Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Total distance
3,600–4,200 m
Estimated time
1 h 10 min to 1 h 25 min

Focus: Long-course aerobic work: choice-stroke 50s counting strokes, then a ladder of 100s, 200s, 300s and a 400 on set send-offs.

Long course.

Warm-up (600–900 m, 15–23 min)

600/750/900 - 50 free/50 kick/50 non-free

Pre-set (600–900 m, 12–18 min)

12 or 15 or 18 x 50 @ 50/1:00/1:15

- choice of stroke, stroke length work by counting

- desc 1-3

Main set (2,000 m, 36 min)

4 x 100 @ 1:30/1:40/1:50-2:00

3 x 200 @ 3:00/3:20/3:40/4:00

2 x 300 @4:30/5:00/5:30-6:00

1 x 400 @ 5:30/6:10/6:40-7:00

Warm-down (400 m, 8 min)

300 pull breathing 3/5/7 by 50s

100 ez