Swim Workout
Warm Up:
150 swim-FS slow
50 kick
150 swim-FS medium
50 kick
150 anything other than freestyle
50 kick
Drill with fins:
100 catch up drill with fins
50-odds dolphin kick on front, evens dolphin kick on back
100 swim with pull buoy
50-odds dolphin kick on front, evens dolphin kick on back
100-swim with fins
50-odds dolphin kick on front, evens dolphin kick on back
Swim Drill:
150 swim/50 kick no board (no stopping until full 200 done-then break)
150 swim/50 kick no board (no stopping until full 200 done-then break)
150 swim/50 kick no board (no stopping until full 200 done-then break)
Cool Off:
50 backstrock
50 swim
Approximately 1 hour
Sunday, January 10, 2010
January 10, 2010
Well, here we go again. Triathlon season is right around the corner and its time to kick into gear. "Right around the corner" being relative of course...the summer and the warmer months will bring opportunities to get out there and "tri it" again.
In 2007 I did my first triathlon. I started training in February and did the triathlon in August. It was a sprint tri and it was awesome. I had such a sense of accomplishment at the end that I cried-and I am not a cryer. It was great. I especially loved the swimming.
When I started my training, I could barely make it one length of the pool. I mean, I was not going to drown or anything, but I did not know how to breathe correctly and I was WAY out of shape. I took a "triathlon and lap swimming conditioning" class and made my way through about a million laps. The first session was 10 weeks and at the end of it I could actually do most of the stuff the instructor asked us to , but still did not have the breathing down. In the last class I went to we were supposed to swim for 30 minutes straight as slowly as we needed to. I took many breaks. Somewhere during the second session I figured out how to breathe-this is not as easy as they would have you believe). I was swimming at least 3 times a week, twice in a masters level group (the aforementioned class) and it still took me over 3 months to figure it out. But once I did it was like a whole new world opened up.
I did the tri and while my time was not competative, I felt a real sense of accomplishment. I did the swim with no issues and the bike was fun. Being short and not really liking to run, that part was slow as molassas, but what can you ? I finished and fell in love with the whole thing.
Since that August day (can it really have been 2 1/1 years ago?) I have done one indoor tri and one more outdoor tri. I also had a baby-my little guy is getting ready to turn one and its time for me to refocus. While I am just as (if not more) out of shape now than I was back three years ago when I first started training I at least have an idea of what it takes to get through a tri-both just to "do it" (August 2009 tri being an example) and to do it right (August 2007, for example). A tri when you are not prepared is no fun at all.
Anyway, that's just a quick summary of where I am and where I am going. I want to do a couple of tris this summer and actually feel good about them. In which case, I need to get off my can and start training. Maybe this blog will help keep me motivated. Maybe its just a waste of time. We'll see.
In 2007 I did my first triathlon. I started training in February and did the triathlon in August. It was a sprint tri and it was awesome. I had such a sense of accomplishment at the end that I cried-and I am not a cryer. It was great. I especially loved the swimming.
When I started my training, I could barely make it one length of the pool. I mean, I was not going to drown or anything, but I did not know how to breathe correctly and I was WAY out of shape. I took a "triathlon and lap swimming conditioning" class and made my way through about a million laps. The first session was 10 weeks and at the end of it I could actually do most of the stuff the instructor asked us to , but still did not have the breathing down. In the last class I went to we were supposed to swim for 30 minutes straight as slowly as we needed to. I took many breaks. Somewhere during the second session I figured out how to breathe-this is not as easy as they would have you believe). I was swimming at least 3 times a week, twice in a masters level group (the aforementioned class) and it still took me over 3 months to figure it out. But once I did it was like a whole new world opened up.
I did the tri and while my time was not competative, I felt a real sense of accomplishment. I did the swim with no issues and the bike was fun. Being short and not really liking to run, that part was slow as molassas, but what can you ? I finished and fell in love with the whole thing.
Since that August day (can it really have been 2 1/1 years ago?) I have done one indoor tri and one more outdoor tri. I also had a baby-my little guy is getting ready to turn one and its time for me to refocus. While I am just as (if not more) out of shape now than I was back three years ago when I first started training I at least have an idea of what it takes to get through a tri-both just to "do it" (August 2009 tri being an example) and to do it right (August 2007, for example). A tri when you are not prepared is no fun at all.
Anyway, that's just a quick summary of where I am and where I am going. I want to do a couple of tris this summer and actually feel good about them. In which case, I need to get off my can and start training. Maybe this blog will help keep me motivated. Maybe its just a waste of time. We'll see.
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