Coughing, Swimming and Gasping For Air
Friday, May 30, 2008
The headline says it all about this mornings swim practice. I was coughing, swimming and gasping for air. After thinking I was over my cold the chlorine somehow allowed my cough to come back. Damn! I came to workout already a bit tired and a little worried that I havn't been to a workout in a week. Yes, I did a lap swim on my own on Wednesday but I took it pretty easy. Luckily we had two fast lanes so I jumped in the slower of the two. Every so often during workout I coughed. Not too much but an annoyance to say the least. For warmup I took my time getting in the water so I only got in a 200 before we started the warm up set.
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Warm Up Set:
2x100 Free on 1:25
2x50's Free on 45
100 Kick on 2:00
8x25's Kick on 30
With little warm up and feeling a bit under the weather I actually held my own during the warm up set. In fact even with last nights run my kicking was a bit stronger than normal.
Main Set:
4x200 Free on 2:40
75 Drill on 1:20
4x150's on 2:10 (1 - freestyle, 2- 100 free / 50 stroke, 3- 50 free / 100 stroke, 4- all stroke. (I did backstroke for the stroke as it was choice. With my coughing I didn't want to even try to do it fly)
75 Drill on 1:20 (did a 25 and took a pee break, came back and waited for the next 60 (top of the clock) to begin the next part)
5x100's IM on 1:45
50 easy
The main set was on way too slow of an intervals for me. I was getting too much rest. But considering how I felt I thought the extra rest was important. It was pretty clear during the 4x200's free that even if I was coughing I was in pretty good shape for the workout today. Every 200 I was doing under 2:20. The other fast lane told me I should be swimming with them. But I really wanted the extra rest in case my cough got worse or I just got tired. As for my lane, well normally I'd be pissed at them for sitting out a lot of the set like they did but since I decided to go in the slower fast lane it was my choice to swim with them. I was nearly lapping them anyways.
Pull Set:
200 Free breathing every 3/5/57 by 50
8x50's on 55 Freestyle 1&5 good technique stretched out, 2/3/6/7 breathing every 5, 4 & 8 breathing 3 down and 1 back. I was using paddles so this was pretty easy.
Overall it was a good workout. I felt strong even with all the coughing. Oh and I still believe that a length of a pool is a lap.
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Warm Up Set:
2x100 Free on 1:25
2x50's Free on 45
100 Kick on 2:00
8x25's Kick on 30
With little warm up and feeling a bit under the weather I actually held my own during the warm up set. In fact even with last nights run my kicking was a bit stronger than normal.
Main Set:
4x200 Free on 2:40
75 Drill on 1:20
4x150's on 2:10 (1 - freestyle, 2- 100 free / 50 stroke, 3- 50 free / 100 stroke, 4- all stroke. (I did backstroke for the stroke as it was choice. With my coughing I didn't want to even try to do it fly)
75 Drill on 1:20 (did a 25 and took a pee break, came back and waited for the next 60 (top of the clock) to begin the next part)
5x100's IM on 1:45
50 easy
The main set was on way too slow of an intervals for me. I was getting too much rest. But considering how I felt I thought the extra rest was important. It was pretty clear during the 4x200's free that even if I was coughing I was in pretty good shape for the workout today. Every 200 I was doing under 2:20. The other fast lane told me I should be swimming with them. But I really wanted the extra rest in case my cough got worse or I just got tired. As for my lane, well normally I'd be pissed at them for sitting out a lot of the set like they did but since I decided to go in the slower fast lane it was my choice to swim with them. I was nearly lapping them anyways.
Pull Set:
200 Free breathing every 3/5/57 by 50
8x50's on 55 Freestyle 1&5 good technique stretched out, 2/3/6/7 breathing every 5, 4 & 8 breathing 3 down and 1 back. I was using paddles so this was pretty easy.
Overall it was a good workout. I felt strong even with all the coughing. Oh and I still believe that a length of a pool is a lap.
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