SwimSwam wants to give you an inside look at what a normal day-in-the-life looks like for any given swimmer, and how that differs from team to team or city to city. We send our head of production, Coleman Hodges, to be a fly on the wall at practice, then relay what he discovered back to you over pancakes. Or at least breakfast.
We have one final workout from Charlottesville: a “colors” (red) set from UVA assistant Blaire Bachman. This workout was written for Paige Madden, who in preparation for World University Games this summer, didn’t take significant time off after a breakout NCAA’s. She wasn’t alone, however; she had a good amount of training partners for majority of the set, including ACC champion Morgan Hill. The set was as follows:
Rd 1
200@2:40 Pink
4×100@1:20 Red
:30 rest
2×50@1:10 Blue, Stroke
Rd 2
200@2:40 Pink
4×100@1:20 Red
1×150@2:00 Red
:30 rest
2×50@1:10 Blue, Stroke
Rd 3
200@2:40 Pink
4×100@1:20 Red
2×150@2:00 Red
:30 rest
2×50@1:10 Blue, Stroke
Rd 4
200@2:40 Pink
4×100@1:20 Red
3×150@2:00 Red
:30 rest
2×50@1:10 Blue, Stroke
After the set, they finished with a 100 off the blocks, either free or stroke. Madden dropped a sub-60 second 100m free at the end of this set.
See our first Practice + Pancakes with UVA featuring Tyler Fenwick’s distance workout here.
See Jack Conger take down Todd DeSorbo’s power set in Practice + Pancakes here.
See Todd DeSorbo’s philosophy on sprinting in Beyond the Pancakes here.
