11/30/06 Backstroke Tempo-Trainer Set

WARMUP: 700With Zura Alphas:100 dolphin100 flutter100 dolphin100 free/100 back200 breast kick with pull buoy -- all positionsKICK SET: 500 + 2005 X 100 on 2:30 breast kick with standard kickboard and 7 Rocket Laundhers before each 100.Did this with Tempo Trainer set at 1:75. Was trying to negative-split each 100, but wasn't too successful. Best I could do was even split a few of them [52 + 52 = 1:44]200 EZ swim to get shoulders unkinked.BACKSTROKE SET: 1000 + 4005 X 100 backstroke on 2:05 -- descend#1: Fistgloves, and Tempo Trainer set at 1:15 [went 1:40]#2: Fistgloves, and TT at 1:10 [went 1:39]#3: Fistgloves, and TT at 1:05 [went 1:36]#4: Fistgloves, and TT at 1:00 [went 1:34]#5: Take off the gloves, and TT at :95 [went 1:24]200 EZ pull and kick5 X 50 backstroke on 1:10 -- descend#1: Fistgloves, and TT at 1:10#2: Fistgloves, and TT at 1:05#3: Fistgloves, and TT at 1:00#4: Fistgloves, and TT at :95#5: Take off the gloves, and TT at :90Wasn't able to descend 1-4. Those were all around :45. Fifth one was :40.200 EZ pull and kick10 X 25 backstroke (odds on :30 sendoff; evens on :35 sendoff)#1+2: TT @ 1:05#3+4: TT @ 1:00#5+6: TT @ :95#7+8: TT @ :90#9+10: TT @ :85All of these were around 20 to 21 seconds. Felt really sloppy when I got into the 95 to 85 range with the TT. That's probably no my best racing tempo. More like 1:00.WARMDOWN: 200 EZ with 3 starts from the blocksTotal Yardage: 3000