I've just noticed somewhat of a pattern in my swim workouts. It seems like my first couple of weeks in the pool involved 2's. As in 2 sets of xyz or 200 yards of xyz. Then it went up to 3's last week and early this week. And today, 4's. I have a feeling that coach Kris is going to throw some 5's and 6's at me in the coming weeks as the yardage slowly creeps up. OKaaaaay. BRING IT.
I made a new friend at the pool this morning. I ended up sharing a lane with Jen. As she finished her workout, I was taking a short breather at the wall and noticed her water bottle was from a race I did last summer so I asked the obvious question,
"did you do that race"?, pointing at the bottle.
"yeah, my husband and I both do triathlons."
"very cool that you can race with your husband"
"I won't be doing much this season cuz I'm pregnant with my second"
"congratulations." she wasn't showing yet.
"what are you training for"?
"I'm going to do ironman Canada"
"I knew you were an ironman. you're in great shape"
me blushing "thanks but I have a long way to go before the race"
"will you do some local races before that"?
"yeah, I've signed up for 4 this summer"
Jen mentioned the races her husband will do and she may do one as the swimmer on a relay.
I told her I'd probably see her and hubby at one of those races.
Jen said "I'll be showing pretty good by then. Does USAT let pregnant women race"?
"I guess as long as you sign the waiver"
"great, see you there then. You should get back to your workout"
"thanks mom"
Thursday (IMC day 21)
45 min Strength training. Body weight only. Lots of core work. Lunges and squats.
Friday (IMC day 22)
Swim
WU 400
20x25 stroke drills @ :40 (odd= IM order/nf, even= fr)
4 times:
200 @ 3:30
100 IM/nf @ 2:00
100 ez
4x100 kick @ 2:20
400 pull with paddles and buoy @ 6:30
100 ez
3,000 total. 70 minutes
Bike on trainer. 60 minutes.
Warm up 5 minutes easy
3x30 sec 53x15 @ 30 sec. ez
1 minute easy spin
4 x 1 min one-leg drill (alternate 4 times each leg) 53x15 with 30 sr between legs
Off bike, 3 x 1 min wall sit @ 20 sec rest
Off bike, 4 x 10 explosive vertical jumps with 20 sec rest between sets
Back on bike, 1 min spin
2 x 6 min tempo 53x14 @ 60 sec. ez
3 x 30 sec one-leg drill (alternate 3 times each leg) 53x12 with 30 sec. ez between legs
8 min steady tempo 53x13
cooldown 5-10 minutes
10 comments:
my friend Michelle (hittingmystride.blogspot) did at least one tri with bub on board and showing.
awesome swim workout... I guess I'm in the ONES...down ONE..back ONE...suck wind for ONE minute...try again. lol. JK..it wasnt that bad. But man..I forgot how much different it is to be in swimming shape vs. running!
Nice, bring on those six and sevens in the pool. You will be great. Also, that pregnancy thing, no idea, and currently not interested, but really, really impressed by all those moms and dads out there who can manage to train with all of those other crazy schedules to manage.
i remember how my bride swam long workouts every day up till the bambinos came out..and her deliveries were all very successful and each kid was pretty good size too.
but doing a tri???wow... thats amazing.
isn't it fun to meet other people like you at the gym?? :-)
Oh - there is this bad a@@ girl in my spin class that is prolly 6mo preggo. She still rocks the bike...
It's always fun to meet new people in the pool. i didn't know about the waiver since I did a run leg of WF last year pregnant but wasn't showing yet...except in my slow running performance.
I love meeting new tri-friends like that! Very cool!
6s and 7s TIMED? Ouch!
I raced pregnant several times (until the 4th-5th month) then my Dr. told me to stop....but my training (especially swimming) continued throughout my pregnancy. I was on a bike three weeks after a c-section. It helps to go into it in good shape! Yeah for your swim buddy!
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