If I Could Turn Back Time

Date: Friday, March 16, 2012
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: Mansfield, TX
Short Course Yards
101 days to Olympic Trials

300 warmup

5x100 :15 rest
75 free/25 kick

Six rounds:
150 free on 2:10
2x25 breast double pullouts on :35

3x100 back on 1:25
:20 extra rest (to put on fins)
3x50 fly on :55
:30 extra rest

3x100 back on 1:25
:20 extra rest (to put on fins)
3x50 fly on :50
:30 extra rest

3x100 back on 1:25
:20 extra rest (to put on fins)
3x50 fly on :45
:30 extra rest

8x25 free on :30, one breath per 25

Total: 3,550 yards (75 minutes)


This workout was an exact copy of a workout done on January 2. I was out of ideas for today's workout, and needed something that was pretty tough but not exactly a sprint workout. I took out my workout book and opened a random page and picked the first non-sprint workout I saw. As much as I don't like butterfly, I needed to do it for the mental toughness and to help my IM. I remembered this workout well. It was with the UCLA Masters group, and not many people were able to do it then. I was happy that I was able to do it then, and I made it through just fine today.

I did chicken out and use fins for the butterfly swims. I justified it in the sense that I wanted to strengthen my legs, but all I thought about was all the Masters swimmers I see who put on their fins to make a set easier. I'm not sure if the fins made the set easier, but I did hold 30 seconds on each 50, and I don't think I would have done that without fins, because my fly kick isn't very good. In hindsight, I should have not worn the fins.

Not much else to report on today's workout. I am very glad I made it through it without quitting, but I am sure that is starting to sound like a broken record. And since I'll be doing more solo workouts for the next nine days, I'll stop carping on working out alone.