Kick ass practice, but a practice that felt very good; that is, I swam well and felt strong throughout.
Warmup and drilling as usual.
24 x 100 at threshold. I went to Bend to swim with coach Bob, so swam them in 25 meter course. We swam on a 1:40 sendoff. All the swims were at around 1:25, some a few seconds slower, some a few seconds faster. The week has been hard, so at the beginning of the set I thought I might crap out near the end. I got stronger at the end, however, a good sign that the hard work is paying off in a higher plane of fitness.
An interesting observation: Coach Bob did an underwater video critique of my technique before practice. There are several areas that I need to tweak my stroke to make it more efficient. About half way through the set of 100's I decided to incorporate some of his suggestions. I had been swimming my repeats in about 1:26 pretty consistently. I incorporated a few changes in technique into my remaining repeats and discovered I was doing them in 1:23 with no greater expenditure of energy. Wow! In a 1500 that could mean a huge time difference.
Warmup and drilling as usual.
24 x 100 at threshold. I went to Bend to swim with coach Bob, so swam them in 25 meter course. We swam on a 1:40 sendoff. All the swims were at around 1:25, some a few seconds slower, some a few seconds faster. The week has been hard, so at the beginning of the set I thought I might crap out near the end. I got stronger at the end, however, a good sign that the hard work is paying off in a higher plane of fitness.
An interesting observation: Coach Bob did an underwater video critique of my technique before practice. There are several areas that I need to tweak my stroke to make it more efficient. About half way through the set of 100's I decided to incorporate some of his suggestions. I had been swimming my repeats in about 1:26 pretty consistently. I incorporated a few changes in technique into my remaining repeats and discovered I was doing them in 1:23 with no greater expenditure of energy. Wow! In a 1500 that could mean a huge time difference.
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