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).
Here was my lane's workout from this morning (lane 3, with 1 being the fastest)
Coaches on deck: Matt Rankin (formerly of Phoenix Swim Club/Brophy East) and Bethany Larson
600-800 easy warmup
A quick set with 2 of the following supposed to be FAST. We went right into the kick, and intervals varied, but we got about 45 to 60 sec rest (total of 1200 yds) I don't remember all of my times but included a few:
75
50 kick recovery (no board)
100 (came in on 1:08, about avg for me)
50 kick recovery (no board)
125
50 kick recovery (no board)
150
50 kick recovery (no board)
175
50 kick recovery (no board)
200 (came in on 2:18, which isn't bad for me, but was getting pushed by Camilla Johanssen doing back)
50 kick recovery (no board)
75 easy
Then we did a kick set with no breaks (total 800 yds):
25 easy, 25 fast
50 easy, 50 fast
75 easy, 75 fast
100 easy, 100 fast
75 easy, 75 fast
50 easy, 50 fast
25 easy, 25 fast
Lastly, we did 4x50 on 1:10 with an emphasis on the kick (200 yds).
After that, I did a 200 warm down.
Total I did was about 3,000 yds.
I am training alone with workouts from everywhere, I did not train yesterday because a Thunderstorm but here is what I did on Thuesday:
SCM:
400 free streaching (warm up)
8x100 @1:45 under 1:30
4X200 @ 3:10 under 3:00
8x50 @ :50 under :20
8x100:
- 1 to 4: 50 free, 50 backstoke @ 2:00
- 5 to 8: 75 free, 25 fly @1:45
8x25 @ :30 under :15
200 free (warm down)
Alex.
Hey Sam--I added the coach at the top, yes Matt is coaching...Tue-Wed-Thurs mornings, maybe others but I go mornings. He is GREAT!!!
Today: Coaches on deck: Simon Percy and Bethany Larson
In lane 3 again, with 4 other guys
Warmup: supposed to be 500, made up of 50s, 25 drill, 25 swim, I just did about 500 swim, some drills periodically
Main set:
I: 8x100 @ 1:25, descending 1-4 and 5-8, did 1:08 on 4, 1:10 on 8
II: 6x200 @ 2:45, descending 1-6
came in on about 2:20 on the last
III: 4x100 @1:15, then right into 4x100 @ 1:20
held steady on the 1st 4, went about 1:07 on the final, ran into the guys in front of me.
200 easy cool down
total: 3500
Originally posted by gull80
Mark Doyle and I shared a lane, as usual.
Seeing this has prompted an age old question of mine. If you are sharing a lane in practice with only one other person (assuming same or similar ability) do you split or circle? I usually circle but that's just a force of habit.
I'm game! I'd love to know what everyone else is up to and share what's going on with me in the pool too (shades of As The Swimming World Turns, anyone? :p
Hi Keather! I miss you
Nice to hear from you again Kari.....I guess you've been busy with other stuff eh? The As the Swimming World Turns Thread eventually evolved into an NSR thread....the link to the NSR site can be found under the discussion thread titled "Training for a Meet With No Water" which was started by Seagurl (AKA Kyra)....the link is on the first page of the thread (which is now located near the top of page 2 of this board).....Nobody wants to leave messages there anymore so maybe you can liven the place up a bit with a suprise visit?
Newmastersswimmer
Swam with the age groupers today, coached by "Hop" (Steve Hopkinson). Mark Doyle and I shared a lane, as usual. Our Masters team has workouts Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings.
Warm up: 600 free
300 pull
300 drill/kick
Pre set: 8x75 @ 1:05, a mix of swim, kick, and drill
Main set: 4x100 @ 2:00, hold 1:10 or better (I averaged 1:08)
6x25 @ :25 alternate fly/free
3x100 @ 2:00, hold 1:05 or better (I averaged 1:04)
6x25 @ :25 alternate back/free
2x100 @ 2:00, hold 1:00 or better (I went 1:00.2
and 1:00.5)
Warm down: 200 easy
Total: 3200 yards
My 14 year old daughter, who is gaining on me, swam in the lane next to us and stayed with us on the first 4 100s. She had to get out early for school and didn't finish the set.
circles.....I find that when you split you can't swim butterfly well when you are right niext to someone else at the start of each sendoff....also things can get crowded swimming just freestyle with some swimmers I swim with.....better to just stick with circles ......IMHO only of course!
Nemastersswimmer
Right now I'm not sure if I am going to make it to worlds......I hope I can still make it....but I have recently aquired some obstacles that have to be dealt with.....It's great to hear from you too.....I'll keep y'all posted about Worlds when it gets a little closer.
Newmastersswimmer
