An Amazing Workout
Last Friday, we had one of those workouts that give coaches goosebumps (well...at least this coach got goosebumps). We had the whole team in the water, except the kids who had tapered for CSB/SJU because they were traveling abroad this spring, so the pool was packed.
We started with some nice general training sets, mixing things up a little, and the team was getting into it. Then, to end the workout, we did a set of 10 x 50. Everyone went 10-seconds apart, to keep the circle suction to a minimum. Because of the crowd, we went on the 1:30... lot of rest, but also a chance to practice being fast...one of our training mantras.
Well, it was amazing. In all my years of coaching, I've considered breaking 28 seconds in a repeat 50 a pretty good accomplishment for a woman at this level. I've seen it several times, but it's not all that common. At the end of the set, we had seven women on the team with 27.8 or faster from a push-off, with Becca Ney popping a 26.7 on her last 50. Of those who weren't under 28, several nearly equalled their best dive-start times of the season, from a push-off. And the men were just as strong.
It was a set I'll certainly remember for a long time...or at least until this group of workout monsters puts together another set that out-does this one.