Pool Training | Mediterra Swim & Run

25m Split Improvement Ideas

by Coach Mat | 28 Apr, 2010

Today I swam 3100m. Started at 9:35am. Pool was 29 degrees C. 500 Warmup 4x (200m FG Slide & Glide for minimum SPL, full power per stroke, then 50m open-hand for minimum SPL at 1500 pace). I held 13 SPL for all FG, and for the 50m I came in at :46 holding 12/13...

How Will I Lower My 25m Split?

by Coach Mat | 25 Apr, 2010

I started back in the pool in January swimming the 100m in about 1:30. My goal has been to take advantage of pool time to do short work, specifically work on my 100m time, until I return to the Mediterranean for distance work in June. 20-some years ago, in my teens, I...

How Did I Go Faster Without Trying To?

by Coach Mat | 25 Apr, 2010

Today I swam 3500m. The water was 29 degrees C. My focus today was to hold SPL across the set and descend times. My goal was to hold 17 SPL for the Fistgloved , and 15 SPL for the open-hand legs. 2x 400m, 4x 200m, 8x 100m, 8x 50m where I alternated FG and open-hand...

Ease Into Speed Rather Than Plow Into It

by Coach Mat | 22 Apr, 2010

I swam 3300m today. Started at 10:00am. The pool was 29 degrees C. WARM UP 500m – 200 hand, 300 FG MAIN SETS 1500m timed, with TT set to 1.25. My splits were 8:41/8:49/8:44 = 26:14 (1:45/100m pace) 100m recovery 3x [4×25 TT, 100 TT, 50 recovery] with descending...

Change Focus, Change Results

by Coach Mat | 20 Apr, 2010

I swam 3000m today. Started at 9:20am. The pool was 29 degrees C. WARM UP 5x100m FR/BK-BR alternate. MAIN SET 4x [4×25, 2×50, 100, 150, 50 recovery] with descending tempo per repeat. Tempo 1.20 Tempo 1.15 Tempo 1.10 Tempo 1.15 time SPL time SPL time SPL time...

Go Faster With Fewer Strokes

by Coach Mat | 18 Apr, 2010

Today I did 3000m. I swam around 14:00- I had breakfast at 9:15 but no lunch- so I was naturally looser (as evidenced in my stretching beforehand) and my fuel tank a bit more filled than usual. The pool was a perfect 29 degrees so it was pleasantly un-noticed. (I use...