The Christmas Song

Date: December 25, 2011
Time: 12:15 p.m.
Location: Tucson, AZ
Short Course Yards
183 days to Olympic Trials


300 warmup

Four rounds, all swum with short fins and descended by rounds:
200 free on 3:00
150 back on 2:15
100 breast on 1:45
50 fly on 1:30
(Last round: 2:08, 1:42, 1:08. :29)

200 easy

4x15 breast breakouts on :45

8x50 free on 1:00, breathe every 6

100 easy

2x50 breast fast from push (29.5 on both)

8x50 back on 1:00 recovery

Total: 3,600 yards (70 minutes)

The following is sung in the tune of "The Christmas Song":

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Sunblock slathered on my nose
Backstroke flags blowing hard on a wire
I stretch my arms and say "Well, here it goes."
Everybody knows
A pace clock and a sun that glows
Help to make a workout bright
Judging by my workout I know,
I won't find it hard to sleep tonight
I know that Olympic Trials is on its way
That's why I needed to swim hard on Christmas Day
And every swimming coach is gonna spy
To see if this breaststroker really does butterfly
And so I'm offering this simple phrase
To kids from 1 to 92
Don't know if it's been said many times, but anyways
Swim on Christmas
Koo-koo-kachoo