My good bicycle-related intentions were thoroughly thwarted yesterday and today by the need to do evil, evil taxes--clearly this is going to have to be a recovery week and I will return in full force next week...
But I did have a good swim this evening. Short but fairly satisfactory. I cannot say I am really making progress on flip turns, it just seems difficult to find the time and space to practice, but I am a slow learner on that kind of thing and will just have to trust it will come in time. I did 'em on all the freestyle bits, no matter how horrible...
Warmup: 400 choice (I did 100 free, 100 IM, 200 mix free drill and swim--quite a bit of zipper/salute, also 6-3-6)
Main set (in theory twice through, but I finished the first round only at 6:55 and spent remaining minutes practicing somersaults):
300 as 100 smooth free/50 hard kick (can't remember time)
8 x 25 2 of each stroke on :45
200 as 75 smooth/25 fast on 4:10
8 x 25 odds kick even build (2 of each stroke) on :45
3 x 100 as free (2:00), IM (2:15), free (1:55)
4 x 50 choice (1 of each) on 1:10
1800 yards total, short but not bad really. Got a lot of work to do tomorrow and the next day, but should be able to have a decent bike-run workout tomorrow later afternoon/early evening, a Thursday-morning run and a Thursday evening swim.
I am with you on those flip turns. I keep reading about how flip turns are good for us and gave it a try today after many, many months off. They were ugly but I kept plugging away for the entire swim.
ReplyDeleteI am certain your flip turns are much more elegant than mine.
Keep on flippin'! They will get better!
ReplyDelete(And you swam farther than I did!)