I have been really depressed after Wednesday's swim. I realized that swimming 2X per week was just not cutting it, and its not that I was slow @ Wednesday's class, it was that I am OUT OF SHAPE in the pool!
So this morning I said f*&^ it and hopped into the pool and swam 1800 yards, or 1 mile and slight change (more like a few pennies). It felt good....my arms are sore, but it was needed. And I need to do this longer endurance swim at least 1X/week. Drills are cool, but the type of drills that I was doing was giving me too much rest or not enough conistent yardage without stopping. I did a sort of ladder during the swim:
4 X 100
4 X 150
4 X 200
Hopefully this extra long swim will start to pay off in the next few weeks.
Take that pool!
Remember, drill sets are to work on form, not build fitness. You don't want be tired during the drill sets or you'll sacrifice technique.
ReplyDeleteI did an intense main set yesterday. After a WU, I did 3 sets of 4 x 50 with 200 kick with fins in between as recovery.
First set of 50 was steady. on 60 seconds I could hold at about 45 to 46 seconds. The second set was decending so I started at about47 and managed about a 44 on my third. The last set was where I tried to get as close to puking as I could. All oyt, but on 1:15, so I could get about 30 seconds rest. I managed about 42 to 44 on all 4 of these.
This is a good short on time, lunch swim for me.