Test Swim Set

Today I picked out the test set workout. I didn't realize it was that workout until I pulled it out.

During the warm up I just did the TI drills working my way up to whole stroke freestyle. Warm up was 100 kick, 100 swim, 100 kick, 200 swim, 100 kick, 300 swim, 100 kick, 400 swim.

Then we did a set of 6 X 100's 75 Build Free, 25 K... Odds Free, evens back.

Test set was
4 X 100 @ 1:55
2 X 100 @ 1:45
4 X 100 @ 1:50
2 X 100 @ 1:40

I made all of them pretty much on 1:40 except the last one. It was a 1:43.

I focused on letting gravity help me. To relax into my stroke and let gravity push me forward instead of strength. I found I was not that tired when i was done although my stroke was falling apart a bit at the end. When you relax it doesn't fall apart. It's when you put all that effort into it that it falls apart.

I also focused a little bit today with exhaling through the full cycle. I think I'll concentrate on this more when I feel a bit more comfortable with all the nuances. I did feel like it relaxed me more so it's worth the effort but my brain can only concentrate on so many things.

I did notice today when my hand didn't hit the right spot which is good. I really felt it when I crossed over so that is huge progress too.