A Swim Buffet

I used to love buffets. So much variety! Eggs, fruit, bacon, pancakes AND french toast! It's too good to be true! As I got older I realized it was too good to be true, that these places were making a ton of money off of me because I just can't down that much food anymore and you fill up too quickly. Today's workout was like a buffet. If you started off going too hard on the first set, then your eyes were bigger than your stomach, so to speak, and you wouldn't have enough in the tank (or room in the tummy) for the last set. Paced correctly, it was fun. And it has something for everyone - sprint, stroke, mid-distance.

300 swim (75 stroke, 75 swim, repeat)
200 drill/swim by 50
100 drill/swim by 25
6 x 50 count strokes :50
4 x 50 stroke :60
100 fly
4 x 75 on 1:05
4 x 75 going 1:20, 1:15, 1:10, 1:05
4 x 75 on :60
2 x 75 on 1:25
2 x 75 on :55 (ouch)
50 easy
100 fly
5 x 200 on 3:00
100 fly

I picked the wrong day to stop drinking coffee

As I was leaving the pool today Joel asked "did you feel spunky today Katie?" and I really didn't have a good answer. I was more worried about what would happen when I got a half-caff coffee instead of my full strength caffeine fix after swimming. You see, I am trying to give up caffeine, just for awhile, and it all started by me NOT having coffee before I swam, leading me to feel out-of-sorts and sluggish during the warmup and first set. Then I got to work and found out that my hard drive crashed. Cause and effect? I think so, but I am not one to give up easily. Except for that time when I crashed on my mountain bike and sold it the next day, or wiped out on my rollerblades and immediately gave them to a friend, or took off my skis and walked down the mountain rather than do moguls my first time out. But caffeine, I can do. Really.

600 warm up
4 x 75 50 free, 25 drill choice
4 x 75 50 stroke, 25 drill choice
50 fly on :60
50 free on :50
4 x 50 stroke on :60
6 x 50 free on :45
4 x 50 stroke on :60
50 free on :50
50 fly on :60
200 on 2:45, 25 easy on :40
200 on 2:45, 25 easy on :40
200 on 2:45, 25 easy on :40
30 seconds rest between sets then:
200 on 2:40, 25 easy on :40
200 on 2:40, 25 easy on :40
200 on 2:40, 25 easy on :40
9 x 50 going:
1-3 on :50
4-6 on :60
7-9 on 1:05