08/25/05 IM and Breast Practice

WARMUP: 1000With Zura Alpha Fins, swim continuously through:200 head-lead drill IM200 hand-lead drill IM200 single-arm drill IM200 2L/2R drill IM200 combo IMWARMUP KICK SET: 250EZ kicking to warm up the knees. Kick twice through the following:25 UW breast kick25 hand-lead kick on back25 hand-lead kick on stomach25 head-lead kick on back25 head-lead kick on stomachKICK SET: 500With kickboard.5 X 100 breast kick on 2:45 sendoff with 10 Rocket Launchers before each 100.I tried to even-split each 100, i.e., second 50 is the same speed as the first 50, and tried to descend time on the set. Wasn't entirely successful at this. I had to really push the second 50s to finish them in the same time as the first 50s. I got the overall descend, however (1:55...1:53...1:50...1:47...1:45).EXPERIMENT SET: 400With Zura Alpha fins.I wanted to experiment a bit with swimming with those plastic toy "rings" on my arms and in my hands. Tried a bit of everything.BREAST SET: 450With Alpha fins.6 X 75 swum as 25 UW breast + 25 AW breast + 25 dolphin on back. Just nice and easy, trying to feel a connection from fingertips to shoulders.Total Yardage: 2600