50 yard backstroke in 23.10 at the end of practice

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50 yard backstroke in 23.10 at the end of practice

Posted by Kevin Doak on Wednesday at: 12:18am (February 1st, 2012)

We had an unexpected hard practice on Tuesday evening.  The practice began with an ab session and should have moved on to a short speed pool workout.  We were surprised with a long 2 hour workout which included 40 x 25y swims at race pace.  Each of the two rounds were capped off with a 50y swim from a dive timed.  My first 50 was a 23.3.  I knew I could swim faster.  The second round was even better with a 23.10!  Probably my fastest time ever in practice, and happend after 5,000 yards.  Not too shabby for me.

WORKOUT:

2 x

6 x 25y push race pace
300y swim
5 x 25y push race pace
225y swim 
4 x 25y push race pace
150y swim
3 x 25y push race pace
75y race pace 

50y Dive Race pace timed

Training Quote
"Doak, are you getting it? 15 meters off the start, 15 meters off the turn." - Coach Mark Hill
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