by marciadmin | May 18, 2021 | 50-Minute Swim Workouts
It was a beautiful day to swim. Sunny with puffy clouds. I’m sharing a lane still, but it works out. We can make them work. The warm up set was a bit amorphous as far as time goes due to sharing the lane. We can’t have two people on the same wall in the...
by marciadmin | May 17, 2021 | 50-Minute Swim Workouts
Ah . . . The day of the month I struggle with the most. My breaststroke is so slow it’s on par with my kicking, but I do it anyway. It’s a challenge. Can I beat my last time? Will I get any better? So far, the answer has been no. Maybe next month. There’s always next...
by marciadmin | May 16, 2021 | 50-Minute Swim Workouts
As ever, Coach Bill gives us challenging sets. Rather than kick those last 100s, I swam backstroke as I knew I’d be riding 20 miles after the workout with my husband. I was right. We rode down to El Porto, had some lunch, and came home. Bill was trying to get me into...
by marciadmin | May 14, 2021 | 50-Minute Swim Workouts
I posted this a day late due to having editing deadlines. It was a good workout, and different. As you can see, I alternated backstroke technique and freestyle technique. The drills I used in the warmup set are the same ones I used in the main set, except I did the...
by marciadmin | May 12, 2021 | 50-Minute Swim Workouts
When I need to just chill and swim, this main set is one of my favorites. It’s all about pacing and relaxing into the stroke and just swimming, which was exactly what I needed to do today. Other than making the intervals, there was no pressure to push hard or sprint....
