Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Training Begins




The season officially started today. Thank god I was indoors since it's 18 degrees outside with a wind chill that freezes snot. I'm working with John Hirsch this year and he's promised to kick my ass. He's a pro and a guy, through his own actions, motivates the hell out of you. He chalks up some sick training days and always seems to be in some kind of forward motion.

He's going easy on me to start and then I get some severe ass kicking in a month or so. Today was just a half hour of swimming. It felt good to be back in the pool with a goal in sight. I've been swimming for a few months to just maintain, but today my mental approach and focus was on the coming season.

Today's workout:

Swim:
1. warm-up: 200swim, 200 kick, 200 pull
2. 9×50 on :55 3x(slow, med, fast)
3. 6×75 15 seconds rest (50 drill, 25 build swim)
4. 400 swim 1:00 rest,300 swim :45 rest,200 swim :30 rest,100 swim :15
rest

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