Of Swimming Bondage

I am not sure if it was the salmon I ate for lunch yesterday or the salad from Trader Joe's for my "consultant's dinner," but I was rather in a writhing way by the time the evening rolled around and in no mood to set a morning alarm. I did finally manage to settle down well enough to sleep and started to feel better as the morning unfolded. By noon, I figured I could try a swim during a break in my commitments and I managed to get over to Burlingame to try my ZipFizz 200 workout. Given how crummy I felt swimming yesterday morning and physically last night, I wasn't expecting much ... and still can't explain how I did so well as I now feel crummy again:

Warmup sets (1,050 set)

• 1 x 300: IM, kick-drill-swim by 25s
• 4 x 100: on 1:20, free pull w/buoy, paddles & snorkel, descend 1:18 -> 1:01+
• 6 x 50: free swim descend w/snorkel, 3 on 0:40, 3 on 0:45
• 1 x 50: easy

Zipfizz 200s (2,450 set / 3,500 total)
The goal here is to really challenge yourself aerobically on the first set of 200s with an interval that is the fastest you can make 5 x 200s free on with high intensity. As the number of repeats get shorter and the rest more generous, the aim to get faster.

• 5 x 200: on 2:20
  
  • 08-29-13 - SCM - swim - 2:27+, 2:30, 2:28, 2:28, 2:28
  • 03-05-14 - SCY - swim - 2:11, 2:11, 2:11+, 2:10, 2:10
  • 08-20-15 - SCM - swim - 2:25, 2:27, 2:27, 2:29,2:31
  • 09-05-15 - SCM - w/buoy & paddles, 2:22, 2:21+, 2:22+, 2:21+, 2:20
  • 09-19-15 - SCM - w/buoy & paddles, 2:23s on all except last one where I was 2:24
  • 09-29-15 - SCY - 2:11, 2:12, 2:11+, 2:11, 2:09+
  • 10-13-15 - SCY - 2:12, 2:11+, 2:11, 2:11, 2:07
  
  
• 4 x 50: active recovery on 0:40, 0:50, 1:00, 1:20
• 3 x 200: on 2:35, descend
  
  • 08-29-13 - SCM - swim - 2:28, 2:23, 2:20
  • 03-05-14 - SCY - swim - 2:14, 2:10, 2:06
  • 08-20-15 - SCM - swim - 2:32, 2:34, 2:37
  • 09-05-15 - SCM - w/buoy - 2:23, 2:23, 2:24
  • 09-19-15 - SCM - w/buoy - 2:26, 2:24+++, 2:22
  • 09-29-15 - SCY - swim - 2:18, 2:11, 2:05
  • 10-13-15 - SCY - swim - 2:14+, 2:09+, 2:04+
  
  
• 4 x 50: active recovery on 0:45, 0:55, 1:05, 1:30
• 1 x 200: on 2:30
  
  • 08-29-13 - SCM - swim - 2:16
  • 03-05-14 - SCY - swim - 2:04
  • 08-20-15 - SCM - skipped
  • 09-05-15 - SCM - swim, 2:20
  • 09-19-15 - SCM - swim, 2:20
  • 09-29-15 - SCY - swim - 2:03
  • 10-13-15 - SCY - swim - 1:58
  
  
• 5 x 50: active recovery w/snorkel & buoy, 2 each on 0:45 and 0:50, 0:55

TOTAL: 3,500 SCY
Comments:

• I honestly cannot recall the last time I've done a sub 2:00 straight 200 free in a workout. By the end of that set, I just felt great ... but by the time I had cooled down and walked to the shower, I was feeling all woozy and wonky.
• Fortunately, today was a series of internal meetings, but I have three important client meetings tomorrow. I hope I can rally and whatever's coursing through my system really was just some bad food and is completely gone by tonight (or tomorrow morning at the latest).