There are really three groups left in the swim club: 1) those preparing for IM Canada or Kentucky (tapering); 2) those preparing for IM 70.3 Muskoka (like me); 3) those whose seasons are effectively over, and are just working to get faster next year. Although group two is the biggest right now, we're catering to those in group one. These folks are just starting their three-week taper, so the volume and intensity get worked down. In the lead-up to IMLP, this was when I was shifted to a faster lane, so that the taperers (making up my own words now) could hold the right pace, while I get my workout in. That may happen again in the coming weeks, but not today. Because today was harder than it looks on paper.
Today was hard efforts on short rest, and then hypoxic sets. This stuff kills me. It's probably my own competitive instinct, but doing back-to-back hard efforts on thirty seconds rest leaves me hanging on the edge of the pool after the second rep. Maybe the taper is only reducing volume, because the intensity is right there. But I have to assume this makes me faster. One nice feeling was the 200m moderate efforts, which felt about like Olympic pace (slower than sprint, faster than HIM), came in at 3:50 and 3:45 respectively. That's far from blazing, but this was the first time I've been better than 1:55/100m at an effort I felt I could keep up for quite a while.
Swim: w/u - 200m free, 4x25 kick/25 free, 200 pull, 50 drill/50 free
2x(200 free, moderate, 30"
2x100 as 50 hard/25 moderate/25 ez, 30"
2x100 hard, 30"
2x50 overkick, 30"), 1'
100 as 25 back/25 breast/50 free
4x50, 1', hypoxic (7 breaths, 7 breaths, ez, 6 breaths)
c/d - 50 back, 50 breast, 100 pull
Total: 2600m
Bike: 30 minutes, zone 1-2
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