It's entirely possible that this is the most shattered I've felt after swimming, not counting test days. (Those are inherently tough.) Granted, I've been pretty beat down for the last two weeks (and I seem to mention it every day), but right now, I just feel wiped out. But it's a good wiped out, because I'll be back stronger. Next week is recovery, and there's no swimming Monday due to the civic holiday, so I should be just fine.
The majority of the session went as usual this morning. Some half-IM pace work, a long easy pull set, and some sprints to "tenderize the meat". To keep with the meat analogy, usually we'd marinate it at that point, some more long sets or descending sets. But today we cooked it. On high heat. And I suffered. (Short sprints on short rest.) I didn't have my usual issue of not finishing my stroke today. I know this because my triceps are fried. Fun, but not fun, if you know what I mean.
When I got out of the pool, I said to the coach, "That last set, that was because we get five days to recover, wasn't it?"
And he laughed.
Swim: w/u - 200m each free, non-free, pull
4x50, 15" descending
3x(200 free, half-IM pace, 30"
100 ez non-free, 30")
500 ez pull, 1'
5x100, 30" (odd- sprint, even- ez non-free)
10x25 sprint/25 ez free, 15"
c/d - 100 non-free
Total: 3300m
Run: 5 miles @ 7.5 mph
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