Sunday, April 26, 2015

Total distance
3,400–3,700 m
Estimated time
1 h 15 min to 1 h 20 min

Focus: Kick, drill and swim 50s, then a choice of sprint (no-breathing and easy/fast 25s) or endurance (100 to 500, getting faster).

Warm-up (2,000 m, 44 min)

2 x 400:

choice + free by 100s

choice + IM by 100s

24 x 50 (4 times through):

2 kick - 1 easy, 1 fast @ 1’05/1’10”/1’15”/....

2 drill - 1 drill, 1 DPS swim @ 1’/1’05”/1’10”/…

2 swim descending 1->2 @ 55”/1’/1’05”/…

Main set (1,200–1,500 m, 28–33 min)

Choose one:

Option #1 (sprint)

4 x 25 - no breathing @ 45”/50”/55”/…

8 x 25 - 1 easy + 1 fast @ 45”/50”/55”/…

100 easy

4 x 25 no breathing @ 45”/50”/55”/…

8 x 25 - 1 easy + 1 fast @ 45”/50”/55”/…

100 easy

4 x 25 - no breathing @ 45”/50”/55”/…

8 x 25 all out @ 45”/50”/55”/…

100 easy

Option #2 (endrance):

100

200

300

400

500

progressively faster, with 15-20s rest

Warm-down (200 m, 4 min)

200 choice