Long Sunday Workout

I got a long workout in this afternoon!  It was 4,000 yards and I am feeling it now.  I am amazed how every muscle in my body is still shaky.  I feel good, just tired.  I also realized that I prefer to swim on my own, rather than with a team or group.  I can do whatever I want to.   And have been surprising myself by really pushing myself and doing extra yardage.  It makes me happy to swim again.  

Here is what I came up with for today:

600 warm up

700 pull (tight legs down/relaxed back)

4x50 @:55
4x50 @:50
4x50 @:45
4x50 @:40

200 recovery (100 breast & 100 free)

3x100 @1:30
100 recovery
3x100 @1:25
100 recovery
3x100 @1:20

600 cool down (100 free/50 breast)

4,000 yards total

My pattern today was 600, 700, 800, 900 because that makes 1,000 yards.  I was able to hold all the 50's under :35.  The 100's were not as consistent, but I was about 1:11 to 1:12 on the first of each round, and about 1:13 to 1:14 on the rest of them.  Boy were they hard, especially the last 3! 

I got our Christmas tree set up last night.  I think it looks beautiful!  I am very excited about Christmas this year.  I want to try to be ready early to eliminate holiday stress.  That way I can enjoy it more.

Post-Thanksgiving Workout

I haven't been swimming for about three weeks.   Matt got sick, then I got sick, then he went on a business trip, then I was in lazy routine.  So I did some figuring, and I can still reach my goal of 130 miles for 2014 if I swim 4 days a week and each workout is at least 3,100 yards.  That is a lot of swimming.  That is why I decided to swim today.  I just finished and I have to tell you, afternoon swimming is the best.  The pool is nice and bright and hardly anyone is there. 

When I come up with workouts while I swim, I have to come up with a pattern so I remember what I am doing.  I have found that 600 is a good base to start from.  It is a great warm up length for me and it divides up so nicely...2x300, 3x200, 6x100, 12x50.  Here is today's workout.  I did change a few things as I went, all for the better/longer workout:)

600 warm up
3x200 @ 2:45
100 easy
2x300 @4:15
100 easy
8x100 @1:30 keep them all under 1:20 (I was only going to do 6 but decided to do 2 more and I kept them all between 1:15-1:17)
600 cool down (since I had done the 2 100's easy earlier, I was only going to do a 400 here, but I stepped up and did extra!)

3,400 yards total

Saturday morning swimming is wonderful

I like swimming on Saturday mornings.  There are few people at the pool and they open later, so I don't have to get up as early.  Plus, the drive home is much nicer since I didn't have to compete with people who are on their way to work. 

Here is what I came up with for this morning:

Warm Up:
600

12x50 (straight through, no rest)

    1-flutter kick
    2-dolfin kick
    3-breast-swim

Main Set:
5x300 @4:30
get faster on each one
(these are my times:  4:12, 4:00, 3:52, 3:46, 3:47)

500 cool down

3,000 yards total

I tried getting my resting heart rate afterwards, but I came up with 100bpm and that seemed fast. I will have to practice that one.  I would be interested to see and compare my resting heart rate to when I am working hard.