Pier 2 Pier swim

Last weekend was the Wilmington Pier 2 Pier race, a 1.71 mile race between 2 piers in Wrightsville Beach. This a big, fast race, one of my favorites each year. There are always a couple of college teams there as well as very fast local age group teams, so the field is generally fierce. I was very happy with my time of 35:35 even though I did not place over all.

I won my age group, and Erik Crankshaw, Kacie Wallace, and Billy Su won age group awards as well. Here are some pictures from the race:

Me

Kacie and "Tom in the morning"

Billy and Kacie

Erik

Today, I borrowed Erik Crankshaw (above) from Duke Aquatics, in order to attempt Danielle's infamous test set of doom. As with walking into creepy old attics, swimming this set is not something that should ever be done alone or, for that matter, on Halloween. Thankfully, Erik proved to be good, fast company.

The set is composed of 40x100 yds, swum continuously on rotating intervals. Danielle has a very nice, colorful interval grid to go along with the set, but I lack the technical know-how to post that in my blog. But this was the gist of the set:



4x100 on 1:25, 3x100 on 1:20, 2x100 on 1:15, 1x100 on 1:10
1x100 on 1:25, 4x100 on 1:20, 3x100 on 1:15, 2x100 on 1:10
2x100 on 1:25, 1x100 on 1:20, 4x100 on 1:15, 3x100 on 1:10
3x100 on 1:25, 2x100 on 1:20, 1x100 on 1:15, 4x100 on 1:10



Erik made the set without a hitch (he might disagree with me, but he didn't look very tired afterward). I was able to get through the first 27 without a problem, but thereafter I was just a little too slow on the 1:10 intervals (usually coming in around 1:11). I want to try the set again in a few months and hope that I will be able to make it then!



Week 37
Mon: swim 4800 yds, 1 hr kickboxing
Tues: swim 5000, 1 hr boxing, run 5 mi
Wed: swim 5600, 1 hr kickboxing, run 3 mi
Thurs: swim 5200, 1 hr boxing, run 3 mi
Fri: swim 4600
Sat: run 5 mi, 1 hr boxing
Sun: swim 6600, 1 hr boxing, run 5 mi
Total: swim 31,800 yds, run 21 mi, 6 hr boxing/kickboxing



Week 36:
Mon: swim 5300, 1 hr kickboxing, run 3 mi
Tues: swim 5000, 1 hr boxing
Wed: swim 5000, 1 hr kickboxing, run 4 mi
Thurs: swim 5500, 1 hr boxing, run 3 mi
Fri: rest
Sat: swim 4200
Sun: swim 5200, run 5 mi, 1 hr boxing
Total: swim 30,200 yds, 5 hr boxing/kickboxing, run 15 mi