FINS workout 07/31/03

[angledge]

Warmup (1,100 y):
400 choice
200 swim free
300 pull free
200 kick choice

Pull set (900 y):
400 free 5:40 (a better interval would be 5:30, maybe 5:25)
300 50 free/25 back* rest :20
200 free

Main set (1,500 y):
Repeat 3 times -
4 x 50 choice 1:00 (I did all freestyle; added challenge = fly or IM order)
2 x 100 IM 1:55
1 x 100 free RACE PACE
Rest :45

Kick set (400 y):
100 kick w/board choice 2:20
50 kick breast w/o board 1:10
100 kick w/board choice 2:20
50 kick fly w/o board 1:10
100 kick w/board choice 2:20

Warmdown:
200 easy choice

* Want to experience a realistic drowning simulation? Try backstroke with a pull buoy! For those of you who don't know what a pull buoy is, it's a swimming training device that you hold between your legs, causing them to float & allowing you to concentrate on your pull.


I hate them in general. But when combined with that most unnatural of strokes, backstroke, they create a truly evil swimming experience. You see, your legs are floating high in the water, because you've got this uncomfortable hunk of styrofoam clenched between your thighs. But since you're on your back, having your legs up high means your torso will sink low, putting your face underwater. Simply delightful. I think Coach Jill was laughing at us behind her clipboard during that set.

Total = 4,100 yards