Saturday 1/19/08 - I Wanted To Throw Up

Sometimes Enrique (our current Saturday coach), can come up with some great workouts. This morning was one of them. Myself, Ken, Dr. Tom and Peder were representing the Pain Lain and it was fun to have 4 of us there. Here was the workout:

SCY -
500 w/u
6 X 75s build
3 X 200s pull on 2:30

Main Set:
5 X 250s as followed:
Swim this as you would a 200. Do your first 100, rest 10 seconds, then do your second 100 like you would a 200. Then go into a 50 easy/recovery. Do this set 5 times through.

10 X 50s kick
6 X 50s descend breathing
Total - 3600+ yards

So the main set was a beast. I literally wanted to throw up. The focus was to really do the 200s the way I am training to do them in a meet, which is 50 easy speed, 50 where I increase my tempo, 50 where I add my legs, and then a 50 everything leftover. The first one was easy (as it should be) and I came in around 2:09. After that, I realized that this set was going to hurt. R2, R3 and R4 were either 2:08 or 2:09 as well, and I finished the set with a 2:07. My times were decent, but I think with a few more weeks of consistent training, I would be more like 2:05 or better. The goal in a few months will be do to this, but instead be more like 2:02 or better on them, which is doable. By the time I was finished with the set, my legs were dead and I wanted to cry! Yea. I love that feeling at the end. It reminds me that this is what I need to be feeling after every workout to know I am doing things right.

I have been off on my P90X training, so I hope to pick that back up on Monday.