Ok Monty (and all)
Speed Sesh #5 -- every thursday I have recruited a super fast kid to come and do some serious speed work in the pool. We have a lane to ourselves in a 25 scy pool that is probably 81(ish) degrees. Today maybe 80, it was great.
We have repeated each workout twice so this is our third workout. The first totaled 200 yards of sprinting before a bigger break. The next 2 was 250 yards of sprinting before a bigger break and today was 300 done as:
4 x 25 on :45 ALL OUT MAX
2 x 50 on 1:30 ALL OUT MAX
1 x 100 ALL OUT MAX
300 recovery swim
We did 3 rounds of this.
25s were all 12 seconds. I suspect I may have nudged an 11high in there. But my bc my buddy was doing splits on his watch and he was 11s on all of them, and I was right with him.... MOST of the time. Ha
The 50s... Now this was interesting. I managed 26highs to 27s very consistently. My buddy was 25s high. That first 50 after the last 25 was brutal bc of the lack of rest, the second bc there is over a minute of downtime, I could gather myself a bit more.
The 100s-- as Monty (and anyone following, YO ADRIAN (haha, couldnt resist) ... knows, ive been trying like hell to crack the 60 second barrier in our previous speed sets. I always felt like I would do a sub 60 but the clock was alwasy 1:00-1:03s pretty consistently. Today, NFW, I banged out a 56high, and then two solid 57s. Personally I am thrilled tbh. Its been a long time since I have seen those kinds of times. And it only took about 5 weeks of serious efforts to get there. Of coures, my buddy was 54s high and 55s but I was closer and it was a TON OF FUN. Im so psyched. I had a massive run effort monday, and a 75mile ride on tuesday along w strength training and a 5800 set on monday.
We finished w my buddies bread and butter... 6 x 25 MAX sprint kick w a board. I honestly have NO IDEA how he even moves his feet that fast!!! LMAO. He was easily 15-16s on them. I was holding 19s... but kicking that is a full body length in a 25 he was ahead of me. I bet it looked pathetic!! OMG.
Ok.. well, there you go.
I get my second vac shot on sunday and i heard that the 2nd moderna shot can be a doozy. so I was planning a bit of a push this week and then a few days off to let the shot settle before april and fine tunning for xterra alabama... assuming it happens.
Have a great day guys and thanks for the continued motivation!
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