10/02/08

SCY
400 pull
400 K
5 x 100 choice @1:30 mod
3 x (broken 200, 100 EZ, rest ~1:30)
I went 1.)IM - 32, 33, 40, 32 (2:17), 2.)Breast - 39,39,38,41 (2:37), 3.)IM - 31,33,40,31 (2:15)
5 x 100 @2:00, work the turns. I did all br.
200 wd

2900 yards.

Quality set day. After feeling pretty sluggish the last few days, I felt my energy coming back on the broken 200s. My breaststroke one was a surprise. Yesterday, I was struggling to go a 39 on 1 fast 50. Today I managed to hold just above a 39 pace and even split a 38. On that 3rd 50, I felt my breaststroke clicking, as it does from time to time. The main thing was that I was waiting a split second longer to kick--really focusing on shooting those arms out before starting the kick. My form started to deteriorate on the 4th 50, but it's early in SCY season so I'm not too worried about it.

On the freestyle, I'm working on trying to avoid sliding my arm back up after my body roll. Jane pointed that out to me on Tuesday. It's something that came up in my video session at Swim Labs, also. So it's back and it hampers my turnover. So today I worked on forcing the arm to go right down into the catch instead of letting my arm slide back up pre-catch. It feels weird to me but I can get a much better turnover and work with my momentum a little more. I just have to watch out for my form now. It feels as though I'm thrashing more. My 50 split on the last 200 was faster than I went last week (31 vs 32), though, and I was really working on the arm going down instead of up.