Dislike

I feel obligated to post today's workout even though I really, truly disliked it. But to my credit, I did not get out, I stayed in and finished the set.  All I can say is that I hope that tomorrow's workout (the first in long course) has some distance in it!

300 warmup
6 x 50 count strokes
4 x 75 drill/swim
100 free
100 stroke
4 x 225 going:
225 pull hypoxic
225 75 fly, back, breast
225 pull hypoxic
225 75 fly, 50 back, breast, free
100 kick
50 x 25 in sets of 5
combination of swim, stroke, kick, drill and off the blocks on between :30 and :40

Shake, shake, shake

That describes what I was doing after practice in the locker room after today's workout, and I was not dancing.  I suppose the old adage is true: if you don't feel like being sick after a hard workout, you didn't work hard enough.  I worked hard today.  Great job by the men actually descending the fast 200s, impressive.

300 warmup
200 kick/swim/drill/stroke
4 x 50 count strokes
100 kick
4 x 50 count strokes
6 x 50 middle of the pool, working turns :50
6 x 225 going:
200 on 2:40
25 on :45
50 easy
4 x 200 IM going:
odds: 100, rest :15, 100, rest :30
evens: straight swim
4 x 75 ascending on 1:15

Distance Day

I am not sure how to tie in the photo to the right except to say the man texting behind home plate never made it to swim practice today.  Note that the guy at the plate just got hit and BB is very busy keeping people up to date on the game.  About an inning later he disappeared and reappeared with a fancy new Red Sox hat to keep him warm. This is a screen shot from a warm living room where we followed BB's every move.

Three times thru:
100 drill/swim
75 stroke
50 free
25 kick
5 x 600 going:
600 swim (200 4 kicks off wall, 200 head up, 200 descend)
600 swim steady pace
600 going 3 x 200 IM no stopping
600 descend by 150
6 x 100 pick a pace on 1:45

A nice way to mix it up - it didn't really feel like a distance day with the stroke in there.

Ice Cold

I could be referring to many things with this title, from the pool temperature (refreshing!), how I like my beer, to the chilling stare we get from coach Bill when we disobey him. But today it's about the showers. They were ice cold. The ironic thing is that we were greeted with a big sign saying "CAUTION! Water temperature is very hot - please use care when turning on shower". So I carefully turned on the shower, awaited my scalding water, then turned the handle some more (it's going to get me, that hot water!), then more (your cautionary note means nothing - bring it on!) and finally reached the end. No hot water. I looked at my watch and it was not April first but May first. The joke was on all of us! Best quote of the day from BG "you think they would figure this out - isn't this the Massachusetts Institute of TECHNOLOGY?" IW, please take care of this. :)

200 warmup
3 x 100 k/drill/swim :20r
200 free 25r
200 stroke
3 x 200 IM on 3:10
3 x 50 free dr/swim :60
6 x 75 fast free 1-3 on :60, 4-6 on 1:05
3 x 100 IM on 1:50
2 x 50 stroke :60
6 x 75 fast free 1-3 on :60, 4-6 on 1:05
400 pull hypoxic 3,7,3,5
6 x 50 free working on turns :60

A new sheriff in town?

Coach Bill wore a little Sheriff's badge today on deck. I don't know exactly what the badge said but it was gold and shiny and made us extremely fearful of coach Bill. As if we weren't already petrified of him! He even taunted us with a little game called "what is extension"? After three people gave what I thought were legitimate answers, he gave partial credit and kicked us all out of the pool and told us to come back when we could describe extension with 100% accuracy. Ok, while that might be a stretch, some of us probably wanted to be kicked out before the main set as it was tough. A tough workout from a tough coach. We love you coach Bill!

300 warmup
6 x 75 drill/swim on :15r
200 kick
9 x 50 work on EXTENSION on :50
4 x 300 on 4:30 going:
FAST 150, stop at wall, get time
150 cruise
800 swim
2 x 4x25 (underwater,choice, stroke, choice)
2 x 50 kick

The prodigal son has returned after three weeks of adventure and fun! Welcome back BB.

Would you like some cheese with your whine?

Yes, please. Today was a Doan's Pills day in the lane - present company included. If you don't know what Doan's pills are, you are probably too young and likely rely on that chic newfangled drug Advil for your occassional soreness. You are also likely not part of the group this morning complaining about aches and pains and tiredness like most of us were. I used to laugh at the commercial with all those old people and their sore backs. We laugh no more. In full disclosure I have never used Doan's pills but I just might give them a try.

12 x 50
1-3 drill on :60
4-6 kick on :60
7-9 descend on :60
10-12 descend drill on :60
75 50 fly/25 back on 1:15
75 50 back/25 br on 1:15
75 50 br/25 free on 1:15
75 50 free/choice on 1:15
4 x 100 on 1:35 swim/build
Three time thru:
200 cruise on 3:10
50 fly
3 x 100 on 1:20
2 x 25 ez on :30
Four times thru:
75 fast on 60
50 cruise on 1:05 head up for 3 strokes

Have a great weekend everyone!

D-Day return

It was my first distance day in awhile - probably two months, but I am glad I did it. I have been slacking on this blog (for very good reasons!) but today's workout is worth posting. As H said when asked what we came in on for our fast 500: "pain". Well put.

200 warmup
Twice thru:
100 s/d/k/s on :20r
2 x 50 breast on :60
100 s/d/k/s on :20
2 x 50 free on :45
2 x 50 back on :55
10 x 50 free
1-3 on :55
4-6 on :45
7-9 on :40
10 easy
500 steady pace on 7:30
500 pull on 7:20
500 fast on 7:05
5 x 100 50s/50f on 1:50
500 (300 because of time) fastest of the day

Thanks to E2 for sharing this awesome pic. I love it!