Two rather different sessions today... this lunchtime was a "sprint" set and this evening a... well I don't know what you'd call it, but it was definitely a session.
The sprint one was physically tiring, once the lactate builds up (like immediately) that's it - the body rejects pretty much everything else:
Warm Up
1 x 200 EX
8 x 50 kick (odds fast, evens build to fast)
Main Set
3 x 50 Max from dive in 5 minutes
2 x 25 Bungie cord swim
4 x 25 Max from dive
2 x 25 drag alert (tow your partner to the other end of the pool)
1 x 50 Max from dive
Warm down
1 x 100 EZ
Killer lactate set, my first 50 was 28.9, second 32.5 (fly) and third 30.5 by then I was beyond caring. The final 50 was okay 28.9 again. Craig has started having a go at my turnover. And I've got to say that at the moment it's not great, when "sprinting" I seem to have lost that feel for the water that I used to have.
This evening with the Buxton kids, a different sort of set (and boy am I going to be broken tomorrow...)
Warm up
1 x 800 FR
Main set
20 x 50 on 1:00 (odds fly, evens free)
1 x 600 (100 fly, 100 free, 100 fly, 100 back, 100 fly, 100 breast)
5 x 25 fast (free, fly, free, fly, free)
Warm down
1 x 100
What a killer main set. The 20 x 50 was okay, the fly wasn't great but the free felt good - that feel of the water was there for this set (but then I wasn't going quick). I spent the whole time breathing to the left and focusing on getting that hand/arm catching "really" well.
I need to do some more experimenting here, but those repeats where I did a more straight arm recovery with my right arm, the better my catch was with my left.
The 600M was, well as grim as could be expected. Tomorrow I'll ache, that's for sure!
