3600m

Warm-up:
500s/500p/100k

Sets:
4x 200p (breath every 5), 4x50 k no brd, IM order, 100 IM

10x25 2x(breath every 3, 5, 7, 9), 1 breath, no breath

Cool Down:

250s

Total: 3600m 1hr 35 min

Linea & I are going to swim in a Masters Meet in April! I can't wait!! Yahoo! Now that snowboarding season is probably over, it's good to have something else to work for! I need a new incentive.

Powa Yoga

Hurray! Two weeks in a row. The squats felt great. I just wish it was a little harder, a little more intense and a little longer. I WANT MORE!!!

Not sure if I'll make it to the pool again this week....but with any luck, boarding on Saturday will happen!!

2600m

Warm-up:
700s/300k

Sets:
10x100 alt IM/free
4x100 brst k/k no brd/s/k

Cool Down:
200s

Total: 2600m 1hr.

Hunger pains set in! Short swim in the name of food!

4200m

Warm-up:
600s/600p/400k/100s

Sets:
30x50 alt 50 stroke (IM order, no free) on 1:30 and 50 free on 1:00
200k
4x100 IM :30 sec rest
8x25 fly :45 sec rest

Cool down:
200s

Total: 4200m 1 hr. 45 min.

My stroke work felt really good tonight. So good I did 8x25 fly! What?? Why?? But it felt good. It felt smooth. I was taking 2 breaths on the 25, one 1/2 way and one right before the wall. In total I did 450m fly! I think that might be a personal record.

Powa Yoga

When I first arrived in Japan, I went to a Friday night aerobics class at a company gym. There were only a handful of people there, all middle-aged women. The instructor invited to the Wednesday night yoga class, but I always had Japanese lessons. But now, my Wednesdays are free. So, last night Linea and I got on our yoga gear (in my case entirely too many layers) and headed out to the Nyuzen gym. We showed up early and it was already full!! There were young women and old and even a few men. It was one of the biggest community gatherings I've seen besides the festivals and marathons. I haven't done Power Yoga before, but I think I like it. It's a combo of aerobics and yoga. It gets the heart rate up, and I felt the burn, especially in my quads during the endless squats! It was also reminiscent of hot yoga...the heat was turned up!! So my additional layers to keep me warm in usually underheated buildings were completely unecessary! The crazy lady from the Friday night aerobics class was there. And a woman who helped me buy glasses when I first arrived was there. The teacher remembered me too. I guess it's hard to forget "the blonde." Except linea's blonde too, so really there are two blondes in the town. Major confusion could ensue!

I want to make Power Yoga a weekly ritual! It was awesome.

3200m

1000s

1000k while talking with Linea!

1000p

Cool Down:
200s

I have a busy busy week. I wasn't expecting to get to the pool, but found a 2 hour window and got there as fast as I could to get in as much as possible. I also need to burn off some of this chocolate I've been consuming! As soon as we get over the xmas holidays, valentine's hits! Enough already!!

4500m

Warm-up:
600s/500p/200k

Sets:
10x100 on 1:50 (7 f/3 brst)
5x4x 200p/100k/100IM (p= breath every 5)

Cool down:
200s

Total: 4500 1hr. 40 min.

I think yesterday's yoga stretching helped my neck. I felt SO much better today! And I got to swim with Ms. Linea! Hurray!

1700m

It was lame. I can't even remember what I did! Nothing substantial. I pulled a muscle in my neck from my right ear to my collar bone over the weekend snowboarding. Everytime I took a breath doing freestyle it hurt. Everytime I rotated my arms doing backstroke it hurt. And there is only so much breaststroke I can do. And my right hip hurts when I do breast kick. I'm not trying to complain. But my body wasn't having it today!

Total: 1700m 40 min.

Yoga

45 min of Yoga! Couldn't get myself to the pool, it's a 2-3 hours affair and sometimes there just isn't time or energy!

I needed the stretching before boarding and after a stressful day! Felt great!!

2500

Warm-up:
500s, 200k

Sets:
1500p
100k

Cool Down:
200s

Total: 2500m 50 min.

Thursday nights are always crowded because of the kids swim team. I had 4 people in my lane and both the pool ladders, thus, flip turns were a challenge! But, I'm trying to get to the pool 4 times this week. So far, so good!! It's not about quantity, but quality! ha ha ha! I can justify anything---as I eat a cookie!