Category: distance swim sets

Note to self: if you need to wake up at 6:00 AM to swim, go to bed before 2:00 AM. This morning totally sucked. I was mega-slow and generally felt like road kill. And this week’s daily yardage is pegged at 2400 yd, so yeah, I’ll be going to bed way after 2:00 every night.da… Continue reading first water

I’ve learned to be more intuitive about my workouts. That’s the nice thing about not being on a team. If there’s something I don’t want to do, I might choose not to do it. Like today. My ambitious objective was to crank out 4 x 400 yd on 8:00. That’s a lot for me right… Continue reading first water

Didn’t feel as good as yesterday. Felt a little tight and times weren’t stellar. Lots of yards though.da numbers: 2 x 100 yd free/zipperswitch 5 x 200 yd free @ 4:00 coming in between 3:00 – 2:55 4 x 100 yd free easy/hard @ 2:00 coming in between 1:20 – 1:25 300 yd dolphin kick… Continue reading first water

Good yardage this morning. I’m back to “distance Mondays”, my day of the week to crank out some longer-than-usual sets in the pool. For instance, today’s focus was on a couple 400 yd freestyle intervals. And my times were not that dismal, coming in right under 6 minutes on my second go, putting my splits… Continue reading first water

Went to a new pool this morning – the Carpenteria Community Pool. It’s pretty nice. No long course but a sweet little short course of about 12 lanes. The temps were warm, which I’ve grown fond of as I’ve “matured”. I used to hate warm pools when I swam the 500. At 6:00 AM though,… Continue reading first water