In a crazy (and fruitless) attempt to recapture my youth, I do look forward to the holiday break when inevitably we all have at least one set or one practice where our master's coach throws us a doozy set (and we may have a 2 hour practice instead of the usual 1.5 hour practice) - in an attempt to either try and get us in shape or simply have a chuckle or help us justify eating that extra piece of fruitcake.
Does anyone have any crazy/ insanely long and challenging set they would like to share?
I'll start. We had sort of a post thanksgiving distance free set that we just did:
100 FR @ 1:15
200 FR @ 2:30
300 FR @ 3:45
400 FR @ 5:00
500 FR @ 6:15
Three times through. All on 1:15 pace. (Goal is to do eventually make at 1:10 pace).
Total yardage is 4500 for the set.
Has anyone done the 100x100s? And at what pace? I'm sort of interested in trying that.
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In the spirit of insane holiday sets, I like the 12 50’s of Christmas.
1 – 50 easy
2 – 50’s choice
1 – 50 easy
3 – 50’s breath control 3-5-7 by 50
2 – 50’s choice
1 – 50 easy
…
Up to
…
12 – 50’s fast
11 – 50’s stroke choice
10 – 50’s moderate broken 500 pace
9 – 50’s 3 fly 3 back 3 ***
8 – 50’s breath control 3-5-7-9 by 50
7 – 50’s pull
6 – 50’s descend 1-3 and 4-6
5 – 50’s drill
4 – 50’s IM order
3 – 50’s kick
2 – 50’s choice
1 – 50 easy
Note: after about the third round someone usually catches on that the whole set is about 18K, so we jump right to the last set which is only 4K.
That is an awesome set! I might have to try that one, will have to do it on my own. If I suggested to our coach to do that, I would be banished from the group.
In the spirit of insane holiday sets, I like the 12 50’s of Christmas.
1 – 50 easy
2 – 50’s choice
1 – 50 easy
3 – 50’s breath control 3-5-7 by 50
2 – 50’s choice
1 – 50 easy
…
Up to
…
12 – 50’s fast
11 – 50’s stroke choice
10 – 50’s moderate broken 500 pace
9 – 50’s 3 fly 3 back 3 ***
8 – 50’s breath control 3-5-7-9 by 50
7 – 50’s pull
6 – 50’s descend 1-3 and 4-6
5 – 50’s drill
4 – 50’s IM order
3 – 50’s kick
2 – 50’s choice
1 – 50 easy
Note: after about the third round someone usually catches on that the whole set is about 18K, so we jump right to the last set which is only 4K.
That is an awesome set! I might have to try that one, will have to do it on my own. If I suggested to our coach to do that, I would be banished from the group.
