Friday, May 8, 2009

Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

It was a rough morning. Last night's run was a pretty good knock, so I was moving slow to start the day. I figured, at least, I could make it to the pool, warm up, and see how things felt. As it turns out, I felt pretty good. I wasn't setting any records, but considering how tired I was, I can't be disappointed.

Once the warm-up was complete, we had a long pull set, so I could focus on my stroke, getting it as long as I could. My pace wasn't flying, but it was a nice solid effort. Then we did a 20x100 set, on a pace time, with every 5th as recovery. The first 10 were freestyle, and I kept good form with solid times. Then another ten on paddles, which fully exhausted the muscles. I tried to keep a full stroke with the paddles, but the last 25m of the last few sets was kind of ugly. So with all the good signs, there's still something to work on. Always some bad with the good.

Swim: w/u - OW simulation, 300 ez free, 300 ez pull
1000 pull, 1'
4x100 free, on 2:05 (1:38-1:43)
100 ez non-free
4x100 free, on 2:05 (1:40-1:48)
100 ez non-free
4x100 free w/paddles, on 2:05
100 ez non-free
4x100 pull w/paddles, on 2:05
100 ez non-free
c/d - 3600m

Run: 2.5 miles, ez

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