Syndirelah

If I did the math correctly that work out is 4000 meters! how long does that take you? WOW

Wahine 44 50's sounds really intimidating! and every 4th the fly! They would be dragging me off the bottom of the pool.

After my swim today I decided I need to do more fly to help my freestyle. I have gotten lazy on my free and I am not pushing myself enough. I have developed a "good enough for a sprint tri" attitude - not worth the effort it takes to speed up - I can easily, w/o pushing, maintain a 1:50 pace for 1100 continuous yds and still feel great after so I figure "good enough"

Like you Veronica I need to concentrate on my running - I REALLY bite it there.

BUT today I did a couple of 25's of fly and thought "this is good for me"
I timed myself on 25 back and 25 fly. I am waaaay faster on the fly - now if I can just get my endurance up!

One more thing - I asked my coach about mixing up the sets w/ different strokes and correlating drills - it sounds like I am the only one on here who does that on a regular basis.
Her answer was "anything that helps strengthen your core is going to help you on the swim, bike and run; doing all the strokes helps balance out and strengthen all the muscles not just the ones used for that specific stroke. Also it prevents overuse injuries, AND prevents boredom"

I believe her. She is the coach who is training the 16 year old who is now being lauded as the fastest 17 and under female swimmer in the world - she does all the strokes.