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2013-03-11 10:33 AM

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My swimming in the past has been just doing lap after lap endlessly and mindlessly.  I figure it's time I get more purposeful in my swim workouts. 

So I come across something like this:

50', 2,000 total

WU: 400 easy

MS: 30x50 descending 1-3 by sets of 10

CD: 100 easy

50 send-off is Threshold Pace (TP) plus 5-10" (TP+5-10").  So if your TP is 1:30 per 100, your 50TP is :45. TP+5-10" = 50-55 send-off.

 

I think I can figure out most of it but what is "descending 1-3 by sets of 10?"

2013-03-11 10:41 AM
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wushunut - 2013-03-12 12:33 AM

My swimming in the past has been just doing lap after lap endlessly and mindlessly.  I figure it's time I get more purposeful in my swim workouts. 

So I come across something like this:

50', 2,000 total

WU: 400 easy

MS: 30x50 descending 1-3 by sets of 10

CD: 100 easy

50 send-off is Threshold Pace (TP) plus 5-10" (TP+5-10").  So if your TP is 1:30 per 100, your 50TP is :45. TP+5-10" = 50-55 send-off.

 

I think I can figure out most of it but what is "descending 1-3 by sets of 10?"

HI KEYE

It means you do them as 3 sets of 10x50. The second set of 10 should be swum faster than the first set, and the 50s in the third/final set should be fastest.

2013-03-11 10:45 AM
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TriAya - 2013-03-11 10:41 AM
wushunut - 2013-03-12 12:33 AM

My swimming in the past has been just doing lap after lap endlessly and mindlessly.  I figure it's time I get more purposeful in my swim workouts. 

So I come across something like this:

50', 2,000 total

WU: 400 easy

MS: 30x50 descending 1-3 by sets of 10

CD: 100 easy

50 send-off is Threshold Pace (TP) plus 5-10" (TP+5-10").  So if your TP is 1:30 per 100, your 50TP is :45. TP+5-10" = 50-55 send-off.

 

I think I can figure out most of it but what is "descending 1-3 by sets of 10?"

HI KEYE

It means you do them as 3 sets of 10x50. The second set of 10 should be swum faster than the first set, and the 50s in the third/final set should be fastest.

Try to get a consistent 1 to 2 seconds difference between each of the 50's in each set. The first 10 take it as roughly +1, second 10 try and take those at your threshold pace, then the third 10 try to go 2 seconds faster.

2013-03-11 10:46 AM
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TriAya - 2013-03-11 10:41 AM

wushunut - 2013-03-12 12:33 AM

My swimming in the past has been just doing lap after lap endlessly and mindlessly.  I figure it's time I get more purposeful in my swim workouts. 

So I come across something like this:

50', 2,000 total

WU: 400 easy

MS: 30x50 descending 1-3 by sets of 10

CD: 100 easy

50 send-off is Threshold Pace (TP) plus 5-10" (TP+5-10").  So if your TP is 1:30 per 100, your 50TP is :45. TP+5-10" = 50-55 send-off.

 

I think I can figure out most of it but what is "descending 1-3 by sets of 10?"

HI KEYE

It means you do them as 3 sets of 10x50. The second set of 10 should be swum faster than the first set, and the 50s in the third/final set should be fastest.



WU = warm up
MS = main set
CD = cool down

I'm going to start a triathlon-themed restaurant and those will be the names of the dishes rather than appetizer, entree and dessert.
2013-03-11 10:49 AM
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Hey Yanti!

 

Faster at the end?!?! Oh man...

Thanks for the translation and glad to see the manatees thriving as always!.

 

Here's a baby manatee as thanks.

2013-03-11 10:51 AM
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mr2tony - 2013-03-11 10:46 AM
TriAya - 2013-03-11 10:41 AM
wushunut - 2013-03-12 12:33 AM

My swimming in the past has been just doing lap after lap endlessly and mindlessly.  I figure it's time I get more purposeful in my swim workouts. 

So I come across something like this:

50', 2,000 total

WU: 400 easy

MS: 30x50 descending 1-3 by sets of 10

CD: 100 easy

50 send-off is Threshold Pace (TP) plus 5-10" (TP+5-10").  So if your TP is 1:30 per 100, your 50TP is :45. TP+5-10" = 50-55 send-off.

 

I think I can figure out most of it but what is "descending 1-3 by sets of 10?"

HI KEYE

It means you do them as 3 sets of 10x50. The second set of 10 should be swum faster than the first set, and the 50s in the third/final set should be fastest.

WU = warm up MS = main set CD = cool down I'm going to start a triathlon-themed restaurant and those will be the names of the dishes rather than appetizer, entree and dessert.

Please do this. I'd go.

2013-03-11 10:51 AM
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Thanks everyone!  This like learning a new language...

 

2013-03-11 10:54 AM
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wushunut - 2013-03-12 12:49 AM

Hey Yanti!

 

Faster at the end?!?! Oh man...

Thanks for the translation and glad to see the manatees thriving as always!.

 

Here's a baby manatee as thanks.

A BABY MANATEE!!!!

Yes, faster, LOL ... you can do it Manatee Kee ... focus on the flippers.

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