Long week

Sunday January 13th- 1 hour 30 minutes
400free/100 BK/400 FR/100 BK
10 x 50 agility paddles
500 tempo trainer at 105
10 x 50 100 IM order
500 with snorkel, tempo trainer at 100
10 x 50 stroke maker paddles
500 with snorkel, and fins, tempo trainer at 95
10 x 100 kick (alternate DOB/vertical kick)

5000 yards (this workout felt great, almost took this as an off day, glad I didn't.  My body is still feeling super exhausted)

Monday January 14th-off day.  
Really glad I pushed through and got that workout in.  I'm feeling more like a normal person today.  Not grumpy and tired like I felt all last week.

Tuesday January 15th-off day
I really wanted to swim today, work was crazy busy and couldn't break away.


Wednesday January 16th -1 hour 40 minutes
1000 free with 200 back mixed in
6 x 400 alternate FR/IM
12 x 50 (4 with agility paddles, 4 with snorkel, 4 with stroke maker paddles)
10 x 100 kick alternate FOB/vertical kick

Total 5000 yards

Thursday January 17th-less than 45 minutes 
1000 free
400 IM
200 free
50 scull

Total 1650

Friday January 18th-1 hour 50 minutes 
1000 free
16 x 250 @ 4:00/4:15 (4 swim, 4 with snorkel, 4 with stroke maker paddles, 4 with fins)
10 x 100 kick alternate FOB/vertical kick

Total 6000

Saturday January 19th -less than 30 minutes 
1000 free
6 x 100 kick alternate FOB/vertical kick
50 easy

Total 1650

I was REALLY tired Saturday and feeling run down like I'm getting sick.  Wanted to swim a little more, but cut it short due to how I was feeling.

Summary: I felt good about this week.  Got all five swims in and three were longer swims.  Still haven't incorporated any dryland in.  I think next week should probably be a recovery week.

Feeling more like an athlete

This last week was a really good training week.  I did meet my goal of getting five workouts in again.  I also met my goal of increasing two of those workouts to an hour and a half.  I wasn't able to get any VASA in, but it was a really busy week work wise, so I'm happy with what I did accomplish.

Here's what I did:

Sunday January 6th-1 hour and a half
500 free 500 back
10 x 100 Kick (alt FOB/vertical kick)
500 snorkel with tempo trainer set 105
400 snorkel with tempo trainer set 100
300 snorkel with tempo trainer set 95
200 snorkel with tempo trainer set 90
100 snorkel with tempo trainer set 85
5 x 100 IM @ 2:00

4000 yards total

Tuesday  January 8th-1hour
1000 free
10 x 100 kick (alt. FOB/vertical kick)
100 parachute
400 alternate BK/FR

Total 2500 yards

Wednesday January 9th -1 hour and a half
1000 FR/BK
2x(200 parachute/300 swim)
10x100 kick (alt. FOB/vertical kick)
2x(300 parachute/200 swim)
100 easy

4100 yards total

Thursday-1 hour
1000 free/Bk by 200
10 x 100 kick (alt. FOB/vertical kick)
400 IM
100 easy

Total 2500 yards

Friday-1 hour 15 minutes
1000 free
10 x 50 agility paddles
6 x 100 @ 1:45 tempo trainer at 90
10 x 50 stroke maker paddles
4 x 50 @ 1:30 tempo trainer at 85
10 x 100 kick (alt. DOB/vertical kick)

Total 4000 yards

However, although I got all my desired swim workouts in, I was EXHAUSTED, completely.  But I can feel myself feeling less bored in the water and more excited to go swim.  I'm hoping my work life pressures ease up in the next few weeks.

Happy New Year!

Here's a re-cap of the past week:

Sunday Dec 30th: Swam about an hour, did the following: 
500 Free/500 back
10 x 100 kick alternate 100 KOB/same time vertical kick
10 x 50 alternate fly/back
10 x 50 alternate agility paddles/stroke maker paddles
200 easy

3200 yards

Monday Dec. 31st: Swam about an hour, did the following: 
1000 free
10 x 100 kick alternate DOB/vertical flutter
3 x 400 IM
200 easy

3400 yards

Tuesday Jan. 1: Swam about an hour, did the following: 
1000 free
 10 x 100 kick alternate DOB/vertical flutter
9 x 100 (agility paddles/stroke maker paddles/no paddles) increasing tempo trainer x5 each set of three
400 IM
100 easy

3400 yards

Thursday Jan.3: Swam about an hour, did the following: 
(note: left shoulder was bugging me a bit, did mostly kick with some fin work)
1000 free
8 x 150 (first 50 rotate IM order, second 100 kick) with same time vertical kick in btwn
200 easy

3200 yards

Friday Jan.4: Swam about an hour, did the following: 
400IM, 200 agility paddles, 200 swim fulcrum, 200 coconut paddles
4 x 500 with tempo trainer @ 8:30, speeded up tempo trainer x5 each 500 (this resulted in each 500 getting roughly 15 seconds faster than the one before)
4 x 100 kick alternate KOB/vertical kick in bwtn

3400 yards

This last practice of the week I feel really good about.  I really like training with the tempo trainer-I think it helps me hold pace and stay more focused when swimming alone.

I think this was my most successful training week since I got started again, I'm looking forward to next week!