29 August 2008
Friday Swim - “pre-LA tri” menu
Posted by Cheeseball under: Swim.
Wow, today’s menu was harder than I remembered for Friday. I guess it’s easy to forget how intense a work out is once I’m done with it. The coach said today’s menu was designed for those triathletes preparing for next week’s LA triathlon. Sadly, no one in today’s workout was registered for it. I will be, next year!!
1) Warm up
3 x100
1 x 50
2 x 50 kick
2) Kick
1 x 75 on 1:45
1 x 75 on 1:30
1 x 75 on 1:20 - this left me breathless
3) Breath control
1 x 25 (0-1 breath)
1 x 50 (supposedly 2 breaths… i took like 5)
1 x 100 (as little breaths as possible… i took 11!! yikes! i was tired from the earlier kick interval)
1 x 50 easy
4) Some kind of interval (I don’t remember what this was)
1 x 200
2 x 100
1 x 50 easy
5) Main set (”pace, make the first 100 the slowest and be faster towards the end”)
1 x 100 on 1:45
2 x 200 on 3:30
1 x 100 on 1:45
1 x 25 to the other side
Even though it was hard, I felt pretty good especially in the last 100. I was making 1:30 on 100 with my fins. I kept up with Steve, the older but fast dude who is mostly using his legs only due to his shoulder injury. Swimming in the same lane as his makes it easier for me to keep a good pace, and he said the same thing to me. Once he recovers from his injury though, I’ll be left behind for sure:p
6) 3 x 25 ALL OUT
Woohoo!!! I love all outs at the end. It’s a lot of fun.
1 x 50 breaststroke just ’cause I like it
Workout:
- Type: Swim
- Date: 08/29/2008
- Time: 18:30:00
- Total Time: 1:00:00.00
- Distance: 1,900 yd
- Average Pace: 3:09.39/100yd
