SWIM: 2750y in 75 mins. I ate that peanut butter before I left the locker room!! YUM!! 200y easy WU, then 75y intervals as 25swim, 25kick, 25swim until 20 laps in. Main set was 4x300y with 30s rest. I was doing these in 6:20, but pushed on the last one to get 6:06. Not fast, but done.
Finished it off with 50y sets working on bilateral breathing, form, kicking, sculling, etc. Actually, it was "junk yards" since I was just killing time. I was too tired to get up early for Master's so I was on my own at the Y. My plan called for a 45 min swim but my goal is a 75 min on monday. I added to the intervals in the plan--which only called for a 2500y swim--but I finished my extended sets in 1hr 6mins. So the last 9 minutes were toying around in the pool just for peanut butter. YUM!! :D
I also used my Zoomers for the first time since my ankle injuries last fall. You wouldn't think that such a short fin would have that much impact on speed, but wearing those make me feel particularly speedy. I only wore them for the first few WU swim intervals then took them off to save my feet from further wear and tear. Actually the biggest benefit from wearing them was taking them off! It re-introduced the feel of water on my feet and made me aware of how inefficient my kick could be. While doing the 300y sets, I kicked through some of them and felt the difference. Some coaches advise us to kick more, it may be something worth working on.
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