Tuesday, November 3, 2009

2nd Nov 2009 Monday - 18th YF sea swim - Survived the swim training as it was not as hard as I expected

In tonight's YF swim, I volunteered to go lane 1 (slower lane, lesser laps) as I explained to Coach that I ran 34km on Sunday and my legs were tired now, might not be able to swim long. He seemed reluctant but consented anyhow. However as lane 1 was too crowded, I decided go back to my home lane; lane 2.

I was thinking that if tonight swim were like last Monday or 8 to 10 laps per set, I would probably "puncture". Luckily!! not too bad, it was all short laps with enough rest; 7x200m and 9x100m. But the drills were still tiring though. 2x50 kick, 4x25 Butterfly, 4x25 Back stroke

7x200m - at 5.30min per set
4.33, 4.42, 4.24, 4.26, 4.25, 4.30, 4.33

9x100m - at 2.30min per set
2.08, 2.16, 2.17, 2.19, 2.17, 2.17, 2.20, 2.17, 2.18

We ended the training with 2x50m moderate swim and 2 x50m sprint. (56sec, 60sec)

It was tough but not as hard as I expected. Wow, what a week, consecutive work out, Sat 80 laps swim, Sun 34km run and tonight's over 50 laps swim.
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