Of Swimming Bondage

First 400IM SCM Test Set in almost two years

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pwb

, May 21st, 2016 at 06:03 PM (102 Views)

For a guy who really loves racing the 400 IM, I really don't seem to do a lot of them straight in workout. While I've done my 400 IM test set in SCY a few times since the summer of 2014, today's effort was the first time I've done it in SCM since July of 2014!

Warmup sets (1,750 set)

1 x 400: IM, kick-drill by 25
4 x 100: on 1:30, free descend swim w/snorkel (1:17, 1:15, 1:13+, 1:09+)
4 x 100: on 2:00, IM kick descend w/board (1:41+, 1:39, 1:36, 1:33+)
6 x 50: on 1:00, #1 and #6 cruise free, #2 to #5 IM order build

0:35, 0:37+, 0:42, 0:33

6 x 25: on 0:35, going 5-6-7-8 AFAP strokes off the wall on the first 4, cruise #5 and AFAP on #6; w/Finis Agility Paddles
1 x 100: easy

400 IM Test Set (2,050 set / 3,800 total)

8 x 50: on 1:00, 2 each stroke, build the odds and make sure the evens are at your target 400 IM race pace

In SCM, my dream is to approach the 4:39.8 I did in 2008 in a tech suit. That race was split 1:03.8, 1:11.5, 1:21.1, 1:03.4 so target 50 times would be 33.5 (2nd 50 of fly), 35+ (back), 40+ (breast) and 31+ (free)
My SCY splits to dream of would be 29+ fly, 31+ back, 36+ breast, 29.0 free
09/17/13 - 35+, 35, 42, 33
09/23/13 - 33, 35, 40+, 31+ (much better!)
10/06/13 - 34, 35, 41, 32 (a little sluggish)
10/27/13 - 33, 34+, 41, 31- (much better than expected)
10/30/13 - 33, 34, 40+++/41---, 31-
04/01/14 - 0:33, 0:35, 0:40+, 0:32
04/14/14 - 0:33+, 0:35+, 0:41, 0:31+
06/01/14 - 0:33+, 0:35, 0:42, 0:31
06/27/14 - 0:34, 0:35, 0:42, 0:32
07/27/14 - 0:35, 0:35, 0:42, 0:32
05/21/16 - 0:36, 0:37, 0:42, 0:33+

4 x 100: on 1:50, do as 100 IMs, descend to your target race pace divided by 4, ideally starting on #1 no slower than 12 seconds above that

SCM target would be to descend from 1:22 to 1:10
SCY target would be to descend from 1:14+ to 1:02+
09/17/13 - 1:23, 1:22, 1:19, 1:14
09/23/13 - 1:21, 1:19, 1:15, 1:12+
10/06/13 - 1:21, 1:17+, 1:14, 1:12-
10/27/13 - 1:21, 1:18, 1:15, 1:11+
10/30/13 - 1:21, 1:18, 1:14, 1:12
04/01/14 - 1:21, 1:19, 1:14, 1:13
04/14/14 - 1:20, 1:18, 1:13+, 1:11
06/01/14 - 1:22, 1:20, 1:15+, 1:13
06/27/14 - 1:20, 1:18, 1:14, 1:11+
07/27/14 - 1:20, 1:16, 1:14, 1:11
05/21/16 - 1:21+, 1:17, 1:15, 1:13

Masters Minute during which I did an easy 50 swim w/snorkel
2 x 200: on 3:20, build each stroke on #1, try to make #2 at your target 400 IM race pace divided by two (e.g., 2:20 in SCM, 2:05+ in SCY)

09/17/13 - 2:49, 2:38
09/23/13 - 2:49, 2:33
10/06/13 - 2:45, 2:33
10/27/13 - 2:43, 2:32
10/30/13 - 2:41, 2:30+
04/01/14 - 2:47, 2:36
04/14/14 - 2:48, 2:30
06/01/14 - 2:43, 2:32
06/27/14 - 2:43+, 2:31
07/27/14 - 2:45, 2:31
05/21/16 - 2:47, 2:35

4 x 50: active recovery, on 0:45, 0:50, 0:55, 1:30
1 x 400: IM on 6:00, AFAP, from blocks

09/17/13 - 5:36 (ugh-o-rama)
09/23/13 - 5:15
10/06/13 - 5:10 (1:11, 1:19, 1:30, 1:10)
10/27/13 - 5:20 (1:13, 1:21, 1:32, 1:14)
10/30/13 - 5:12 (1:14, 1:20, 1:28, 1:10)
04/01/14 - 5:21 (no splits)
04/14/14 - skipped it
06/01/14 - 5:13 (from dive)
06/27/14 - 5:08 (from dive) <= BEST EVER on this set
07/27/14 - skipped it
05/21/16 - 5:21+ (from dive)

4 x 50: active recovery, on 0:45, 0:50, 0:55

TOTAL: 3,800 SCM

Comments:

All things considered, this wasn't a bad performance.
While most of my training between here and La Jolla will be freestyle-centric, I am going to try to do this roughly every 3 weeks as, after La Jolla, I'll turn my attention to training for this event for the SCM season.