06.02.09 breathing

SCY - worked mostly on breathing
200 swim ez
400 pull
300 K
200 pull w/snorkel + buoy
100 swim w/snorkel
100 - 25 K on right, 25 on left
2 x 50 6K switch

400 swim - 200 breathe every stroke to R, 200 to L (4:50)
300 free - breathe every 3rd (3:34)
500 free - breathe 2 L, 2 R (6:04)

LCM - IM set
100 - 50 K/50 dr
5 x 100 fr desc @1:35 (went down to 1:15)
4 x 50 IMO drill @1:00
2 x 100 - 50 fly/50 bk @1:40
2 x 150 - 50 fly/100 bk @2:20
2 x 200 - 50 fly/150 bk @3:10
2 x 150 - 50 fly/100 bk @2:20
2 x 100 - 50 fly/50 bk @1:40
100 ez rec
2 x 100 - 50 bk/50 br @1:45
2 x 150 - 50 bk/100 br @2:40
2 x 200 - 100 bk/100 br @3:20
2 x 150 - 100 bk/50 br @2:30
2 x 100 - 50 bk/50 br @1:45

I skipped the last set of br/free swims b/c I had to head to work.

warm down.

Today I was working on the breath/hand connection that Patrick mentioned yesterday and discovered a couple of things, with the help of the eagle-eyed coach Lani:

1. Breathing to my left throws my stroke out of balance.
2. I don't have a breathing plan and so I just breathe randomly. It's screwing with my rhythm, especially when I breathe left at irregular intervals.

So I need to go into every swim knowing how I'm going to breathe during that swim. That really seems to help smooth out some of my extension issues. As for racing, I'll need to experiment with different patterns for different distances, but I should probably seriously think about just breathing to my right and not worry about bilateral breathing.