So here was a pretty tough practice that I had with the Senior I kids yesterday. Coach said we won't do this kind of thing too often. It's the beginning of the long course season although this practice was done SCY.
I don't recommend that any masters do it unless they are Dennis Baker or Chris Stevenson and I'm sure this would be a piece of cake for them.
I did, however, have a great time and maybe this will help me in the 5K and 10K postal. Maybe not.
Quick Warm Up
300 Choice
3x200 Right/ Left/ Drill/ Swim Free by 50s @ 2:45
4x125 @ 1:40 Free/ Fly by 25s
Main Set
50x100
1-10 w/ FINS @ 1:20 Odds: Dolphin Kick on Back/ Evens: Kick on Side
Held about 1:05 or 1:10 Easy/ No problem
11-20 @ 1:20 Catch Up Free Drill Easy/ No problem; held 1:10s
21-30 Free @ 1:15 Easy/ No problem; held under 1:10 (between 6-9)
31-40 IM @ 1:25; Started feeling a bit puky around #36; made all of them and had around 6 seconds rest for all 10; kicking myself for not focusing more on IM; here's where the kids either excelled or started to fall apart
41-50 Free @ 1:10; held 1:05s; feeling pretty bad around #46 but after all that, wanted to finish the darn set
Last little thing - 3x200 Free @ 3:00 #1 Easy/ #2 Build/ #3 Fast - the gal next to me went a 1:57 on the last one. She beat everyone in the pool.
I skipped dry land as I was "toasty." Felt back to normal after a shower and a drink w/ my husband.
I was really impressed with the kids. No cheating (very minimal and the coach yelled at them when there was some cutting corners like swimming free into the wall on *** in the IMs) and they left on the correct intervals. They gave it all they got. I went out too hard on the first 30 and I think that's why I had trouble with some of the IMs and the last 5 on free. We all high 5'd eachother afterwards. Was really nice.
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Did you make all the swims on the 1:15 base? That's pretty hard core if so. I did a set of 5x800 last weekend and could only manage an average of around 10:40 (1:20/100) and that was with lots of rest.
Yeah. It was tight, but it was also a huge breakthrough day for me. I'm actually sort of anxious to see if I can repeat it or if was a fluke! I typically hold 1:20s - great job on the 5x800s by the way. I've been swimming with SR I for a couple of months now and I think that it's made a huge difference. Regardless of how I perform in meets, it's darn fun to hang with the kids.
You go Geek. It is so important to find people your speed to do this set with. I would never have made it without the kids who were around my speed (or slightly faster/ slower).
Chris, well, I do have a 10K coming up. So maybe that set will prove useful.
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Did you make all the swims on the 1:15 base? That's pretty hard core if so. I did a set of 5x800 last weekend and could only manage an average of around 10:40 (1:20/100) and that was with lots of rest.
Yeah. It was tight, but it was also a huge breakthrough day for me. I'm actually sort of anxious to see if I can repeat it or if was a fluke! I typically hold 1:20s - great job on the 5x800s by the way. I've been swimming with SR I for a couple of months now and I think that it's made a huge difference. Regardless of how I perform in meets, it's darn fun to hang with the kids.
You go Geek. It is so important to find people your speed to do this set with. I would never have made it without the kids who were around my speed (or slightly faster/ slower).
Chris, well, I do have a 10K coming up. So maybe that set will prove useful.
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