Monday, January 7, 2008

The build begins

So it's time to get back on the schedule of 4:50 wake-up calls. Luckily, this will also be good training for the 3 am wake-up for race weekend. Today, after a good night's sleep, I was up and off for the first session this year in the long pool.

We had a good crowd this morning, I think with the new year, we'll be having some resolutionaries, and more people preparing for the next season. This wasn't a big problem, but if people aren't spacing themselves enough, I get a bit hesitant doing flip turns, since I don't want to fire back into someone. Otherwise, good session. We're obviously doing more volume, and less technical work. Today was shorter than last Wednesday, I guess to allow those people who had been out of a pool for two weeks to get comfortable again. Near the end, I could feel my form starting to suffer, so I had to concentrate more on the basics.

Swim: w/u: 4x100m (free, back, breast, pull)
Main set: 3x(
100m back, 10"
200m as (50m skill, 50m free/pull), 20"
300m ez free, 30"
2x50m (25m sprint, 25m ez free), 30")
Skills: 1) scull, 2) fist drill, 3) forearm flop
c/d: 2x50m breast, 50m free
Total: 2700m

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