swim training – Fat Guy's Redemption

Swimming Goal – Accomplished

Well, it’s done. I had a goal to do a non-stop 200m swim by April 1st, and this morning, I did it! It was ugly as I predicted it would be, but I still did it, and I did it in 6:37 mins. Approx. 20m was done on my back kicking, but the rest was freestyle, without any aids like pull buoys or snorkel either.

Todays swim was as follows:

Warmup:
1x50m with the snorkel

Main Set:
1x200m without aids
2x50m with snorkel
2x50m without aids

Cool Down:
Sit in the water and relax 🙂

Next goal: 500m by May 6th

After that, 750m by June 3rd, then 900m by June 17th.

Today’s scheduled training

Well, it looks like it’s going to be a busy day of training. I was suppose to do my VO2_max bike test today, but I think I’ll pass for now, as it’s a very demanding test, and I still have to go swimming afterwards. Therefore on the agenda today:

6:30 PM – Bike Training:

5 min warmup
14 x 30 secs @ 160-170 HR, 30 secs rest (14 mins total)
16 mins @ 120-135 HR
2 x 2 min @ 145-155 HR, 30 secs rest (5 mins)
5 min cooldown

7:45 PM – Swim Training:

5 min warmup/stretchs (thread water, kicks)
4 x 25m Kicks w/ fins (100m) (15 secs rest)
4 x 25m Pulls (100m) (15 secs rest)
8 x 25m Freestyle (200m) (30 secs rest)
2 x 25m Back Balance w/kick & fins (TI exercise) (50m)
5 min cooldown

I think this is going to be tough, but that’s what it’s all about, right? 😉