Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Time: 5:45 a.m.
Short Course Meters
307 days to Trials
300 warmup: 150 free/50 back/50 breast/50 free
8x100 IM on 1:45 (odd: regular IM order, even: reverse IM order)
16x25 kick on :30, no freestyle kick and no board (all done breaststroke)
4x(3x75 on 1:20, #1 25 fly/25 back/25 breast, #2 25 back/25 breast/25 free, #3 stroke descend 1-4)
Swam backstroke on the stroke 75s: 1:05, 1:00, :55, :47
300 backstroke drill
16x50 on 1:00, 4 of each stroke descending by rounds (fastest times -- fly: 32.1, back: 31.8, breast: 35.2, free: 29.2)
100 warm down
Total workout distance: 3600 meters
I had planned to do breaststroke on the stroke 75s descend, but I was feeling some tightness in my left hamstring, which was the muscle bothering me yesterday that caused me to skip part of workout to stretch. Not sure why that hamstring is tight, and it's still bothering me, even though I stretched for five minutes after workout.
When I'm getting back into shape, the only stroke that feels good is backstroke. Today it felt good, until I had to do the fastest 75 in the main set. Couldn't get the muscles firing just yet. In about a week, I should be able to do real sprinting!
As for the set of 50s at the end, since I knew I wasn't ready for all-out sprinting, I held pace on the strokes equivalent to my 200 IM pace. I was right on track, if you subtract two seconds from the fly for the start, for a 2:07 short course meters 200 IM. That's my goal for my shave meet this fall. I haven't officially picked that meet, but it's likely to be in mid-December at the pool I train at every day.
So excited that you are doing this!! Now I can "steal" some workouts to get myself back in shape after the baby! Swam for the first time Saturday and boy was I rusty! I'm going to have to train on my own for awhile until our schedules work that I can go swim with a team...I'm hoping to make long course nationals so that I can stick around for trials!!! You are going to do great, and are such an inspiration!
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