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Aerobic and sprint focused day of training starting with a bit of a longer session for the student-athletes of the sports class on this Thursday morning. Most of these athletes are competing in middle to distance events and thus benefit of the additional “volume”.
Fast mid-week evening workout for the National & Junior National groups including a couple broken swims focusing on race skills and a short overspeed block.
Kicking off this week with a fast Monday evening practice for most athletes of the National & Junior National groups. The workout included a lactate set as well as an “overspeed” effort and was cut short at the end as we run out of time after the recovery block during the last part of the session.
Aerobic recovery based Friday evening practice for the National & Junior National groups including plenty of equipment to keep intensity down.
Thursday morning session for the student-athletes of the sports class with an aerobic and sprint focused session to prepare for the second lactate practice of the week with the rest of the team in the evening.
Hump day recovery evening practice for the National & Junior National groups including mostly relaxed aerobic work and starting “the taper phase” for the athletes getting ready to compete at Long Course Nationals.
Last day at our own pool with two recovery focused sessions including some sprint work in the morning to keep everybody sharp. Everything really is relaxed or fast these days leading into the championship meet.
Championship week starting with an optional Monday recovery session for all of our Junior athletes wanting to stay in touch with the water or wanting to stay on the competition schedule and get up and going in the morning.
Aerobic focused Monday evening workout integrating a few short sprint sets as we continue our “extended recovery cycle” to prepare for our intrasquad meets.
Optional Sunday morning session with two of our “Senior” athletes preparing for Junior Nationals and some “visitors” from the Junior group. The first workout was more freestyle focused while the second one included more medley work.