Thursday, January 6, 2011

New Year's Swimming Resolution

My New Year's swimming resolution is to get in with my Masters swimmers whenever I can. The caveat is that I don't want to take up scarce lane space, and if there are more than 3 or 4 swimmers, I feel like I really need to be on the deck for observation and to manage the workout.

Today we had 7 swimmers, the most in a very long time, so I stayed on the deck. But I did get over to the Fulton Y and swam the workout at lunchtime. The Fulton pool didn't have the same chlorine stink as it did on Monday, but the water temp was almost unbearable. 87 frickin degrees. That's therapy pool temperature, and it's against health department guidelines for recreational pools. It's just too GD hot, and someone will have a heart attack. Anyway...

Warm-up: 400 easy swim, 4 x 50 @ R :15 - 25 kick/25 drill

3 x 200 pull on 3:30 with buoy/paddles - breathe every 3/5 by 50

With fins: Kick = fast, swim = easy
25 kick - 25 swim - 50 kick - 25 swim - 75 kick - 25 swim - 75 kick - 25 swim - 50 kick - 25 swim - 25 kick - 25 swim (450 total)

Do the following 4 times:
2 x 100 free on 1:45 - cruise
3 x 25 sprint on :35 - back/breast/free

Cool down - easy 100

Total - 2850

Longest swim workout I've done in years

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