by marciadmin | Feb 20, 2022 | Hour Swim Workouts, SCAQ Swim Workouts, Swim Workout
Bill likes to push a some. This was a push. After the warmup, a swimmer in the lane next to me said, “If only we could do this entire workout as 25s.” I laughed and said, “Yeah, but you know Bill would make that hurt.” He laughed and agreed....
by marciadmin | Feb 10, 2022 | Hour Swim Workouts, SCAQ Swim Workouts, Swim Workout
I came expecting Coach Rada and a stroke (IM) workout. Obviously, she wasn’t, but Coach Steve was. The fun thing about having different coaches is the variety of workouts we get. Each coach has a different style. Although Thursdays are usually stroke day, this...
by marciadmin | Feb 4, 2022 | Hour Swim Workouts, SCAQ Swim Workouts, Swim Workout
There was a discussion about flip turns this morning. As I’m always up for improving (and my flip turn was slow compared to other swimmers), I watched a few flip turn videos. Honestly, I don’t think there’s much wrong with my form (not that it...
by marciadmin | Feb 3, 2022 | Hour Swim Workouts, SCAQ Swim Workouts, Swim Workout
The first round of the main set was “death by fly.” Rada had expected us to get through our main set faster than we did, but we took an extra 30 seconds or so to recoup from all the stroke. I let Rachel lead during the breaststroke section. I tried to...
by marciadmin | Jan 27, 2022 | Hour Swim Workouts, SCAQ Swim Workouts, Swim Workout
1 hour swim workout, SCAQ Thursday Coach Rada Owen 500 warmup (? min) Warmup set — 3x (750 yds, 13 min) 100 on 1:40 — decrease stroke count by 25 150 on 2:40 — 50 kick/25 stroke IM order/50 free Main set — 3x (1350 yds, 25:15 min) 100 IM on 1:50 50 free on 1:00 — 25...
by marciadmin | Jan 23, 2022 | Hour Swim Workouts, SCAQ Swim Workouts, Swim Workout
1 hour swim workout, SCAQ Sunday Coach Bill Bean 525 warmup (? min) Warmup set (500 yds, min) Pyramid 25/50/75/100/100/75/50/25 Alt. swim-kick with :05 rest Main set — 2x (2100 yds, min) 3 x 150 on 2:20–descend 50 easy 3 x 100 on 1:35–descend 50 easy 3 x 50 on...
