T minus 11 days until I race the long distance pentathlon (200 LCM back, 200 LCM free, 200 LCM ***, 200 LCM fly, and 400 LCM IM) against an unknown challenger. I have it on good authority that this mystery swimmer will be wearing a Mexican wrestling mask and will not remove it between events. There are also unsubstantiated rumors that this person uses performance enhancing carbohydrates and caffeine, and may have even considered sandbagging once before chickening out. I'm told that our gridge hinges upon our total pentathlon time, but the stakes of this gridge have not yet been revealed even to me. Who is this enigmatic maverick, and why has he never been photographed with Gotham's caped crusader Bat Guy?
Apropos of nothing, I think I'll mention my meet prep schedule for this mystery gridge.
Saturday - race pace 400 SCY IM - went 4:55 from a pushoff. I hate being so :censor: predictable, but what can you do?
Sunday - race pace 200 fly - went 2:18 from a pushoff. Later some weights. No more weights until after the gridge.
Monday - early meetings, no swimming, bike commuting only.
Tuesday - race pace 200 *** - goal is to finish without having to call 911 (or have it called on my behalf). Bonus points if no one yells "CLEAR!"
Wednesday - race pace 200 back - how many rafters are there? As your candidate, I pledge to find the answer!
Thursday - race pace 200 free - try once again to figure out proper pacing for this event when using a 6 beat kick throughout.
Friday - swim a double workout to trigger supercompensation effect on Sunday. I don't run anymore, might not have mentioned that here until now...
Saturday - swim a good workout in the morning. Travel later.
Sunday - :bed:wait that doesn't seem right...
I don't run anymore
Congratulations...I never started with that land based sport. I do run halfway down the pool in the morning for my deep water head first entry into the aquatic world. Everyone else is complaining about how cold it is as they ease their way in...just get in the easy way and it's all over with.
BTW...there is a LCM meet in the developmental stages for I believe the 23rd of July in Spokane. I think it's going to be at the Witter Pool. Cross your fingers, cause it's not official yet. I probably won't be in any kind of shape to do anything though by that time of the summer. I'll probably just be too busy working...though I hate to miss an opportunity to get wet!! :applaud:
It's getting closer...let's see now...
Sunday is the meet, Saturday I assume will be a travel day
That means that the race practice schedule for That Guy is (presumed):
Monday: 400 IM race pace - probably went a 4:55 SCY
Tuesday: 200 Fly race pace - chances are he'll be under 2:15 SCY negative split (I don't know how)
Wednesday: 200 *** race pace - 4:03 SCY at the 150 mark, calling for lifeguard assistance after the next minute or so.
Thursday: 200 Back race pace - 215 SDKs on the 1st length, desc. by 1 each length 2:18 SCY
Friday: 200 Free race pace - 6 beat kick or bust 1:57 SCY
James' plan for practice:
Monday: suffer through the recovery of the meet from last weekend
Tuesday: back is sore from work...may not practice (yeah right)
Wednesday: Get on it...probably just train middle dist. free
Thursday: Same thing, maybe a little Fly or IM
Friday: More of the same...No taper
My :2cents: bet for the meet is going to on jaadams1 by 7 seconds over That Guy for the win. Why would I bet against myself??
Good luck in Beaver country, gents!
Thanks Kirk! My confidence level has shot up now that I got my double in today. All that's left is a single workout tomorrow morning, a long drive tomorrow night, and :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: early Sunday morning so I'll be awake enough to gridge it out with Nacho Libre.
Thanks Kirk! My confidence level has shot up now that I got my double in today. All that's left is a single workout tomorrow morning, a long drive tomorrow night, and :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: early Sunday morning so I'll be awake enough to gridge it out with Nacho Libre.
:cheerleader: Gooooo That Guy! :cheerleader:
