This week's set combines many elements that coaches (and swimmers) should like: it's a team builder because everyone does the same set on the same sendoffs (except for beginners, who have a separate track); it's a set that pushes everyone to the limit; it's a set that you might not think you can make, but then you feel GREAT when you make it.
In honor of Valentine's Day on Sunday, this week's set is a cardio challenge. It's not a lot of yardage, but it will test your heart in more ways than one.
In addition to challenging your cardio system, this week's set is also a brainteaser. Just what you want for a 5 am practice :)
This week's set is 9 X 200 with lots of rest, which means it's quality yardage
This week we're posting Leg #2 of the Triple Crown. Seventy-five swims on a 1:20 sendoff.
This week we're borrowing an idea from coaching friend Mike Collins at NOVA Masters. Every year, the NOVA Masters do something called the Triple Crown to help them get ready for the USMS One-Hour Postal Swim in January. Leg #1 of the Triple Crown is 50 swims on a 1:30 sendoff. No equipment.
With Halloween tomorrow, it's gotta be the classic "Satan Set."
If you choose easy sendoffs and take too much rest, this week's set becomes just another set. But if you step up and challenge yourself, this will be one of those sets that gets ***** next to it in your workout log.
This set is in honor of Scott May, a Masters swimmer on the team that I coach. He's got a Big Birthday coming up and is doing this challenge set tomorrow.
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