A solid fast set this morning

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A solid fast set this morning

Posted by Kevin Doak on Saturday at: 10:47pm (November 26th, 2011)

I had some solid swims this morning as part of a quick main set.  We are once again a bit broken down from weights and power/speed work this week.  The set was a fast 62.5 yards (to get a full 3 turns) with another fast 50 followed by 2 positive bands (pulled 25 yards with surgical tubing).

I thought my times were respectable:

24.0 at the feet, no time for the additional 12.5 yards, then a 25.3 at the touch
23.8 at the feet
23.8 at the feet 

The 23.8 really isn't that bad when you consider we're broken down and that was to the feet completing a flipturn (not a normal hand touch finish).  A touch finish would have been around 23.4 which is very solid in practice for me.  I probably could have been faster but I'm swimming 15 meters off every wall to improve my underwater performance.  As of right now, those long underwaters actually slow me down but with enough work, they will start to help in both practice and races.

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