At EMU for a few days

Today was a bit of a throwback to how I was training a few years ago.  My workout represented a regiment that I believe got me to the Olympic Trials:

• Briefly stretch
• Run 1/2 Mile to the pool
• Lift for 30 minutes, 3 rounds of 8 reps each machine
• Swim for 1.5 Hours, approx 3,500 - 4,500 meters

Due to a Water Polo tournament at Club Wolverine, I felt it was best to just rely on the predictable training times available at EMU.  The summer squad had some open lanes during their workout so I grabbed a workout and joined in.  It was a 4,300 meter workout which culminated with 32x50's (2 Max + 2 Easy) @ 1:00.  I held it together for the whole workout until this set.  It got pretty ugly pretty quickly.  I did the first 16 of them freestyle.  I would swim the first of the max 50's on the :30.xx and the second on the :33.xx.  Those times are in no way impressive unless we're talking about age group swimming.  I think the weights and running really took a toll on me.  I was getting ruined by almost everybody in the pool.  It was a little embarrassing.  I look forward to a blog post where I can say I excelled in practice.  Today is not that day.  It will probably be a few months till you read something along those lines.

I miss swimming at EMU.