Weekly Review (2/1-2/7)

The week of February 1 through 7 was a step up in my swim training although I am still not running. Monday I did nothing but teach and nap. I felt like that was what I needed so that is what I did. Tuesday, however, I began afresh with a trip to DSU where I swam

1,300 warm up
8 X 50 @ 1:00 decline 1-4
10 X 50 1-4 @ :50, 5 @ 2:00 two times through
50 easy
5 X 100 medium paddles @ 2:30
10 X 50 @ 1:00 25 hard/25 easy
end of Masters
2,650 medium paddles in 45:15 = 1:42
50 easy
total: 5,950 yards = 5,438 meters.

Wednesday I did a major back yard weight session, and Thursday it was Masters and the Mad Swimming Scientist all over again. I swam

1,750 warm up
8 X 50 @ 1:00
800 medium paddles
800 swim
1,050 swim
end of Masters
2,700 small paddles in 47:21 = 1:45
total: 7,500 yards = 6,855 meters.

I looked back at my training diary from a year ago and found that I did not swim at all this week last year. Tuesday last year I preached my mother-in-law's funeral, and on Thursday I had a stomach virus. That jumps me ahead of last year by a good bit, or you could say it catches me up because last year the Challenge was a week later being the second week of June rather than the customary first week. But this year, I not only swam, I swam a third time making a Friday trip to DSU where I did

1,850 warmup
500 back kick/swim with fins by 25
8 X 25
4 X 50
4 X 75
4 X 100
2 X 125
1 X 150 all on a 2:00 per 100 pace
200 easy
total: 4,050 = 3,701.

Friday when I got home I was trying to clean the house a little when I realized I was not limping. !!! Finally. Thinking back, I didn't feel the foot Thursday night when I swam. Usually I could feel some discomfort while doing my light two-beat kick.

Saturday it was the backyard gym for another upper body session. For the week, I

Lifted weights two times and
swam 15,994 meters for a total of 58,627 for the year which puts me ahead of last year at this time by 26,379 meters.