40 More Miles To Swim!

Delay, delay and delay some more.  That was my morning mode of operation as I tried to get myself into swim gear.  Now I didn't set an alarm last night figuring if I was meant to swim I'd just wake up.  And I did a bit before 7am.  So I slowly got out of bed thinking I could leave around 7:30.  The lap swim opens at 7am and by 7:30am it's usually pretty empty as the 30 minuter's are done.  But then I thought I needed a workout so I went to my computer and looked at old workouts.  A bit of more delay tactic.  Then printed one up and got myself in my swim suit.  Then once at the pool I took my time getting the clock out and getting myself together.  I started swimming at 8:10am.

Here is the Main Set I printed up

	Main Set takes about 30 minutes
150	2x75 - 50 free/25 fly	110/115/120
100	2x50 - 25 back/25 free	45/50/55
100	4x25 breast	30/35/40
100	100 IM	130/145/200
100	100 free	130/140/200
150	2x75 - 50 free/25 back	110/115/120
100	2x50 - 25 breast/25 free	50/55/100
100	4x25 fly	25/30/35
100	100 IM	130/145/200
100	100 free	130/140/200
150	2x75 - 50 free/25 breast	115/120/125
100	2x50 - 25 fly/25 free	45/50/55
100	4x25 back	25/30/35
100	100 IM	130/145/200
100	100 free	130/140/200
2750

And here is the workout I swam:

Warm Up:
easy 300 free (300)
4x75's Pulling w/o Paddles on 1:15 breathing every 4 (300/600)
1    1:05.2     75     1:27
2    1:07.1     75     1:29
3    1:07.2     75     1:30
4    1:07.1     75     1:29
4x100's Pulling w/ Paddles on 1:45 (400/1000)
1    1:26.2     100     1:26
2    1:25.0     100     1:25
3    1:25.3     100     1:25
4    1:23.6     100     1:24

Main 1st Set:
2x75's 50 Free/25 Fly on 1:15 (150)
2x50's 25 Back/25 Free on 50 (100/250)
4x25's Breast on 25 (100/350)
100 IM on 1:45 (100/450)
100 Free No Interval (100/550) (took a pee break)
Now people started to arrive at the pool.  I didn't think any of the usual crowd was going to swim today.  But I did one more round of this set…
2x75's 50 Free / 25 Back on 1:15 (150/700)
2x50's 25 Breast / 25 Free on 55 (100/800)
4x25's Fly on 30 (100/900)
100 IM on 1:45 (100/1000)
100 Free on No Interval. (100/1100)
Stopped to continue swimming with my swim mates. (1200/2100)

1    :58.8     75     1:18
2    1:00.3     75     1:20
3    :43.9     50     1:28
4    :42.9     50     1:26
5    :24.9     25     1:39
6    :24.7     25     1:39
7    :25.6     25     1:43
8    :24.9     25     1:39
9    1:30.3     100     1:30
10    1:21.6     100     1:22
11    1:04.1     75     1:26
12    1:02.2     75     1:23
13    :45.4     50     1:31
14    :45.9     50     1:32
15    :17.4     25     1:09
16    :17.0     25     1:08
17    :16.9     25     1:07
18    :17.4     25     1:09
19    1:28.8     100     1:29
20    1:21.9     100     1:22

Warm Up-Ish Set:

6x50's 4 Kick / 2 Drill (300/2400)

Main 2nd Set:

4x25's Free breathing every 5 30  (100)
4x50's Breathing 5/3 vy 25 60 (200/300)
2x75's Drill/Kick/Build (150/450)
4x100's IM (400/850)
2x75's I forget.  Umm..something (150/1000)
4x50's Descend Free (200/1200)
4x25's Any, did FLY. (100/1300/3700)
1    :17.5     25     1:08
2    :18.6     25     1:15
3    :18.1     25     1:12
4    :18.5     25     1:14
5    :36.8     50     1:14
6    :36.3     50     1:13
7    :36.1     50     1:12
8    :35.8     50     1:12
9    1:02.7     50     1:33
10    1:03.9     50     2:08
11    1:27.7     75     1:57
12    1:28.3     100     1:28
13    1:29.5     100     1:30
14    1:30.1     100     1:30
15    1:02.7     75     1:24
16    1:02.7     75     1:24
17    :38.9     50     1:18
18    :35.4     50     1:11
19    :33.4     50     1:07
20    :31.4     50     1:03
21    :16.8     25     1:07
22    :16.9     25     1:07
23    :17.0     25     1:08
24    :16.3     25     1:05

Not bad a 3,700 yard workout.  After all the delay and not feeling like swimming I did feel good once I got going.  Not the best of times but I've swam slower.  I had thought of swimming that last round from the earlier workout but decided I should call it a day. 

My Progress for Go The Distance 2013
Month    Total Distance
Jan    6.96 miles (=12,250 yards, =11,201 meters)
Feb    6.25 miles (=11,000 yards, =10,058 meters)
Mar    2.50 miles (=4,400 yards, =4,023 meters)
Apr    7.02 miles (=12,350 yards, =11,293 meters)
May    7.10 miles (=12,500 yards, =11,430 meters)
Jun    12.10 miles (=21,300 yards, =19,477 meters)
Jul    13.44 miles (=23,650 yards, =21,626 meters)
Aug    6.69 miles (=11,775 yards, =10,767 meters)
Total    62.06 miles (=109,225 yards, =99,875 meters)

Ugh.  I got two weeks to double my yardage if I want to keep rolling up every month.  It's hard to be motivated to go swim on my own.  Oh well.  One thing I know is that I got to break 100 miles for the year.