please bear with me while I brag!
Let me remind you .... 2 months ago, in a LCM meet (and my first meet ever) I was doing 1:58 in 100 free!!!! I just started swimming, just over 3 months ago, first time ever, at the age of 34.
This afternoon at the workout the coach had us doing 4x100, on 4 minutes, no holding back race sets. (SCM pool)
I did 1:27, 1:30, 1:33 and 1:31 :)
The coach was very very pleasantly surprised... I was so surprised I thought he was reading off someone else's time!
Earlier in the workout he commented how my stroke is looking really good. Couple other teammates commented on my stroke looking good in last couple of weeks as well...
I'm vevy vevy excited... I think I feel a touchdown dance coming on... ;)
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Our coach has us do "speed work" on Wednesdays. The main set is (10) 100's on 1:40 with an emphasis on a controlled effort (not all out sprinting). .
Since getting back into the swing of things about a year and a half ago, I've found that this pace is fairly manageable to hold with enough rest. When the interval gets tighter (1:30-1:20) it's more difficult to maintain anything much lower than 1:05's. I really enjoy competition and have put an effort on quality workouts. The weekly yardage is only around 15,000 compared to about 50,000 from school days. It would be very rewarding to approach those times again with only a third of the workout distance.
I can only wonder if we didn't empty out so many beer kegs during our youth if we could have been faster? Our swimming and water polo squad could not only swim like fish, but we drank like them too.:D
Our coach has us do "speed work" on Wednesdays. The main set is (10) 100's on 1:40 with an emphasis on a controlled effort (not all out sprinting). .
Since getting back into the swing of things about a year and a half ago, I've found that this pace is fairly manageable to hold with enough rest. When the interval gets tighter (1:30-1:20) it's more difficult to maintain anything much lower than 1:05's. I really enjoy competition and have put an effort on quality workouts. The weekly yardage is only around 15,000 compared to about 50,000 from school days. It would be very rewarding to approach those times again with only a third of the workout distance.
I can only wonder if we didn't empty out so many beer kegs during our youth if we could have been faster? Our swimming and water polo squad could not only swim like fish, but we drank like them too.:D
