Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Shallow End

A good swim in a tiny pool. Weird to hop in and have the water only come up to your crotch.

Four hundred yards (in theory, the pool may have only been 24y) of drills, each 50 was half drill, half regular; finger drag (2x), catch up (2x), 3T (2x), underwater switch, one arm freestyle (25y each). Added a lap to count strokes & try to minimize the number; 12 strokes forward, 13 strokes back.

Three sets of 400y with 1'30" rest in between. I tried to focus on maintaining a long glide and a strong catch. I was lucky enough to get some pointers as I went along and will incorporate them into my future swims. I try to think about different drills that will help me to focus on the specific improvement that I want to make.

Times:
S1 - ................S2- ..................S3-
L1: 56.81 .......L1: 57.61 .........L1: 54.92
L2: 59.34 ......L2: 57.92 ........L2: 59.43
L3: 1'03.37 ....L3: 1'00.86 .....L3: 59.26
L4: 1'01.13 .....L4: 59.92 .......L4: 1'00.70
L5: 1'02.80 ....L5: 1'02.27 .....L5: 59.71
L6: 1'04.39 ....L6: 1'01.93 ......L6: 1'00.51
L7: 1'01.50 .....L7: 1'02.58 .....L7: 1'01.34
L8: 1'02.03 ....L8: 1'00.49 .....L8: 1'02.34

All things considered, good swim. The pool tasted like people, which was really gross, but the frickin' gym was called "Sweat Fitness," I mean really? What did I expect?

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