Saturday, February 8, 2014

Total distance
about 4,100–4,600 m
Estimated time
1 h 35 min to 1 h 40 min

Focus: Fly kick and drill by stroke, then a choice of rounds of strong and negative-split 100s and 50s, or seven descending 300s, and pull 50s.

Warm-up (1,600 m, 39 min)

800 choice with every 3rd 50 fly kick on back

16 x 50: 1 drill + 1 swim; 4 of each stroke

Main set (1,600–2,100 m, 37–39 min)

Choose one:

Option 1: 4 x

100 free: 75 easy + 25 strong @ 1'50"/2'00"/…

2 x 50 NS @ 1'10"/1'20"/…

100 free easy @ 2'30"

2 x 50 very strong @ 1'30"/1’40”/...

Option 2: 7 x 300 Des 1 → 4 and 5 → 7 @ 5'00"/5'10"/…

Pull set (800 m, 19 min)

16 x 50 pull @ 1'10”/1’20”/...

Warm-down (about 100 m, 2 min)

WD: choice