Today one of the very fast (did I say that right - very fast) speedies hopped into (my) lane today. He clearly looks like a swimmer, and swims like a swimmer. I was coming to the end of my practice and was ready for a breather so stopped and said "Hello" and chewed the fat with him for a couple of minutes.
What was nice was that he recognised me as a "regular" and also recognised the fact I was doing something different today ("sprints"). He was doing a quick warmup then some tethered swimming - he and his mate attached to a bunge rope and one towing the other to the end of the pool and the other towing back! Now this is stuff that is both really tiring and things that only "good" swimmers are allowed to do, and "good swimmers" who are part of Stockport Metros (who I think own, or have a serious stake in, the pool).
Anyway when they started tethering (if that's the phrase) it was time for me to get back to my desk. But it was nice to talk with some really fast people.
So what did I do today? Well kind of a similar set to last night, except that I did repeats of 8 x 25 and instead of swimming between them I recovered doing some drills. I did manage to finish with a couple of 14s repeats (slow next to the speedies, but hey quick for me).
Warm Up:
1 x 200 EZ
Main set:
four lots of...
8 x 25 on 0:35 (building to sprint)
1 x 100 (hand lead or single switch drills)
