I had big plans for today, but, well, they didn’t happen, mainly because halfway through the first 400, my body made it known that I had to go the bathroom. I pushed through it because we’re limited to 50 minutes and I didn’t want to waste any of it. At the end of the first round of the main set, I rested for a minute to see if I could get it to pass. Honestly, I was thinking I’d have to get out, but the rest helped for another 600-700 yards. The plan to warm down with a 200 was thrown out the window as I jumped out and rushed to the bathroom. (sigh) It’s been years since I’ve had to do that.
We also didn’t get in the pool nearly 2:30 minutes late. But I swam. So, here was my mid-distance 50-minute swim workout. Okay, not quite 50-minutes.
50-minute swim workout, mid-distance
500 warmup (~7:20 min)
Warmup set (600 yds, 9:30 min)
3 x 200 on 3:10
Main set (1700 yds, 24:50 min)–full set would’ve been 30:00
all swims are on 1:30—100 base
400/300/200/100
1:00 rest
400/300/(200/100)<–missed
Total yards: 2800