06/11/08

LCM baby.
300 Ez
300 Drill/Swim by 50. I did Free/Breast/Back
300 Free/Stroke by 50. I did Breast on the stroke.
300 Fast/EZ Free by 50.
300 EZ/Fast by 50. I did 200 back, 100 free
5 x (50 free @ :40, 50 Ez on 1:10). I held :35 on the fast
7 x 150 (25 head up, 75 swim, 50 overkick) @ 2:15
50 (25 head up, 25 swim)
5 x 100 IM @ 1:50. I held 1:35 or better pretty easily.
200 Cool Down

3800m

Pretty good workout for a Wednesday morning. I'm keeping with the tempo work, and it seems to be working pretty well. My back is still not 100%, and flip turns still hurt a bit, but it's getting better.

I've been working the thumb-first exit on my backstroke recovery. It gets my hand out of the water a lot faster, and causes my recovery to be fast. I'm still working on getting it flipped around so that it enters the water above my head on the pinkie side.

Breaststroke is still day-to-day. I'm working with my scull/catch quite a bit and trying to figure out where to flip my hands around. I think that I typically pull back too far into my chest before recovering the hands. It's an ongoing challenge, this breaststroke.