Tuesday, June 16, 2009

I thought I was done with Calculus

I love my coaches and teammates, but I always need to complain about swimming.

So, the swim set was kind of crazy for the last two weeks. Not only do I have to swim but I also need to keep track of all these set. I may as well be doing calculus while swimming.

Two weeks ago, I did circuits of 5-100 yd. It goes like this: Hard, Easy, Hard, Hard, Easy... then repeat. That means I have to swim 100 yd hard, rest, then 100 yd easy, rest, then 100 hard, rest, 100 hard, rest, 100 easy, rest... repeat. And remember the pool is only 25 yd long... so for 100 yd, I need to swim 2 laps (4 sides).

You guessed it, I lost track after a while!

Hard, Easy, Hard, Hard, Easy... I may as well press Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A!

Somehow I survived and I thought it was done... then one week after... I did the following.

Set 1
25 yd 5 seconds rest
50 yd 10 seconds rest
75 yd 15 seconds rest
100 yd 20 seconds rest

Set 2
125 yd 5 seconds rest
150 yd 10 seconds rest
175 yd 15 seconds rest
200 yd 20 seconds rest

Set 3
225 yd 5 seconds rest
250 yd 10 seconds rest
275 yd 15 seconds rest
300 yd 20 seconds rest

Set 4
175 yd 5 seconds rest
150 yd 10 seconds rest
125 yd 15 seconds rest
100 yd 20 seconds rest

Set 5...

The coach did tape the set at the end of the lane... the problem is... since I am doing odd numbers on some sets, I ended up resting at the opposite end of the pool not knowing what to do next. I find a solution to read the list before I end up on the other side of the pool.

I was doing good at first, then I screw up and lost track in the middle. The swim was actually ok, but the counting is very very tiring. I am actually looking forward to the 3km swim this sunday... because I only need to count to 66 laps =)

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