What Would Make A Swimmer Happy Workout.
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Actually I guess it wasn't happy but the question that was asked of me was "What would make Florida better for you?" I kept thinking about that while swimming today since I really had a hard time getting myself motivated to swim. The first 30 minutes of swimming was lot's of stopping and going. I haven't swam in a week and my body was feeling it. It felt great in that I could feel my muscles stretching as I swam.
The Never Ending Warm Up:
2x100 Swim
2x100 Pull no paddles.
4x25's. I messed up the Garmin Swim so it recorded 1x25 but at 3:33. I forgot what I did here. I think just pulling. (500)
1st Swim Set:
3x75's 50 Free/25 Stroke (IM Order) on 1:15 (225)
3x50's 25 Free/25 Stroke (IM Order) on 60 (150/375)
3x25's IM Order on 30 (75/450/950)
1 :59.4 75 1:19
2 1:05.0 75 1:27
3 1:07.4 75 1:30
4 :39.7 50 1:20
5 :44.2 50 1:28
6 :45.6 50 1:31
7 :17.7 25 1:11
8 :22.0 25 1:28
9 :24.9 25 1:40
2nd Swim Set:
2x100's on something swimming something. Was it pull? (200/1150)
1 1:23.5 100 1:23
2 1:23.2 100 1:23
200 Kick (200/1350)
A 50? I guess so. (50/1400) I do think I swam more then that. I think I messed up the watch and it was a 200 of something. Oh well.
8x25's on 30. I think I did some stroke but don't really remember. (200/1600)
1 :18.9 25 1:15
2 :23.9 25 1:36
3 :24.5 25 1:38
4 :20.9 25 1:24
5 :17.8 25 1:11
6 :24.2 25 1:37
7 :25.4 25 1:41
8 :21.2 25 1:25
1,000 Pulling w/Paddles. I was trying to see if I could find a pace and stick with it while negative splitting the 1,000. At the 500 yard mark I paused my watch in an open turn to get the split. (1,000/2700)
1 7:02.8 500 1:25
2 6:32.2 500 1:18
At this point my swim mates arrived and finished warm up. Joined in the 300 kick. (300/3000)
The Real Main Set:
5 Rounds
50 Free Drill
50 Free Build
100 Swim. Descending in each round. (1,000/4,000)
1 :43.4 50 1:26
2 :38.8 50 1:17
3 1:14.6 100 1:15
4 :41.4 50 1:23
5 :37.7 50 1:15
6 1:10.7 100 1:11
7 :39.3 50 1:19
8 :36.7 50 1:13
9 1:16.0 100 1:16 (I f'ed up with the watch. I hit the wrong button and had to hit six other buttons to get to the screen to pause my swim)
10 :40.4 50 1:21
11 :37.7 50 1:16
12 1:06.8 100 1:07
13 :42.2 50 1:24
14 :37.9 50 1:16
15 1:06.0 75 1:28 (That was a 100 not a 75)
Not too bad considering I haven't swam in a week. Oy!
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 8.96 miles (=15,775 yards, =14,425 meters)
Total 64.33 miles (=113,225 yards, =103,533 meters)
I really need to step it up this week. I won't hit June or July numbers but I want to break 10 miles for the month. But weather and work may not let that happen. Oh well. And I don't have an answer to "What Would Make A Swimmer Happy" or "What would make Florida better for you?" I just know I'm at peace when swimming even when I know I'm not at my best.