Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Drill volume speed

Once warm-up was completed for this morning's swim, there were three chalkboards greeting us with the three sections of today's workout. First off was some simple drill work. Nothing extensive, but some good form pointers to remember for the rest of the day. Then we'd get into some volume work, in the form of descending 300s. I went a little too quick here, but once you get in the mindset of having to descend, any plans for "slow/mod-slow/moderate" become "mod-slow/moderate/tempo". I'm still having trouble finishing my stroke at harder efforts. It seems to be first thing to fall off once I start upping the intensity. We finished the day with a set of 50s to build some speed. We were sent off at the same interval, so we had people to race. I didn't bother looking at Lane 2, and instead focused on beating my competition from Lane 4. Which I did, with Phelpsian margins (1/100 of a second, or thereabouts). Felt like a good day, so now I rest.

Swim: w/u - 200yds each free, non-free, pull
2x100 as 25 stretch/25 stroke count, 15"
2x100 as 25 finish/25 stroke count, 15"
3x300 free descending, 30" (5:25, 5:15, 4:58)
5x50 sprint on 1:30
c/d - 50 non-free
Total: 2200yds

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