stroke #61-63 free #64-65 stroke #66 free 150 free EASY Total 3500 meters
A test swim today a straight 2000 meter swim. I was right were I need to be. 2000 in 36:23 500 free kick w/zoomers 500 free easy total 3000 meters
This was a combination with one tough set and one easier one. 2x200 free 10x100@1:40 free w/paddles & bouy 4x50@1:00 free w/paddles & bouy 100 free easy w/paddles & bouy 3x50@1:00 free w/paddles & bouy 100 free easy w/paddles & bouy 2x50@1:00 free w/paddles & bouy 100 free easy w/paddles & bouy 1x50@1:00 free w/paddles & bouy 100 free easy w/paddles & bouy 1x50@1:00 free w/paddles & bouy 100 free easy w/paddles & bouy 2x50@1:00 free w/paddles & bouy 100 free easy w/paddles & bouy 3x50@1:00 free w/paddles & bouy 100 free easy w/paddles & bouy 4x50@1:00 free w/paddles & bouy 100 free easy Total 3200 meters
300 free 4x100@1:45 free w/paddles & bouy 300 free w/paddles & bouy 200 free drill 100 free 3 times thru 3x100@1:40 free w/paddles & bouy 300 free w/paddles & bouy 200 free EZ Total 3500 meters