Monday afternoon is typically a "Threshold" training day for us.
Most people took care of the set in the middle. Jack took care of the left side.
This type of practice, and getting better at it, is the goal for all athletes. It doesn't matter if you are sprinter or a distance swimmer!
If you look at the page (bottom of the post), you can see the zones I was asking for. These zones were figured based off our 10x300 Freestyle set we did last week. I plugged the athlete's average times into a program that I have used since 2006 (seen below) -- and that program spits out what we call "White, Pink, and Red" paces. It also spits out Blue Paces and Purple paces.
Here's what it looks like.
I have a lot to say about this pace chart, why we use it, how its use affects sprinters and distance swimmers alike, etc -- but I'll save that for a video post.
So, the practice went well. Most people "completed the assignment" -- which is how I look at this type of practice day (more on that later as well).
We will be swimming at 100-200 pace on Tuesday -- and for many of our athletes -- on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday as well!
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