But since Friday morning has typically been my dedicated swim day, I decided to try a workout designed by
Sara McLarty, who has this brilliant How To Swim plan:
http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=1945
on BeginnerTriathlete, which has become a veritable treasure trove of information, including my primary work-out logging app!
So here's what I did this morning:
SWIM
- DURATION:40m
- DISTANCE:600.00 yards
- PACE:-----
- TIME:9:20 AM
So now I didn't calculate the pace, because it would look so lame! But here's what I actually did (Thanks Sara!)
WEEK #1
Workout #1 600 total
- 100 warm up swim
:60 seconds rest
- 6 x 25 (2 kick, 2 pull, 2 swim) Kick: use a kickboard
Pull: use a pull-buoy
with :30 seconds rest between each 25
- 100 swim
:60 seconds rest
- 6 x 25 (2 kick, 2 pull, 2 swim)
with :30 seconds rest between each 25
- 100 cool down swim
This is great stuff! I think this would be excellent for anyone trying to swim for the first time since high school: it gave me short little segments to exert myself mightily and then recover (My "Race Pace" Strategy!)
And for the first time I actually put my FACE in the water (OK I've been doing backstroke and sidestroke all this time!) because for the kick, pull and swim segments I worked on crawl. See, I can barely do 25 yards in a crawl without gasping and choking for breath, but this workout helps me build the kicking -- by isolating it -- and then build the stroking, and then trying it for 25 yards with a break after.
I think this would actually permit me to develop a killer crawl, which I really should have if I'm going to swim. Right? The only thing is that the Bally pool has kickboards lying around but no pull buoys, Now that I'm paying attention, I see that many swimmers bring their own little mesh bags with pull buoys. Who Knew? Time for Amazon.com
Goes between your legs while you swim, isolating your arm stroke. 
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