It was finally time to rejoin the ranks in the pool. a year ago, you never would have predicted that I'd be so excited to go swimming I would be waking up before 4:50 alarm. I was pretty ready to get back to the swim club and start making the improvements for next season.
Since it's early in the season, this is the time to work on the parts of swimming that make you faster, but aren't just swimming fast. Those things are kicking and sculling, and lots of it. I jumped into my old lane, noticed that there had been some serious shuffling of lanes (one of my lanemates was now lane 2, a couple were lane 4, one of the lane 2 gents was back in lane 3 ... lots of movement), and started into the workout. I performed OK, but I know I need to work on my kicking, and I volunteered to be the end of the train for the sculling sets. I need some instruction on how to scull better, since I shouldn't be so slow when I can actually swim at a decent pace. I got in a good workout, not bad for the first time out a couple of months, and first swim in two weeks.
Here's to as much improvement this year as last. Two lanes to to go (assuming I don't get shuffled back to 4).
Swim: w/u - 200m each free, non-free, pull
3x200, 30" as 50 kick/25 left kick/25 right kick/100 ez free
100 ez non-free
12x50, 10" as 25 scull/25 pull (4 each high scull, mid scull, low scull)
10 ez non-free
8x100 ez non-free, on 2:20
Total: 2800m
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Sculling: Cup your hands and don't be afraid to get some wrist action in there.
Think back to being a kid and sticking your hand out of a moving car window. Remember the shape that gave you the most lift? Make that shape.
If you feel like you should be going faster, then start experimenting. Put your hand into as many different configurations as you can -- even ones that seem like they shouldn't work at all. Just keep trying different shapes and strokes...
Eventually, something will 'catch' the water in a serious way. Try to repeat that.
Watch synchronized swimmers -- those girls have incredible sculling technique.
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