I've been working out with the age group/high school team in the mornings. I'm off this week so I didn't have to leave practice early to go to work. Went 5000 yards--the last time I did that Jimmy Carter was in the White House. Overall felt pretty good. Swam some fly, went 6:05 for a 500 free at the end of a distance set. Disclaimer--it took me two years to work up to this.
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Originally posted by aquageek
Saturday is usually the only morning where I can put in more yardage and usually only up to 4300. I'm finding, however, that the last 2000 is much more pleasant than the first 2000+. At about minute 45-50 I really feel pretty good, whereas the early sets wind me more. Is anyone else experiencing this when putting in higher yardage days?
I definitely need a lot of warmup. I tend to struggle with the first few repeats of the main set (especially if I don't swim a transition or pre-set first) but have learned not to get discouraged--usually my times get faster toward the end of the set and I feel a lot smoother.
On the other hand, some days I just plain suck.
Originally posted by aquageek
Saturday is usually the only morning where I can put in more yardage and usually only up to 4300. I'm finding, however, that the last 2000 is much more pleasant than the first 2000+. At about minute 45-50 I really feel pretty good, whereas the early sets wind me more. Is anyone else experiencing this when putting in higher yardage days?
I definitely need a lot of warmup. I tend to struggle with the first few repeats of the main set (especially if I don't swim a transition or pre-set first) but have learned not to get discouraged--usually my times get faster toward the end of the set and I feel a lot smoother.
On the other hand, some days I just plain suck.
