This week Coach Justin gave us a main set of 25x100 yds in the pool as 5x(5x100) descending. Our send off was on 1:35, 1:30, 1:25, 1:30, 1:35. Looking at those send offs I was a bit intimidated but just put my head down and started swimming the set. On the first set I kept thinking about how I was going to make the 1:25s when my body was already not really liking the 1:35 set. On the 1:30s I was thinking about the fact that hey this really isn't that bad and on the 1:25s I was having fun just pushing to make those 1:17s or so to get a bit of rest before the next send off. Before I knew it the set was over. Its amazing how our mind will shut us down when our body still has the ability to go. One of my goals this season is to keep the yoga practice going throughout the season and utilizing yoga to help hone the mental skills required for a successful race season and life.
Our 100s were revisted on Friday at Masters and I believe that Coach Justin felt that Thursday's 100s were not painful enough. The main set on Friday (which is our speed day at Masters) was 18x100 on a 2:30 send off. The first 6 100yd repeats were done as 75 build from ez to hard and then 25 hard. Next 5 were 50 build, 50 hard. The following 4 were 25 build, 75 hard and the final 3 were 100yds all out. I was able to hit the last 100s in 1:14, 1:13, 1:14.
Looking forward to more fun at Masters next week. Thanks Coach Justin!
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