Had a great night tonight and finally confirmed the point of the variable starts workouts. When starting on decreasing amounts of time, one should try to hold the same pace throughout the workout, just decreasing the rest intervals. That is what I thought.
Warm-up:
100m sculling
100m finger drag (recently found out from a friend that this is to ensure a flat hand entry)
100m shoulder touch
100m catch-up
Main set:
4x 100m on 2:30 - 2:05 to 2:08
4x 100m on 2:25 - 2:08 to
2:10
4x 100m on 2:20 - ~2:10
4x 100m on 2:15 - 2:08 to
2:05 (thought this was the last one and sprinted!)
4x 100m on 2:10 - 2:12 to
2:04 on the very last one
It's very clear that it takes me a long time to get going, especially with my breathing becoming regulated. I'm faster at the end of a set like this than at the start. No matter the times, I'm happy that they were very consistent. I guess I'm more in tune with my own pacing.
Cool-down: 100m easy (tried breaststroke, but that aggravated the bursitis)
--Distance: 2,500m
--Duration: 65mins
Seeing all your swimming makes me feel lazy :-)
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