Vaccines are coming. Next Fall/Winter (2021/2022) might be normal. There is a light at the end of this tunnel.
So let's look forward, shall we?
I once thought that I'd do sub 6min 400m by the end of 2019. **** happened.
Then I thought I'd do sub 6min 400m by the end of 2020. Other **** happened.
Now I think.....well.....see my sig.
How about you?
(Edit: Wow! Auto-correct of a naughty word for excrement!)
Would love to hear how many times per week you swim and how many of these are longer 4-5k aerobic workouts... I see your blog but wondering just broad strokes how you are scheduling your workouts.
So it depends upon the time of year. Just was finishing up another base building phase. I was doing about 30k a week for about 4 weeks there, swimming every day. Developed a smidgen of "swimmer's shoulder" in my left shoulder, so I have been doing A LOT of kicking the past two weeks, and probably will continue kicking for the foreseeable future (saw doc today, no issues, just needs some rest). But during my aerobic phase I was doing mostly longer aerobic stuff, a dash of speed here and there, and ALWAYS some sort of quality speed set on Saturdays. When I have mended, I will be transitioning to speed/pace work most days, and drop down to 3-4k per workout (down from 4.5-6k before).
Also was following this schedule pretty regularly from September through mid-November:
Monday: Long Aerobic (6k ish)
Tuesday: I.M. or Recovery (4-5k)
Wednesday: Speed work (3.5-5k)
Thursday: I.M. or Recovery, whichever I need more and depending on what I did Tuesday (4-5k)
Friday: wildcard, maybe buckets, maybe speed work, maybe just drilling (2.5-4.5k)
Saturday: quality and speed diving off blocks (3-4k)
Sunday: OFF or Long Easy Aerobic (0-4k)
Would love to hear how many times per week you swim and how many of these are longer 4-5k aerobic workouts... I see your blog but wondering just broad strokes how you are scheduling your workouts.
So it depends upon the time of year. Just was finishing up another base building phase. I was doing about 30k a week for about 4 weeks there, swimming every day. Developed a smidgen of "swimmer's shoulder" in my left shoulder, so I have been doing A LOT of kicking the past two weeks, and probably will continue kicking for the foreseeable future (saw doc today, no issues, just needs some rest). But during my aerobic phase I was doing mostly longer aerobic stuff, a dash of speed here and there, and ALWAYS some sort of quality speed set on Saturdays. When I have mended, I will be transitioning to speed/pace work most days, and drop down to 3-4k per workout (down from 4.5-6k before).
Also was following this schedule pretty regularly from September through mid-November:
Monday: Long Aerobic (6k ish)
Tuesday: I.M. or Recovery (4-5k)
Wednesday: Speed work (3.5-5k)
Thursday: I.M. or Recovery, whichever I need more and depending on what I did Tuesday (4-5k)
Friday: wildcard, maybe buckets, maybe speed work, maybe just drilling (2.5-4.5k)
Saturday: quality and speed diving off blocks (3-4k)
Sunday: OFF or Long Easy Aerobic (0-4k)
