Perhaps there would be interest in a rotating blog--a different swimmer each week posting his or her workouts. This would provide some insight into what various individuals are doing across the country (or around the world for that matter).
My coach asked me not to post the entire workout every day, so I'll give something like a weekly (or so) summary of what I've done. If there was a very memorable set, I may share that a bit more.
Monday 3/6: focus on distance. We did a bunch of 400s, some straight through, some broken (on 100 or 50). The total distance was about 4,000.
Side note: I did a daytrip to the Grand Canyon (me driving the whole way) with some visitors to the area after workout. I would NOT recommend this, unless you really want to see the canyon and don't have more time. I drove the whole way up, around, and back. I do have some good pictures, maybe I'll post one later.
Tuesday 3/7: focus was on non-free. We did mostly 75s with them varying strokes (like fly-back-***, then back-***-free). I don't remember the total distance (maybe 3,000).
Side note: after getting swampped in the office after being out a day, I drove to Tucson Tues night, meetings there on Wed.
Wednesday 3/8: I worked out with the masters group at the U of A. This is where I first started masters swimming, the coach is the same (Jim Stites), he remembered me and I saw a few familiar faces.
The set was definitely a SPRINT set, something I don't usually do. It was kind of like a ladder, 3x100, then 75, 50, and 25. I really don't remember the times, they had some strange forumla for determining sendoffs, I just went 5 sec back and hoped the guy in front of me knew what he was doing. Total distance was about 3,000
After the morning workout, I had a 9am meeting, then drove all around the city doing site visits, met the visitors for lunch at a very granola sandwich shop near campus (they drove to/from Tucson on their own), left town about 4 to head back to Phoenix.
Thursday 3/9: was back with my group at ASU. Focus was on long sets, some recovery. I think it was a few 500s, some broken, one straight through and FAST. We had a guy in my lane who should have certainly been in a faster lane, my goal was to not get lapped in the fast 500 and I made it. The coach wanted us to make 6 min or less, I did 6:11. Total distance was about 3,500
Happy swimming!
Tim
My coach asked me not to post the entire workout every day, so I'll give something like a weekly (or so) summary of what I've done. If there was a very memorable set, I may share that a bit more.
Monday 3/6: focus on distance. We did a bunch of 400s, some straight through, some broken (on 100 or 50). The total distance was about 4,000.
Side note: I did a daytrip to the Grand Canyon (me driving the whole way) with some visitors to the area after workout. I would NOT recommend this, unless you really want to see the canyon and don't have more time. I drove the whole way up, around, and back. I do have some good pictures, maybe I'll post one later.
Tuesday 3/7: focus was on non-free. We did mostly 75s with them varying strokes (like fly-back-***, then back-***-free). I don't remember the total distance (maybe 3,000).
Side note: after getting swampped in the office after being out a day, I drove to Tucson Tues night, meetings there on Wed.
Wednesday 3/8: I worked out with the masters group at the U of A. This is where I first started masters swimming, the coach is the same (Jim Stites), he remembered me and I saw a few familiar faces.
The set was definitely a SPRINT set, something I don't usually do. It was kind of like a ladder, 3x100, then 75, 50, and 25. I really don't remember the times, they had some strange forumla for determining sendoffs, I just went 5 sec back and hoped the guy in front of me knew what he was doing. Total distance was about 3,000
After the morning workout, I had a 9am meeting, then drove all around the city doing site visits, met the visitors for lunch at a very granola sandwich shop near campus (they drove to/from Tucson on their own), left town about 4 to head back to Phoenix.
Thursday 3/9: was back with my group at ASU. Focus was on long sets, some recovery. I think it was a few 500s, some broken, one straight through and FAST. We had a guy in my lane who should have certainly been in a faster lane, my goal was to not get lapped in the fast 500 and I made it. The coach wanted us to make 6 min or less, I did 6:11. Total distance was about 3,500
Happy swimming!
Tim
