Wednesday afternoon was the hardest ever so far in this week's training with 6,200 meters focusing on short rest/sprint. Part of the warm-up set is 18 x 100 FR @ 1:30 (Zack had 3 on 1:30, 3 on 1:25 and 3 @ 1:20), non-stop short rest pace. Michaela averaged 1:20, Albert 1:19, Kenji 1:20 and Jarrell 1:21. Last 100, Michaela went 1:19, Albert 1:17, Kenji 1:17, and Jarrell 1:18. Zack made all 18 within his interval, even though some times he only had 2-sec rest. All of their times pretty much beat their paces in the 1,500 they did at the last UH distance meet. What an accomplishment for these kids! and it was just a warm up set. Then they had a big main set of 4 x 50 25 FAST with Dive/25 EZ @ 1:30 + 100 EZ @ 3 + 8 x 50 200 pace @ 1' + 200 EZ @ 5' + 4 x 50 25 FAST with Dive/25 EZ @ 1:30. x twice through.
So at mid-week point, they have already done 2 weight training sessions and swum approximately 26,000-meters in water. This morning they got to sleep in and then return to workout in the afternoon. Tomorrow is triple again with weight room/dryalnd, morning and afternoon. Saturday is morning, Sunday off and Monday probably another morning before we depart. So far the kids are hanging on very well in every workout and never back their effort to swim fast, swim hard (even though their bodies are hurting with the constant fatigue and large amount of lactic acid). When they go home, I think they will "love" me more because my workouts are easier. Hahaha...
A little story here... Zack and Albert witnessed Chris "loosing" temper to one of his top swimmers Taylor (Michaela's host, currently on Team Australia and is preparing the World Jr. Champs in August) because she was not willing to do the hard work during the morning practice in the set of 6 x 400 (2 BR and 1 FR). He told her to get rid of the Age Group mind and start to grow if she wants to be a big player, and he is sick of her laziness. Hahaha, Chris "scared" them a little. Albert said he tried not to look Chris straight just in case, and Zack was "hiding" himself a little from Chris' eye sight. But Taylor turned around finished the set very well in the afternoon, even though she cried through the second half of the set because it was very tired (and her back hurt). Not saying that they have to cry, but the boys really had a good lesson learning what it takes to walk the talk and stick with the plan. Then they told the story to Jarrell and Kenji.
So at mid-week point, they have already done 2 weight training sessions and swum approximately 26,000-meters in water. This morning they got to sleep in and then return to workout in the afternoon. Tomorrow is triple again with weight room/dryalnd, morning and afternoon. Saturday is morning, Sunday off and Monday probably another morning before we depart. So far the kids are hanging on very well in every workout and never back their effort to swim fast, swim hard (even though their bodies are hurting with the constant fatigue and large amount of lactic acid). When they go home, I think they will "love" me more because my workouts are easier. Hahaha...
A little story here... Zack and Albert witnessed Chris "loosing" temper to one of his top swimmers Taylor (Michaela's host, currently on Team Australia and is preparing the World Jr. Champs in August) because she was not willing to do the hard work during the morning practice in the set of 6 x 400 (2 BR and 1 FR). He told her to get rid of the Age Group mind and start to grow if she wants to be a big player, and he is sick of her laziness. Hahaha, Chris "scared" them a little. Albert said he tried not to look Chris straight just in case, and Zack was "hiding" himself a little from Chris' eye sight. But Taylor turned around finished the set very well in the afternoon, even though she cried through the second half of the set because it was very tired (and her back hurt). Not saying that they have to cry, but the boys really had a good lesson learning what it takes to walk the talk and stick with the plan. Then they told the story to Jarrell and Kenji.
So... The kids are doing very well and I hope they bring such effort and mentality back home to the rest of the gang. Chris and I work very close every day and we constantly discuss the volume, intensity, focus and things to improve for each workout. This has been a great trip and we enjoy it every single day. Even though the kids are tired after each workout, they are still up (physically, mentally and emotionally) for the challenges and still somehow have energy left for video games, trampoline, surfing, Facebooking, and dancing (or to them, shuffling?). Well, maybe indeed the workouts are not that hard. Hahaha... Anyway, I will give you another update later on this afternoon, and hope now I can fall back to sleep for another 30 mins or so. It is supposed to be my sleep-in day, isn't it? Talk later.
Now that you know the kids can handle, you should create a National Development group to keep the intensity training at the next level.
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