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Sprint oriented workouts.
We were running multiple groups and workouts this Tuesday to cater to the schedules and needs of the athletes. There was a sprint/power approach in the morning and race pace focus in the afternoon . . .
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We had limited pool space on our second day of the new year and thus completed two short hour long sprint sessions. Lots of speed work in the pool with higher intensity dryland sessions to warm up.
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Friday morning pre-travel/pre-meet session with some skills and speed work after a short aerobic recovery focused warm-up block. No intervals on the skills and speed parts – target “full recovery” between every repeat.
Tuesday USRPT session with two rounds of “short distance/high repetitions” race pace focused work.
Thursday doubles with two pace focused sessions integrating short speed work. Kind of "building" the speed in the morning and "applying" in the afternoon - like one big practice for the day . . .
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Friday afternoon speed focused session with lots of short sprints mixed with aerobic blocks for recovery as well as some overspeed work. With only our third session back after the short break, speed didn't come easy in the beginning . . .
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Thursday afternoon "general aerobic" session, slowly building back up after the break over Christmas as we're moving into a more of "high volume, low intensity" phase for the next few weeks of training . . .
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First afternoon workout back after the couple days off over Christmas. Short aerobic recovery and speed focused session following a “kick-pull-swim” pattern and finishing with some overspeed.
Speed focused Friday with two sessions integrating a lot of short sprint sets mixed with "aerobic recovery" work. The morning practice had a slight kicking focus and less aerobic elements with fewer pool time . . .
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Final day of taper before State Championships. A very short session mirroring our last few practices.