Swimmity-swim swim

Boy, did today's workout ever kick my sorry arse. It was only 3500 metres, but it might as well have been 6000.<br><br>
Warmup was a pretty standard 5-4-3-2-1 (swim, kick, IM, pull, drill). But then the madness started. The set was 2 x 4 x 200m rotating 50m fast. What made it difficult were the pace times. We were to descend through each set, which meant that each of the "easy" get progressively less "easy" by the end of each set. Basically the "easy" part of the last set was relegated to "not quite full out," and the "fast" part was a "my lungs are going to pop out of my throat" kind of pace.<br><br>
So here's what the set looked like.<br><br>
First round:<br>
1: 200m on 3:30; first 50 fast, 150m easy<br>
2: 200m on 3:20; 50m easy, 50m fast, 100m easy<br>
3: 200m on 3:10; 100m easy, 50m fast, 50m easy<br>
4: 200m on 3:00; 150m easy, 50m fast<br><br>
Second round:<br>
1: 200m on 3:15; first 50 fast, 150m easy<br>
2: 200m on 3:10; 50m easy, 50m fast, 100m easy<br>
3: 200m on 3:05; 100m easy, 50m fast, 50m easy<br>
4: 200m on 3:00; 150m easy, 50m fast<br><br>
We followed this with some very easy swimming for a cool-down. But man, am I burnt. I did weights after the swim. I am supposed to do an hour and a half run this afternoon, but right now all I want to do is nap. And it's only 11 am!<br><br>
Just wanted to share this <img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif"> Anyone want to come swimming with me? <img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif"><br><br>
Meg