Ah, there’s nothing like sprint day. I gave myself more rest so that i could rest and really push. Interesting, though, when I got to Set 3, I relaxed into the strong and focused on breathing. I swam all of the 25s sub :20. The 100s were all 1:20-1:21. The last 100 was 1:18. Breathing, relaxing into the water, less thinking. All of it is challenging when your focus is swimming faster. All of it is necessary to get those faster times. Sometimes, it’s a mental game.
Be well, my friends. Breathe, relax, do the work so you can think less.
55-minute swim workout, Friday sprint
500 warmup (~7:25 min)
Warmup set (600 yds, 10 min)
6 x 100 on 1:40
Main set (1500 yds, 29:30 min)
Set 1 (750 yds, 15 min)
10 x 75 on 1:30—>50 sprint, get time/25 easy
Set 2 (400 yds, 6:30 min)
4 x 100 hard push on 1:45/1:40/1:35/1:30
go out hard and maintain the same pace throughout
50 easy
Set 3 – 4x (300 yds, 8 min)
3 x 25 sprint on :40
3 breaths 1st 25
2 breaths 2nd 25
1 breaths 3rd 25
repeat through the set
100 sprint—>whatever you have left
200 cool down
Total yards: 2900
