Friday 24/10,7.20pm

3rd. practice of the day... exhausted, but ready to go. Dave, Patrick, Kate, Meredith, Eric and the 2 new swimmers (Olga and... I forget her name :-() are all waiting for me and ready to go.
I decided it would be a good idea for everyone to KNOW exactly where we are are in terms of fitness/speed at this moment in time, which is the beginning of the season. So they did a "competition work-out" followed by some as-fast-as-you-can sets:
WARM-UP
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200 EZ
200 kick
10x50 25 FAST choice, 25 free EZ on 1'10''
6x50 free on a 400 meter pace
(1200 m.)
Eric, Dave and Patrick:
1x800 free:
Patrick: 3'06 / 6'16 (3'10) / 9'27 (3'11) / 12'42 (3'15)
Dave: 3'25/6'50 (3'25) / 10'22 (3'32) / 13'58 (3'36)
Eric: 3'35'' / 7'23 (3'48) / 11'14 (3'51) / 15' (3'46)

2x200 free:
Dave: 3'11 / X
Patrick: 2'56 / 3'
Eric: 3'26 / 3'26

Kate:
200 breast: 3'49, 100 IM: 1'34 and 1'39, 50 br: 48''

Meredith: 200 IM: 3'11 and 3'11, 100 IM: 1'31, 100 bk: 1'28'' (split = 43''), 50 fly: 41'', 50 bk: 42''

The 2 new swimmers worked on technique with fins, learning to swim free and back stroke. Improving fast!!!!!